History of Regionalization in Southeast Asia
History of Regionalization in Southeast Asia
History of Regionalization in Southeast Asia
- After the Great War, regional leaders around the world looked for new structures on how they
would manage their shared interests, threats and opportunities.
- Marginalized Economics that had been excluded from the world market, were increasingly
seeing renewed opportunities in the collaboration with neighboring countries.
- Different actors (like non-state actors and ideological groups) also progressively entered the
vacuum that was left in global governance.
- Hettne, as cited by Akkerman (2007, New Regionalism is a process of the construction and
deconstruction by different players and changes according to the global processes firms are
established in a particular region that can collectively react to global pressure, tensions, and
challenges.
- The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is a perfect example of a successful regional
cooperation that responds to external pressures and common challenges.
- On 8 August 1967, Five leaders of Southeast Asian countries
o The Foreign ministers of Indonesia
o Malaysia
o The Philippines
o Singapore
o Thailand
- 5 Foreign Ministers who signed it:
o Adam Malik of Indo
o Narciso R. Ramos of the PH
o Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia
o S. Rajaratnam of Singapore
o Thamat Khorman of Thailand
- The goal of ASEAN:
o More cooperation in terms of economic, social, cultural, technical, educational, and
other fields.
o Promotion of regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the
rule of law and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.
- It Proclaimed ASEAN represents “the collective will of the nations of Southeast Asia to bind
themselves together in friendship and cooperation and, through joint efforts and sacrifices,
secure for their peoples and for posterity the blessings of peace, freedom and prosperity.”
(ASEAN. (com).
- From the article of Akkerman (2007)
o She stated that the main reason for the ASEAN cooperation is primarily from the
outside.
o The US feared that communism would spread out all over the region.
o To prevent this sponsor the creation of the association for stability purposes.
o After the Cold War, ASEAN stated to expand its own path.
o It developed cooperation with Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar and
adopting ASEAN free trade Area to attract foreign Direct investment.