Hegemonic Disputes and the Limits of the Asean Regional Forum

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ID12498222
AuthorsWhasun Jho (0000-0003-1459-2273, corresponding author), Soo A Chae
Year2014
Volume29
Issue2
Pages237-259
Publication date2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Focus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1225-4657 • E-ISSN: 1976-5118
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pafo.12029
OpenAlexW1504838231
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited30

Although the ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF ) has made significant progress providing confidence‐building mechanisms, it remains inconsistent in moving towards a shared goal of collective defense arrangements and this raises the issue of the ARF 's overall efficacy in the region. This article analyzes the reasons for the inconsistent efficacy of the ARF in improving territorial conflicts. Based upon realists' insights, this article analyzes how the role of the ARF in resolving the S outh C hina S ea disputes has changed periodically based on participation of the U nited S tates and C hina, which have exercised their expansionary or conservative interest goals in the region. This article pays close attention to the way in which the respective national interests of the U nited S tates and C hina have changed chronologically and how these adopted strategies have affected their rival's participation strategies and the ARF 's role. This article argues that the ARF 's ability to resolve problems has fluctuated noticeably according to the changes in the nature and level of powerful states' hegemonic interests

Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global trade and economics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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