Asean security cooperation : challanges and prospects /
This study examines the ability of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to build a post-Cold War cooperative security framework. The post-Cold War era has brought about many changes to the international system which also affected Southeast Asia. With the end of the Cold War and the col...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Gombak, Selangor :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2009
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| Online Access: | Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library. |
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| Summary: | This study examines the ability of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) to build a post-Cold War cooperative security framework. The post-Cold
War era has brought about many changes to the international system which also
affected Southeast Asia. With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of
communism in the late 1980s, pressing issues have emerged among the ASEAN
leaders regarding the security situation in Southeast Asia. Of particular importance is
the ability and willingness of ASEAN member countries to develop an indigenous
regional security framework. The pressure was even more imperative in the aftermath
of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001. In this respect, the question concerning ASEAN’s direction on
security cooperation attracts more attention. The security studies field has focused not
surprisingly on the military threat posed by global terrorism and the military response
to that threat. Notwithstanding the fact that global security was changed dramatically
by the events of 11 September 2001, this study focuses on the security cooperation in
ASEAN, with the attempt to explain the concept of security from the traditional
approach in International Relations. This study takes into account of ASEAN’s
security approach, which reflects a combination of both traditional and contemporary
security thinking. The central question is whether the ASEAN countries have
sufficient common security interests to provide a basis for cooperation beyond the
bilateral and tri-lateral arrangements. This study is designed primarily to address an
explanatory aspect of this question. It seeks to show how ASEAN has become
increasingly involved in security issues even though ASEAN was formulated as a
regional organisation aimed at enhancing economic, social and cultural cooperation. |
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| Item Description: | Abstract in English and Arabic. "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Human Sciences (Political Science)."--On t.p. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 107 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-107). |