ASEAN 2030: Challenges of Building a Mature Political and Security Community

Amitav Acharya
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Amitav Acharya: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 441, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: The paper examines ASEAN’s political and security challenges and prospects in the coming two decades. The challenges facing ASEAN could be classified into six broad categories: (1) the shifting balance of power in the Asia Pacific; (2) the persistence of intra-ASEAN territorial conflicts; (3) the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, (4) the programs of military modernizations undertaken by ASEAN states and the resulting prospects for an intra-ASEAN arms race, (5) uncertainty and strife caused by demands for domestic political change, and (6) the dangers posed by transnational (non-traditional) security threats. The conditions for ASEAN to build a mature political-security community are also discussed.

Keywords: asean 2030; political security; community security; balance of power; territorial conflict; non-traditional security; asean-prc relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F50 F51 F53 F55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2013-11-05
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