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Chapter Three
Southeast Asia stands out as the region...that most closely approximates a community. In a region with great...diversity, ASEAN...fostered a collective Southeast Asian identity. As a result...the likelihood of war has been significantly reduced amo...
Despite the accumulating file of self-congratulatory visions...it may be the paucity of... measurable achievements in its announced policy goals and ambitions that has led to a new emphasis on creation of an ASEAN ‘identity’ as the major accomplishmen...
Synopsis
Since 2001, a growing number of constructivist scholars have claimed that ASEAN is either a nascent security community, or is already one. This claim is highly contentious. It is important to re-assess this claim as it affects our understanding of t...
Introduction
The nature and dynamics of Southeast Asian regionalism is hotly contested. Realists and Constructivists hold strongly opposing viewpoints. The two quotations by Rumelili and Weatherbee show the wide gap in scholarly thinking on whether ASEAN is a re...
Aim of this Chapter
The main aim of this chapter is to re-examine the claim that ASEAN has become integrated into either a nascent security community, or is already one. I will use the two core criteria of a “we-feeling” community, and “non-war” community (Chapter Two)....
My overall approach in this chapter is to do the assessment, state the main findings, followed by interpretation and analysis.
Has ASEAN become integrated into a “we-feeling” community?
My purpose in this section is to examine whether there is a strong sense of ‘We-feeling’ among the ASEAN states. Based on Table 1, I will (a) examine the overall state of bilateral relations among the ASEAN states, b) the degree of regional economic ...
(A) Overall State of Bilateral Relations among the ASEAN States
Singapore-Malaysia Relations
Over the past forty-seven years, Singapore-Malaysia relations have been characterized by ups and downs. Malaysia is essential Malay-Muslim. Singapore is a Chinese-dominant city state. Race, language, and religion continue to exert a powerful influen...
He (Mahathir) said clearly that he accepted an independent Singapore and had no intention of undermining it. My reply was that on this basis we could build a relationship of trust and confidence. So long as we believed that they wanted to do us in, ...
The above quotation showed that Singapore’s leaders were concerned that the city-state’s sovereignty would be respected by its neighbours. Any signs that Singapore’s independence would be undermined by any of its immediate neighbours tended to be vie...
There are a number of reasons for the roller-coaster nature of Singapore-Malaysia relations. The first factor has to do with the continuing salience of primordial sentiments of race, language, and religion. As Lily Zubaidah Rahim has argued, Singap...
One longstanding feature in Singapore-Malaysia relations is the abang-adik (“big brother-little brother”) mentality of some UMNO leaders to interfere in Singapore’s domestic politics. The presumption is that the Singapore adik is expected to defer t...
The significance of the roller-coaster nature of Singapore-Malaysia relations has to do with its impact on the overall tone of their bilateral relations. When Prime Minister Mahathir was succeeded in late 2003 by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, bilateral Sin...
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