ASEAN's role as a security provider remains largely a matter of scholarly debate. Through the lens of the concept of regional security partnership, this book uncovers a more nuanced understanding of ASEAN capacity, highlighting both its merits and fragilities in coping with traditional and emerging security problems.

Autorentext

Angela Pennisi di Floristella is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political and Social Studies at the University of Catania, Italy. She has previously held posts at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, the School of International Service at the American University in Washington DC, USA, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, and at the University of Jinan, in China. She has published in the Asia Europe Journal and in The Pacific Review.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: ASEAN and the Making of Regional Security
2. Theories on ASEAN Security: Introducing Regional Security Partnership
3. ASEAN Policies of Prevention
4. Redefining the ASEAN RSP and the Task of Protection
5. The Evolution of the ASEAN RSP and the Task of Assurance
6. Conclusion: an Assessment of the ASEAN RSP