Katsumata demonstrates that something interesting is taking place inside the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). He shows that an association of minor powers in Southeast Asia is promoting its cooperative security norm, and influencing the policies of its external partners. Thus, the ARF is one of the important pathways to regional security.

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HIRO KATSUMATA is an Assistant Professor at the Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan. He specializes in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific Regionalism, and has written articles in various journals including Asian Survey, Pacific Review and Review of International Studies.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION AND MAIN PROPOSITIONS Introduction Significance of the ARF PART II : ASEAN'S INITIATIVE Conventional Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF Idea-focused Explanation for the Establishment of the ARF ASEAN in the ARF PART III: EXTERNAL POWERS IN THE ARF China United States Australia PART IV: CONCLUSION East Asia and the Asia-Pacific