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Author(s)
Sorpong Peou
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2134/2022.01.001
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Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
ABSTRACT
This article asks whether a regional security community has emerged in Asia with the potential to grow mature and seeks to make a contribution to the ongoing debate on this controversial topic. It advances the argument that states in this broad region are far from being able to develop a security community for reasons different from those provided by political realists, developmental statists, liberals, and constructivists (social, discursive, and emancipationist). The role of Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) and that of China provide excellent test cases for the theoretical proposition that the building of a successful regional security community requires at least two necessary conditions: liberal democracy and regional democratic leadership, which remain absent in Asia.
KEYWORDS
regional security community, Asia, ASEAN, China, European Union, North America, constructivism, liberalism, political realism, liberal democracy, regional democratic leadership
Cite this paper
Sorpong Peou. (2022). Toward a Security Community in Asia? The Limits of Constructivism, Developmental Statism, Liberalism, and Realism. International Relations and Diplomacy, Jan.-Feb. 2022, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1-24.
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