Regionalism in Asia

• The creation of ASEAN

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was motivated less by a sense of common
identity than by a
realization that failure to prevent conflicts
within the region would
invite external intervention, which would
in turn exacerbate intra
regional tensions
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No supranational elements were foreseen
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Regional cooperation was to be built by
an ‘ASEAN Way’ based on
consultation, consensual decision-making,
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and flexibility

ASEAN Integration
Timeline
1954
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
created
1961
Association of Southeast Asia created
1963
MAPHILINDO created
1967
ASEAN Declaration signed
1976
BaliConcord I signed; adopted political
cooperation
1992
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement signed
1997
Asian Financial Crisis; ASEAN Vision 2020
laid down;
integration initiatives accelerated Case
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ASEAN Integration
Timeline
2005
ASEAN Charter process started
2007
Cebu Declaration signed; 2015 ASEAN
Community
agreed; ASEAN Charter drafted; ASEAN
Economic
Community Blueprint laid down
2008
ASEAN Charter ratified
2009
ASEAN Political Community and Socio-
Cultural
Community Blueprints laid down
2015
ASEAN Community launched