Depar

tmentofPol
i
tical
Sci
ence .

Bat
ch:
15,
sessi
on:
2019-
20 .

Assi
gnmenton

Successandf
ail
ureofASEAN

Cour
se:
Gov
ernanceandpol
it
icsi
nMi
ddl
eEast .

Cour
seCode:
pol2104
Submi
tt
edt
o
Rabey
aBosr
iChandni
Lectur
eri
nDepar
tmentofPoli
ti
cal
Sci
ence
Jagannat
hUni
ver
sit
y,Dhaka.
Submi
tt
edby
Gr 2ndy
oupNo:02( ear
,1stsemest
er)
Dat
eofSubmi
ssi
on:
10-
04-
2022
 Cont
ent
s
Md:Uzzalsar
ker B190402010 Abst
ract

Md:AbdurRahman B190402011 Backgr

ound

Md:Shei
khMasudPar
vez B190402013 Act
ivi
ti
es

Mst
:Shor
naKhat
un B190402014 Vi
sion

Ms:Say
maAkt
er B190402012 Li
mit
ati
on

Mst:
Jannat
ulFer
dous B190402016 SuccessofASEAN

Md:Li
monHasan B190402017 Fai
lur
esofASEAN

Mst
:Bi
naAkt
erMoy
na B190402015 Pr
esentSi
tuat
ion

Mst
:Smai
yaSul
tana B190402018 Concl
usi
on
Abst
ract

Whent
hecr
isi
sandt
ensi
onamongt
heSout
heastAsi
ancount
ri
eswer
eshi
mmer
ing
i
nther
egi
onofsout
heastAsi
a,t
hest
atef
orei
gnmi
nist
ryandhi
ghl
evel
off
ici
alsof
I
ndonesi
a,Mal
aysi
a,Thai
l
and,
SingapurandPhi
l
ippi
nesmeton4August
,1967and
f
inal
l
yon9August
,in1967madeanor
gani
zat
ionnamed"
Associ
ati
onofSout
hEast
Asi
anNat
ions"
(ASEAN)
.Sev
eral
othercount
ri
esl
aterj
oinedASEAN,
suchasBr
unei

1984)
,Vi
etnam (
1995)
,Laos,
Cambodi
aandMy
anmar(
1997)
.Itcur
rent
lyhas10
member
saper
manentsecr
etar
iati
nJakar
ta,t
hecapi
tal
ofI
ndonesi
a.Whi
l
eASEAN'
s
mai
ngoal
wast
oest
abl
i
shpeaceorr
educet
ensi
ons,
thepur
sui
tofeconomi
cgoal
s
cannotbei
gnor
ed.ASEANest
abl
i
shedt
oachi
ever
api
ddev
elopmentt
hrought
he
expl
orat
ionoft
hev
astnat
ural
resour
cesav
ail
abl
einSout
heastAsi
a.Themot
tooft
he
ASEANi
sonecount
ryonemi
ssi
ononenat
ion

,
Anot
herpur
poseofASEANi
stopr
eventcommuni
stexpansi
oni
nther
egi
on.The
membercount
ri
esofAsi
ahav
emai
ntai
nedt
hei
runi
tybyadopt
ingpr
oject
srel
atedt
o
v
ari
ousi
ssuessuchassci
encet
echnol
ogy
,food-
agr
icul
tur
e,i
ndust
ry-
tr
ade,
transpor
t
andnewsexchange.Agai
n,t
hepol
i
tical
impor
tanceofASEANcannotbei
gnor
ed.The
ASEANmember
sdi
scussedv
ari
ouspol
i
tical
issuesatt
hei
rsummi
tandt
ri
edt
oresol
ve
t
hem.I
nconcl
usi
on,
thesuccessofASEANhasaddedanewdi
mensi
ont
owor
ld
pol
i
tics.ASEANal
soseekst
omai
ntai
ncl
oseandbenef
ici
alcooper
ati
onwi
thexi
sti
ng
r
egi
onal
andi
nter
nat
ional
organi
zat
ionst
hatshar
ecommonai
msandobj
ect
ives.
ASEANoper
atesundersi
xfundament
alpr
inci
plest
woofwhi
char
emut
ual
respectf
or
i
ndependence,
sov
erei
gnt
y,andt
err
it
ori
ali
ntegr
it
y,andnon-
int
erf
erencei
nmember
count
ri
esi
nter
nal
aff
air
s.Thi
sor
gani
zat
iondoesnotf
ail
ast
her
egi
onal
organi
zat
ions
f
ail
duet
othemul
ti
pol
arpol
i
tical
syst
ems.

Backgr
oundofAsi
an

ASEANwaspr
ecededbyanor
gani
zat
ionf
ormedon31Jul
y1961cal
l
edt
heAssoci
ati
on
ofSout
heastAsi
a(ASA)
,agr
oupconsi
sti
ngofThai
l
and,Phi
l
ippi
nesandMal
ay.ASEAN
i
tsel
fwascr
eat
edon9August1967,
whent
hef
orei
gnmi
nist
ersoff
inecount
ri
es.
I
ndonesi
aMal
aysi
a,t
hePhi
l
ippi
nes,
Singapor
e,andThai
l
and,
Singedt
heASEAN
Decl
arat
ion.

Hi
stor
ysay
sthati
ntheSout
hAsi
anr
egi
onChi
nesemi
grant
swer
ear
isi
ngdr
amat
ical
l
y.
Duet
othei
ndust
ri
ali
sat
ionofMal
ayPeni
nsul
ar,
ther
ewer
eneedhugeofl
abourf
rom
t
heymi
grat
edt
otheser
egi
on.Agai
nin1949,
theemer
genceofChi
nesecommuni
sti
n
Chi
na,t
heChi
nesepl
ant
oat
tacki
nTai
wan,t
hisal
lcr
eat
edaf
earofbei
ngdomi
nat
ed,
i
nvaded,
andcommuni
sm .Ev
enl
aterVi
etnam,
MyanmarThecr
eat
ionofASEANwas
mot
ivat
edbyacommonf
earofcommuni
sm.Thegr
oupachi
evedgr
eat
eri
ncohesi
on
i
nthemi
d-1970sf
oll
owi
ngachangei
nthebal
anceofpoweraf
tert
heendofVi
etnam
Wari
n1975.On7Januar
y1984,
Brunei
becameASEAN'
ssi
xthmemberandon18Jul
y
1995,
fol
l
owi
ngt
heendoft
hecol
dwar
.

Vi
etnam j
oinedast
hesev
ent
hmemberLaosandMy
anmarj
oinedt
woy
ear
slat
eron23
Jul
y,1997.Cambodi
awast
ojoi
natt
hesamet
imeasLaosandMy
anmar
,butacoupi
n
1997andot
heri
nter
nal
inst
abi
l
itydel
ayedi
tsent
ry.I
tthenj
oinedon30Apr
il1999
f
oll
owi
ngt
hest
abi
l
izat
ionsofi
tsgov
ernment
.Thecount
ri
esj
oini
ngl
ateri
nthe
or
gani
zat
ionduet
oeconomi
cal
progr
esst
hant
hecommuni
sm.Becausei
nthe
meant
imet
hewor
ldpol
i
tical
syst
em getast
abl
esi
tuat
ion.Thust
heor
gani
zat
ionhas
shapedi
t'
spr
esentsi
tuat
ion.

Act
ivi
ti
esofASEAN

ASEANandi
tsMemberSt
atesshal
lacti
naccor
dancewi
tht
hef
oll
owi
ngpr
inci
ples:
(

1)Respectf
ort
hei
ndependence,
sov
erei
gnt
y,equal
i
ty,
ter
ri
tor
ial
int
egr
it
yandnat
ional
i
dent
it
ycount
ri
eswhi
chv
iol
atedci
ti
zens'
right
sandwoul
d,t
her
efor
e,bel
i
mit
edi
n
ef
fect
iveness.Thebodywasest
abl
i
shedl
ateri
n2009ast
heASEANI
nter
gov
ernment
al
commi
ssi
ononHumanRi
ght(
AICHR)
,InNov
ember2012t
hecommi
ssi
onadopt
edt
he
ASEANHumanRi
ght
sDecl
arat
ion.ofal
lASEANMember
s

(
2)Shar
edcommi
tmentandcol
l
ect
iver
esponsi
bil
i
tyi
nenhanci
ngr
egi
onal
peace,
secur
it
yandpr
osper
it
y.Rel
i
anceonpeacef
ulset
tl
ementofdi
sput
es.t
hepr
omot
ionof
soci
alj
ust
iceNon-
int
erf
erencei
nthei
nter
nal
aff
air
sofASEANMemberSt
ates.S)

(
3)Respectf
ort
her
ightofev
eryMemberst
atet
oleadi
tsnat
ional
exi
stencef
reef
rom
ext
ernal
int
erf
erence,
subv
ersi
onandCoer
cion.'
Enhancedconsul
tat
ionsonmat
ter
s
ser
iousl
yaf
fect
ingt
hecommoni
nter
estofASEAN.

(
4)Respectf
ort
hef
undament
alf
reedoms,
thepr
omot
ionandpr
otect
ionofhuman
r
ight
s,and

(
5)Uphol
dingt
heUni
tedNat
ionschar
terandi
nter
nat
ional
law,
incl
udi
ngi
nter
nat
ional
humani
tar
ianl
aw,
subscr
ibedt
obyASEANMemberSt
ates.Af
teral
li
tcanbecal
l
edasa
successf
ulor
gani
zat
ion

Fai
lur
esofASEAN

I
twasagr
eedASEANmani
festt
osol
vet
hepr
obl
em r
egar
dingt
hehumanr
ight
s
v
iol
ati
oni
nanymember
sst
ates.Att
hemoment
sthi
sor
gani
zat
ioni
sbei
ngcr
it
ici
zedby
t
hei
nter
nat
ional
communi
tyr
egar
dingt
heet
hni
ccl
eansi
ngov
erRohi
ngy
ain2017
My
anmarbyi
t'
smi
l
itar
ygov
ernmentr
emai
nsi
nact
ive.Thi
sor
gani
zat
ioni
sbei
ng
cr
it
ici
zedduet
obor
derpr
obl
em t
hati
sunsol
ved,
Mekongr
ivermaf
iagr
oup,
ter
ror
ist
gr
oupconcer
ningMekongr
iverandi
t'
spol
l
uti
on.Themostdi
sput
eofi
l
li
citopi
um maf
ia
gr
oupofGol
denTr
iangl
ewhi
chcr
eat
eaopensecr
ethumancr
isi
sbypr
oduci
ng25%of
t
otal
opi
um pr
oducedi
nthewor
ld.Sur
pri
singl
ytheseASEANcount
ri
esdi
dnott
aket
o
sol
vet
hispr
obl
em i
nGol
denTr
iangl
e.I
tist
hemostobv
iousf
ail
ureofASEAN.

Li
mit
ati
onofASEAN
Theset
yper
egi
onal
organi
zat
ionhav
esomecommonpr
obl
emsaswel
las
ASEANwhi
char
efol
l
owi
ngs:

I
ntheBi
-pol
arpol
i
tical
syst
em i
tcannotwor
kasi
twant
.Ast
hei
rhav
e
compet
it
iononhav
ingcont
rol
overt
hrr
egi
onbet
weenChi
neandAmer
ica
Ther
emusthav
ebl
ockamongt
hemembercount
ryasASEANcount
ri
eshav
e
Chi
nesebl
ockandAmer
icanbl
ock
Thedef
ect
ivemani
festt
oav
oiddi
sput
e
Super
poweri
nfl
uencer
esul
tedhesi
tat
ingi
ndeci
sionmaki
ng
TheSuccessOfASEAN

Si
ncei
tsi
ncept
ioni
n1967,
theAssoci
ati
onofSout
heastAsi
anNat
ions(
ASEAN)has
madeanumberofachi
evement
stowar
dsr
egi
onal
peace,
stabi
l
ityandpr
osper
it
y.Some
successofASEANi
sgi
venbel
ow-

Ont
heeconomi
cfr
ont
,ASEANhasmadeani
mpor
tantmi
l
est
onei
nregi
onal
economi
c
i
ntegr
ati
onwi
tht
heconcl
usi
onofASEANFr
eeTr
adeAr
ea(
AFTA)Agr
eementi
n
1992.
Sincet
hen,
ASEANhascont
inuousl
ypur
suedcl
osereconomi
ccooper
ati
oni
n
t
rade,
ser
vicesandi
nvest
mentandmov
edt
owar
dsasi
ngl
emar
ketandpr
oduct
ionbase
t
oincr
easet
her
egi
onal
compet
it
iveness.

Thepeaceandst
abi
l
ityt
hatt
heSout
heastAsi
ancount
ri
eshav
ebeenenj
oyi
ngt
odayt
o
al
argeex
tent
,lar
gel
yduet
oASEAN'
Srol
easaf
orum t
hatpr
omot
esandf
ost
erst
rust
andconf
idenceamongsti
tsmemberst
ates.ASEANhassuccessf
ull
ymai
ntai
nedpeace,
st
abi
l
ityandsecur
it
yint
her
egi
ont
hrought
hev
ari
ousf
ramewor
ksandmechani
sms,
suchaszoneofpeace,
Freedom andNeut
ral
i
ty,
Treat
yofAmi
tyandcooper
ati
oni
n
Sout
heastAsi
a.

ASEANhasal
sodev
elopedf
unct
ional
cooper
ati
oni
nmanyar
eas,suchaseducat
ion,
di
sast
ermanagement
,heal
th,
env
ironment
,rur
aldev
elopmentandsci
enceand
t
echnol
ogyt
onamej
ustaf
ew.Suchcooper
ati
onhashel
pedi
ncr
easer
egi
onal
r
esi
l
ienceandenabl
edust
orespondef
fect
ivel
ytochal
l
engessuchas
pandemi
cs(
SARS)
,nat
ural
disast
ers(
2004t
sunami
)andot
hert
ransboundar
y
chal
l
engessuchashazeanddr
ugs.

ASEANVI
SION:
TheASEANv
isi
on2020,
adopt
edbyt
heASEANLeader
sont
he30t
hAnni
ver
sar
yof
ASEAN,
agr
eedonashar
edv
isi
onofASEANasaconcer
tofSout
heastAsi
anNat
ions,
out
war
dlooki
ng,
li
vi
ngi
npeace,
stabi
l
ityandpr
osper
it
y,bondedt
oget
heri
npar
tner
shi
p
i
ndy
nami
cdev
elopmentandi
nacommuni
tyofcar
ingsoci
eti
es.I
n2003ASEANmov
ed
al
ongt
hepat
hoft
heEur
opeanUni
onbyagr
eei
ngt
oest
abl
i
shanASEANcommuni
ty
compr
isi
ngt
hreepi
l
lar
s:

1.TheASEANSecur
it
yCommuni
ty:
Arul
es-
basedcommuni
tyt
hatf
ull
yadher
est
o
ASEANf
undament
alpr
inci
ples,
shar
edv
aluesandnor
msaswel
laspr
inci
plesof
i
nter
nat
ional
lawgov
erni
ngt
hepeacef
ulconductofr
elat
ionsamongst
ates.

2.
TheASEANEconomi
cCommuni
ty:
ASEANEconomi
cCommuni
tyby2025shal
lbe
hi
ghl
yint
egr
atedandcohesi
ve;
compet
it
ive,
innov
ati
veanddy
nami
c;wi
thenhanced
connect
ivi
tyandsect
ori
alcooper
ati
on;
andamor
eresi
l
ient
,incl
usi
ve,
andpeopl
e-
or
ient
ed,
peopl
e-cent
redcommuni
ty,
int
egr
atedwi
tht
hegl
obal
economy
.

3.TheASEANSoci
o-economi
ccommuni
ty:
Acommi
tt
ed,
par
ti
cipat
iveandsoci
all
y-
r
esponsi
blecommuni
tyt
hroughanaccount
abl
eincl
usi
vemechani
sm f
ort
hebenef
itof
t
hei
rpeopl
e,uphel
dbyt
hepr
inci
plesofgoodgov
ernance.Asust
ainabl
ecommuni
ty
t
hatpr
omot
essoci
aldev
elopmentandenv
ironment
alpr
otect
iont
hroughef
fect
ive
mechani
smst
omeett
hecur
rentandf
utur
eneedsofourpeopl
es.Sot
hisi
showASEAN
sust
aint
hei
rvi
sionandmai
ntai
nThei
rmot
to,
“OneVi
sion,
OneI
dent
it
y,OneCommuni
ty

Concl
usi
on:
ASEANi
sasuccessf
ulor
gani
zat
ioni
nsout
heastAsi
a.I
tbecomessuccessf
ult
okeepa
i
mpor
tantr
oleateconomi
cal
,soci
al,
cul
tur
alandpol
i
tical
dev
elopmentamongt
hese
st
ate.Thi
ssuccessf
uli
smer
it
ori
ousamongdi
ff
erentor
gani
zat
ionofAsi
a.Att
he
begi
nni
ngofASEAN,
ther
eci
procal
busi
nessr
atewas12%amongmemberst
atebutat
pr
esenti
tincr
easedat25%.Nowt
het
ari
ffr
educt
ionr
atei
s2.
6%t
hatwas13.
4%f
ive
y
ear
sago.Lastdecade,
ASEAN'
sannual
progr
essi
ver
atewas7.
5%wher
ewor
ld'
s
r
emnantav
erageannual
progr
essi
ver
atewas3.
2%.Fort
hisr
eason,
ASEANi
scal
l
eda
goodmodel
fordev
elopi
ngr
egi
onal
co-
oper
ati
on.Buti
tist
ruet
hatASEANcannotbe
successf
uli
nal
lmat
ter
.SuchasI
tcannotkeepai
mpor
tantr
olet
oanni
hil
atet
err
ori
sm
t
otal
l
yfr
om Sout
h-EastAsi
a.Mor
eov
erASEANcannott
obeseenanyr
oleatRohi
ngy
a
cr
isi
s.Af
tert
hat
,thedev
elopmentandaccept
abi
l
ityofASEANi
smer
it
ori
ous.Andwe
canl
ear
nsomanyt
hingsf
rom her
e.Mor
eov
erwecanuset
hisexper
ienceatSAARC'
s
dev
elopment
.

(
Ref
erence:
www.
Wiki
pedi
a.com,
www.asean.
org,
prot
homal
o.com,
Ejaj
.A.2017
ASEANmeet
ingMy
anmarexcl
uded,
Case.W.
(2016)r
esear
chgat
e.com.Sout
hEast
Asi
anPol
i
tics)