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Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order

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In this third edition of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia , Amitav Acharya offers a comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) norms and the viability of the ASEAN way of conflict management. Building on the framework from the first edition, which inspired the establishment of the ASEAN Political-Security community, this new edition has been extensively updated and revised based on new primary sources that are not publicly available.
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The new edition will continue to appeal to students and scholars of Asian security, international relations theory and Southeast Asian studies, as well as policymakers and the media.

316 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 19, 2000

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Shoutout to Aaron for illegally downloading this book for me
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Yeah it's famous but this whole idea of a "security community" is too idealistic to me
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