ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia [Hardcover]

Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.Introduction Theorising Sovereignty and Intervention PART I: THE COLD WAR The Social Foundations of ASEAN and 'Non-Interference' East Timor: ASEAN and Third-World Colonialism Cambodia: Representation, Refugees and Rebels PART II: THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD ASEAN after the Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict Cambodia: From Cold War to Conditionality East Timor: Interdependence and Intervention Burma: ASEAN's Image and the 'Regional Interest' Conclusions

'An interesting contribution... the book addresses a highly relevant area of research from both scholarly and policy perspectives... Through its approach and originality, it complements existing literature by offering new insights. The book can be recommended to the scholarly community and policy makers. It is of considerable relevance to those interested in the Southeast Asian region... regionalism and regional collaboration more broadly, given that issues such as sovereignty and intervention... are of global relevance.'

- Professor Ramses Amer, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Sweden (in Austrian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 6:1 (2013), 232-234)

'This innovative study introduces new ways of understanding the relations between ASEAN states. The author, Lee Jones, challenges assumptions that these are defined simply by principles of non-intervention and argues that interference and intervention have also been critical drivers of regional relationships. Most important, he challenges both realist and constructivist assumptions that state interests and norms can be understood in abstractions of 'national intereslc,