Effectiveness of ASEAN as a force for maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia

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Effectiveness of ASEAN as a force for maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia

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Write an essay on effectiveness of ASEAN as a force for maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia

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[1]Today, ASEAN has a membership of ten nations bounded together by the common principles which they seek to achieve such as social progress, economic growth, socio-cultural evolution as well as maintaining peace and stability in the Southeast Asian region. The organization has been working in cohort with other nations in the region such as India, China, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Bangladesh to achieve economic and political stability, promote regional unity as well as to find a lasting solution to the existing regional disputes. ASEAN has also engaged with other nations of the world beyond the Asian region such as the United States of America in an attempt to address major world problems such as terrorism, environmental pollution as well as promote peace and stability in the world.

[1] Acharya, A., & Tan, S. S. (2006). Betwixt balance and community: America, ASEAN, and the security of Southeast Asia. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 6(1), 37-59.

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