Contents
1.Introduction
2.Analytical framework a cognitive approach of externalization
2.1 Externalization and international negotiations
2.2 Regional organizations in international fora a typology of cohesion
2.3 Capacities, stages and strategies in international negotiations
2.4 Methodology
3. ASEAN's cognitive prior and negotiating capacities
3.1 Cognitive and institutional dimensions of ASEAN's actorness
3.2 Negotiation capacities
4. ASEAN as a negotiator in global fora stages of negotiation
4.1 Phase 1 identifying problems defining issues and agenda-setting
4.2 Phase 2 setting principles norms rules and procedures of negotiation and international cooperation
4.3 Phase 3 concluding the negotiations voting and compliance
5. ASEAN as an actor in global fora negotiation strategies
5.1 Competing for executive and leadership positions
5.2 Framing
5.3 Coalition-building
5.4 Forum shopping
5.5 Image projection and creation of soft power
6. Case studies
6.1 Case 1 ASEAN and GATT/WTO negotiations on agricultural and tropical products
6.2 Case 2 forced in Myanmar and ASEAN's multiple negotiation agenda
7. Conclusions and future options
7.1 Strengthening cohesiveness but how
7.2 Reforming ASEAN
7.3 Upgrading the process of knowledge generation
7.4 Better coordination of multi-level governance
7.5 Reforming the ASEAN Secretariat
7.6 Future research directions
Table 2.1 Typology of actor cohesion
Table 3.1 Diplomatic and expert staff of Permanent Missions at the United Nations New York and Geneva 2012
Table 3.2 Operational budget of the ASEAN Secretariat
Table 4.1 Statements of ASEAN Delegations in the United Nations General Assembly 65the 66th and 67th UNGA
Table 4.2 Resolutions sponsored or co-sponsored by ASEAN countries
Table 4.3 ASEAN voting behavior in the United Nations General Assembly 2002/2003 -2011/2012
Table 4.4 ASEAN split votes in the United Nations General Assembly with one member defecting through abstention or absence
Table 4.5 ASEAN split voting defections from ASEAN majority by member country
Table 4.6 ASEAN voting behavior in the United Nations General Assembly by issue area
Table 4.7 Major non -Western regional organizations and WTO dispute in the settlement
Table 4.8 ASEAN members in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism
Table 5.1 Non-permanent memberships in the UN Security Council by members of selected regional organizations
Table 5.2 UN Security Council memberships since
Table 5.3 Presidencies of UN General Assembly by members of selected regional organizations
Table 5.4 Presidencies of UN Security Council by members of selected of selected regional organizations
Table 5.5 WTO leadership positions and leadership quotient six major regional regional organizations
Table 5.6 ASEAN members occupying leadership positions in the WTO
Table 6.1 ASEAN countries and their alliances in the agricultural negotiations

ASEAN as an Actor in International Fora addresses a blind spot in ASEAN research and in comparative regionalism studies by assessing why, how, when and to what extent ASEAN member governments achieve a collective presence in global fora. Written for academic researchers and practitioners working in areas such as international relations, political science and international law, it examines ASEAN's negotiating behavior with a novel four-point cohesion typology. The authors argue that ASEAN's 'cognitive prior' and its repository of cooperation norms have affected ASEAN's negotiation capacities, formats, strategies and cohesion in international fora. Using two case studies - one on ASEAN's cohesion in the WTO agricultural negotiations and one on UN negotiations on forced labor in Myanmar - they examine ASEAN's collective actions at different stages of negotiation, in different issue areas and in different negotiating fora. The book concludes by providing recommendations for strengthening ASEAN's international negotiation capacities.