ASEAN as an actor in international Fora : reality, potential and constraints.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- xxv, 330 p. : 22 cm.
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.