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Examining how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) has responded to external threats since 1975 and drawing on rarely analysed material including declassified government documents and WikiLeaks cables, this book develops the `vanguard state theory’ to explain why regional states act as they do in the face of potential sovereignty violation.

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"An original argument, based on vanguard state theory...A very original and superb piece of scholarship." Andrew Tan, Macquarie University

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Introduction: ASEAN and the Vanguard State Chapter One: Interests and Vanguard State Theory Chapter Two: The Indonesian Invasion of East Timor Chapter Three: The Third Indochina War Chapter Four: The East Timor Humanitarian Crisis Chapter Five: The South China Sea Dispute Chapter Six: The Future of ASEAN Sovereignty?

ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation:

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 08/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9781529202205, 978-1529202205
      ISBN10: 1529202205
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) has responded to external threats since 1975 and drawing on rarely analysed material including declassified government documents and WikiLeaks cables, this book develops the `vanguard state theory’ to explain why regional states act as they do in the face of potential sovereignty violation.

      Trade Review
      "An original argument, based on vanguard state theory...A very original and superb piece of scholarship." Andrew Tan, Macquarie University

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: ASEAN and the Vanguard State Chapter One: Interests and Vanguard State Theory Chapter Two: The Indonesian Invasion of East Timor Chapter Three: The Third Indochina War Chapter Four: The East Timor Humanitarian Crisis Chapter Five: The South China Sea Dispute Chapter Six: The Future of ASEAN Sovereignty?

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