Constructing a Safe Community (ASEAN and Regional Order)

Author: (Canada) Amita Acharya, translated by Wang Zhengyi and Feng Huaxin
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Features: In this groundbreaking study, the creative approaches of ASEAN member states and the international community in addressing security issues are rigorously argued. The book features a rigorous theoretical framework, comprehensive background information, and Amita Acharya is a rare scholar well-versed in security and regional studies. Acharya's work is one of the best, most engaging, and most comprehensive studies on ASEAN, providing compelling theoretical foundations for studying international relations through the lens of a security community. This book is a must-read for scholars interested in regional security, particularly the role of norms and collective identity in the process of peaceful change. It is part of the "Eastern Translation Series." This book is an empirical study of constructivism using Southeast Asia as a case study. The authors argue that inter-state cooperation is a socialization process, where binding norms are internalized to influence state behavior, gradually forming identities and ultimately producing positive, even transformative, impacts on international relations, leading states to adhere to the principles of peaceful coexistence. Applying constructivist theory to the order-building in Southeast Asia is a pioneering study. In this book, the authors rigorously argue the creative approaches of ASEAN in addressing national and international security issues, providing compelling theoretical foundations and abundant materials and examples for studying international relations through the lens of a security community.