AN ASEAN COMMUNITY: SECURITY, ECONOMIY AND SOCIETY (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this course, students shall understand ASEAN community as a form of regional cooperation and integration that rests on three pillars, namely economic, socio-cultural, and security. Students will examine the extent to which ASEAN is really a “community” in terms of security and economic policies. ASEAN’s belated engagement with civil society will also be discussed.

Topics:

1. The Cold War in Southeast Asia,
2. The founding of ASEAN,
3. ASEAN as a Security Community,
4. Conflict resolution and the ASEAN Way,
5. ASEAN external relations,
6. The South China Sea dispute,
7. Economic policy and the AEC,
8. Terrorism and Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia,
9. ASEAN’s and civil society.