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ID157810
Title ProperIndonesia, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, and the contingent profile of regional ‘great-power management’
LanguageENG
AuthorQuayle, Linda
Summary / Abstract (Note)Why does Indonesia, whose regional leadership would seem to flow so obviously from its material and normative footprint, and whose role as primus inter pares is readily, if sometimes grudgingly, acknowledged by its peers, struggle to translate that position into an unambiguous, consistent, and effective regional presence? While there are many possible answers to this question, this article focuses on societal interpretations, arguing that such a role is exercised not in a vacuum, susceptible to measurement against a set of fixed criteria, but in the context of its respective region's unique and constantly evolving profile. Drawing on the English School's concept of institutions, and focusing on three areas within the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (migration, disaster preparedness, and the environment), the article argues that the paradox of Indonesia's powerful-but-not-powerful position reflects the kind of ‘great-power management’ that is to be expected in the restrictive context of regional international society, and is profoundly influenced by the uneven interplay of institutions embedded at different levels in the regional experience.
`In' analytical NotePacific Review Vol. 31, No.2; Mar 2018: p.131-150
Journal SourcePacific Review Vol: 31 No 2
Key WordsASEAN ;  Institutions ;  Indonesia ;  English School ;  Great-Power Management


 
 
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