| ID | 080573 |
| Title Proper | ASEAN intervention in Cambodia |
| Other Title Information | from Cold War to conditionality |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jones, Lee |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Despite their other theoretical differences, virtually all scholars of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agree that the organization's members share an almost religious commitment to the norm of non-intervention. This article disrupts this consensus, arguing that ASEAN repeatedly intervened in Cambodia's internal political conflicts from 1979 to 1999, often with powerful and destructive effects. ASEAN's role in maintaining Khmer Rouge occupancy of Cambodia's UN seat, constructing a new coalition government in exile, manipulating Khmer refugee camps and informing the content of the Cambodian peace process will be explored, before turning to the 'creeping conditionality' for ASEAN membership imposed after the 1997 'coup' in Phnom Penh. The article argues for an analysis recognizing the political nature of intervention, and seeks to explain both the creation of non-intervention norms and specific violations of them as attempts by ASEAN elites to maintain their own illiberal, capitalist regimes against domestic and international political threats. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 20, No.4; Dec 2007: p523-550 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol. 20, No.4; Dec 2007: p523-550 |
| Key Words | ASEAN ; Cambodia ; Intervention ; Norms ; Non-Interference ; Sovereignty |