Asean As An Actor In International Fora: Reality, Potential And Constraints (Integration Through Law:The Role Of Law And The Rule Of Law In Asean Integration, Series Number 7)

ASEAN as an Actor in International Fora addresses a blind spot in ASEAN research and in comparative regionalism studies by assessing why, how, when and to what extent ASEAN member governments achieve a collective presence in global forums. Written for academic researchers and practitioners working in areas such as international relations, political science and international law, it examines ASEAN's negotiating behavior with a novel four-point cohesion typology. The authors argue that ASEAN's 'cognitive prior' and its repository of cooperation norms have affected ASEAN's negotiation capacities, formats, strategies and cohesion in international forums. Using two case studies - one on ASEAN's cohesion in the WTO agricultural negotiations and one on UN negotiations on forced labor in Myanmar - they examine ASEAN's collective actions at different stages of negotiation, in different issue areas and in different negotiating forums. The book concludes by providing recommendations for strengthening ASEAN's international negotiation capacities--

• | Author: Paruedee Nguitragool, Jurgen Ruland
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 16, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 358 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1107503884
• | ISBN-13: 9781107503885