Flexibility or irrelevance: ways forward for the ARF.(ASEAN Regional Forum)

From: Contemporary Southeast Asia | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Garofano, John | Copyright information

Measured by its own standards of progress on security dialogues, the ARF has made impressive strides since its formation in 1994. Security challenges in the coming decade are, however, likely to cripple the ARF if it adheres to its current modus operandi of seeking general unanimity and consensus. Since approaches based on the European paradigm are both unacceptable and in most cases inappropriate to the Asia-Pacific environment, and the ARF approach may not lead to meaningful adjustment of m...

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