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The Influence of the Balance of Power Factor within the ASEAN Regional Forum.(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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While the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) may be seen as an A SEAN attempt to expand to the wider region its approach to co-operative security, its establishment also involved power-balancing considerations. The Forum was created with the denial of hegemony in mind but not in a conventional sense. In deed, the constraining of power was expected to be dependent on political rather than military means. The ARF was conceived as an instrument for ensuring a continued American involvement in the region and to encourage China in the practice of good international behaviour. Beyond the ...
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