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Waiting for hard balancing? : explaining Southeast Asia’s balancing behaviour towards China
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Karim, Moch Faisal and Chairil, Tangguh (2016) Waiting for hard balancing? : explaining Southeast Asia’s balancing behaviour towards China. European Journal of East Asian Studies, 15 (1). pp. 34-61. doi:10.1163/15700615-01501002
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700615-01501002
Abstract
The continuity of stable peace in East Asia, especially Southeast Asia, since the end of the Cold War raises one major question: why is there no apparent balancing behaviour against China, the emerging great power in East Asia? In response to this question, exceptionalists argue that there will be no balancing behaviour against China from Southeast Asian states, while soft balancing theorists argue that the balancing behaviour has already occurred in the form of institutional balancing. This article refutes those arguments and maintains that balancing behaviour is not yet apparent in Southeast Asian balancing, yet it exists in an indirect form. In order to make this argument, this article examines the recent military build-up among Southeast Asian states as well as recent assessments of the ineffectiveness of the Southeast Asian regional security framework. The article also further analyses the conditions under which Southeast Asia’s indirect balancing might turn into hard balancing.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) J Political Science > JZ International relations U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | China -- Foreign relations, Balance of power | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of East Asian Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Koninklijke Brill NV. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1568-0584 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2 August 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 15 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 34-61 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/15700615-01501002 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Funder: | Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) | ||||||
| Grant number: | 20140912301708 (LPDP) |
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