The Limits of Intergovernmentalism: The Philippines’ Changing Strategy in the South China Sea Dispute and Its Impact on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Pub Date : 2020-07-23 DOI:10.1177/1868103420935562

R. D. de Castro

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Abstract

Focusing on the Philippines’ changing foreign policy agendas on the South China Sea dispute, this article examines the limitations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) intergovernmental approach in addressing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. It contends that former President Benigno Aquino III tried to harness this regional organisation in his balancing policy vis-à-vis China’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea. On the contrary, President Rodrigo Duterte promoted his appeasement policy on China when he became the ASEAN’s chairperson in 2017, and pushed for the elusive passage of the ASEAN–China Code of Conduct in 2019. In conclusion, the article scrutinises the implications of this shift in the Philippines’ foreign policy for the ASEAN, and raises the need for this regional organisation to rethink its intergovernmental approach to the security challenges posed by the changing geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region.

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政府间主义的极限:菲律宾在南海争端中的战略变化及其对东盟的影响

本文着眼于菲律宾在南中国海争端上不断变化的外交政策议程，考察了东南亚国家联盟(ASEAN)政府间方法在应对印太地区安全挑战方面的局限性。它认为前总统贝尼尼奥·阿基诺三世试图利用这个区域组织来平衡-à-vis中国在南中国海的海上扩张。相反，杜特尔特总统在2017年担任东盟主席时推行对中国的绥靖政策，并在2019年推动了“中国-东盟行为准则”的通过。最后，本文详细分析了菲律宾外交政策转变对东盟的影响，并提出该区域组织需要重新思考其政府间方法，以应对印度太平洋地区地缘政治变化带来的安全挑战。

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Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, published by the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) in Hamburg, is an internationally refereed journal. The publication focuses on current developments in international relations, politics, economics, society, education, environment and law in Southeast Asia. The topics covered should not only be oriented towards specialists in Southeast Asian affairs, but should also be of relevance to readers with a practical interest in the region. For more than three decades, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (formerly Südostasien aktuell) has regularly provided – six times per year and in German - insightful and in-depth analyses of current issues in political, social and economic life; culture; and development in Southeast Asia. It continues to be devoted to the transfer of scholarly insights to a wider audience and is the leading academic journal devoted exclusively to this region. Interested readers can access the abstracts and tables of contents of earlier issues of the journal via the webpage http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/archiv.