Monday, September 12, 2016

Roda Mushkat's Review Essay of ASEAN as an Actor in International Fora (Melbourne JIL)

"'Loose' Regionalism and Global Governance: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Factor"
Roda Mushkat
Melbourne Journal of International Law
2016, Vol. 17, Issue 1
Abstract: The international regulatory structure is heavily skewed in favour of a handful of industrialised countries operating as a ‘club’. This undermines its efficiency and legitimacy. An in-depth and sophisticated study, part of a large-scale and multidisciplinary research initiative by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, convincingly and elegantly demonstrates that insufficiently cohesive groupings such as ASEAN lack the will and capacity to ameliorate the situation. However, because of the narrow theoretical path trodden by the authors, the picture that emerges is incomplete and needs to be augmented with insights derived from complementary paradigmatic sources.  Click here to download the essay.

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