ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 The member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are famed for clinging to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries and resisting the shift to 'post- Westphalian' sovereignty, much to the derision of many critics. Yet the historical record shows that Southeast Asian states have also been involved in subversion, invasion, annexation, proxy warfare, peacekeeping, state-building and humanitarian interventions. How do we make sense of this apparent contradiction, and what is the real state of sovereignty in Southeast Asia today? Critiquing mainstream constructivist and realist accounts, this book offers a fresh, revisionist history of ASEAN. Drawing on political economy, political geography and state theory, it offers a new approach to theorizing sovereignty and intervention as technologies of power. Focusing on ASEAN states' interventions in Burma, Cambodia and East Timor, it argues that the selective application of sovereignty norms reflects power struggles within Southeast Asian societies. Contents Introduction 1. Theorising Sovereignty and Intervention PART I: THE COLD WAR   2. The Social Foundations of ASEAN and 'Non-Interference'   3. East Timor: ASEAN and Third-World Colonialism   4. Cambodia: Representation, Refugees and Rebels PART II: THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD   5. ASEAN after the Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict   6. Cambodia: From Cold War to Conditionality   7. East Timor: Interdependence and Intervention   8. Burma: ASEAN's Image and the 'Regional Interest' Conclusions Reviews Anyone who thinks that ASEAN’s ‘non-interference’ principle has not been problematic in practice should read this original, thoughtful, and debatable book.     Professor Donald K. Emmerson, Director, Southeast Asia Forum, Stanford University This innovative study introduces new ways of understanding the relations between ASEAN states... Lee Jones challenges assumptions that these are defined simply by principles of non-intervention and argues that interference and intervention have also been critical drivers of regional relationships. Most important, he challenges both realist and constructivist assumptions that state interests and norms can be understood in abstractions of ‘national interest’, arguing that specific forms of state interest and ideology are the products of deeper conflicts within nations themselves and across the region. By embedding critical cases in this political economy framework, the author provides a powerful new analysis of how relations have been forged between the regimes of this increasingly complex and potentially volatile region.     Professor Richard Robison, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth This engaging, timely and intellectually compelling book manages both to ground political science theorising in the richness of an area studies investigation, and to speak truth to power. It reminds us, at a time when ASEAN is increasingly gaining international credibility beyond Southeast Asia, of the Association's sordid, reactionary, undemocratic and interventionist origins. It exposes the ASEAN principle of 'non-intervention' as patently false, ruling elites having repeatedly intervened to suppress or contain populist, democratic and socialist protest. The myth has been shattered; the ‘honourable’ ASEAN diplomat looks more like a local thug.     Professor Patricio Abinales, University of Hawaii To read a sample chapter, click here. Click here to see the book on Palgrave’s website, and here to purchase a copy via Amazon. 20% DISCOUNT: use this flyer to obtain a 20% discount until 28 July 2012.