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18 - Order and decolonisation in Southeast Asia

from Part 2 - The traditional agenda: states, war and law

Anthony Burke
Affiliation:
Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales
Richard Devetak
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Anthony Burke
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Jim George
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the history, key processes, and structures of Southeast Asia's international relations since World War II. It does so not just because they have shaped the region, but because they have often been intricately linked to struggles over the shape of global order. It is also an area in which Australia has had a deep and sometimes troubled involvement: Australia has supported the independence of some states, tried to prevent that of others, and provided large amounts of aid, investment, diplomatic support and military assistance. It has joined wars and tried to end them, and has been a significant player in many of the major regional institutions and initiatives. Southeast Asia's recent history has been turbulent and extraordinary, taking in terrible wars and genocides, dictatorship and democratisation, rapid economic growth and social change, economic and political crisis, and novel and difficult experiments in regional diplomacy and intervention. It has challenged some of the dominant norms of international relations, and been subject to some of its most destructive forces.

In 1941, just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Southeast Asia was an imperial playground. None of its peoples were free, and with the beginning of the Pacific War they were soon to exchange one colonial power for another, suffer the consequences of war and occupation, and emerge four years later into a radically transformed regional and international order that is still changing.

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An Introduction to International Relations
Australian Perspectives
, pp. 213 - 222
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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References

Acharya, Amitav 2001, Constructing a security community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the problem of regional order, London & New York: Routledge. Theoretically informed account of the process and problems of building the ASEAN security community.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kingsbury, Damien 2005, South-East Asia: a political profile, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Useful introduction to political, security, and economic issues in the region.Google Scholar
Tarling, Nicholas 2001, Southeast Asia: a modern history, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Very informative, if slightly outdated, account of the region and its history.Google Scholar

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  • Order and decolonisation in Southeast Asia
    • By Anthony Burke, Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales
  • Edited by Richard Devetak, University of Queensland, Anthony Burke, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Jim George, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: An Introduction to International Relations
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139168557.020
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  • Order and decolonisation in Southeast Asia
    • By Anthony Burke, Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales
  • Edited by Richard Devetak, University of Queensland, Anthony Burke, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Jim George, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: An Introduction to International Relations
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139168557.020
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  • Order and decolonisation in Southeast Asia
    • By Anthony Burke, Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales
  • Edited by Richard Devetak, University of Queensland, Anthony Burke, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Jim George, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: An Introduction to International Relations
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139168557.020
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