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The Future Regional Security Architecture
Dr Tan See Seng Research Adviser
Dr Tan See Seng
Dr Bhubhindar Singh Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academic Affairs); Head of Graduate Studies
Dr Bhubhindar Singh
Dr Wu Shang-Su Research Fellow
Dr Wu Shang-Su
Mr Shawn Ho Associate Research Fellow
Mr Shawn Ho
Dr Sarah Teo Assistant Professor and Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
Dr Sarah Teo
Mr Tsjeng Zhizhao Henrick Associate Research Fellow
Mr Tsjeng Zhizhao Henrick
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This project aims to study emerging groupings and “minilaterals” that could play key roles in the future regional security architecture. These include the “Quad” which seeks to underpin a “free and open Indo-Pacific”, the Indian Ocean Region fora, as well as cooperative platforms in mainland Southeast Asia such as the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism and China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand joint patrols in the Mekong River. The scope of this project includes: (i) conceptualising the idea of “minilateral” groupings vis-à-vis multilateralism; (ii) studying the motivations and institutions involved in these groupings, as well as how they relate to other geographical concepts such as the Asia Pacific and East Asia; (iii) implications for the ASEAN-centric regional order, including effects on ASEAN centrality and unity, and the ways that ASEAN can play a role amidst these constructs; and (iv) implications for the major powers’ engagement of the region.
Theme: | International Politics and Security / Regionalism and Multilateralism |
Region: | East Asia and Asia Pacific / Southeast Asia and ASEAN |
Entity: | IDSS |