29 June 2021
Reflections on the Tenets of Foreign Policy of Southeast Asian States
Prof Takashi Inoguchi on “Reflections on the Tenets of Foreign Policy of Southeast Asian States”
Prof Takashi Inoguchi, an Eminent Scholar-Professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo, and a former UN Assistant Secretary, contributed this article as part of the commemoration of 25 years of RSIS/IDSS.
This article discusses the key tenets of foreign policy adopted in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia — seven Southeast Asian states which are also members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The impetus of these nations to evolve their policies amid external globalisation and internal democratisation will also be examined. ASEAN has three other member states: Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos, which is the only landlocked country in the region.
About the Author:
Takashi Inoguchi (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an Eminent Scholar-Professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo, and a former UN Assistant Secretary. He was awarded the endowed chair in the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) and the lifetime achievement award from the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Asia. He has published about 150 books, the latest of which is Digitized Statecraft in Multilateral Treaty Participation: Global Quasi-Legislative Behavior of 193 Sovereign States.
Prof Takashi Inoguchi on “Reflections on the Tenets of Foreign Policy of Southeast Asian States”
Prof Takashi Inoguchi, an Eminent Scholar-Professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo, and a former UN Assistant Secretary, contributed this article as part of the commemoration of 25 years of RSIS/IDSS.
This article discusses the key tenets of foreign policy adopted in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia — seven Southeast Asian states which are also members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The impetus of these nations to evolve their policies amid external globalisation and internal democratisation will also be examined. ASEAN has three other member states: Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos, which is the only landlocked country in the region.
About the Author:
Takashi Inoguchi (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an Eminent Scholar-Professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo, and a former UN Assistant Secretary. He was awarded the endowed chair in the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) and the lifetime achievement award from the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Asia. He has published about 150 books, the latest of which is Digitized Statecraft in Multilateral Treaty Participation: Global Quasi-Legislative Behavior of 193 Sovereign States.
