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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
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 |
