Critical Perspective on ASEAN’s Security Policy under ASEAN Political and Security Community

Critical Perspective on ASEAN’s Security Policy under ASEAN Political and Security Community

In addition to facing economic challenges, asean also faces several other challenges, one of which is the security challenge. This artikel is about asean security policy that is issued by the APSC. Establishment of the ASEAN Political-Security Community (ASEAN Political-Security Community / APSC) is intended to speed up political and security cooperation in ASEAN in realizing peace in the region and globally. ASEAN Political-Security Community is open, based on a comprehensive approach to security and is not intended to constitute a defense pact / military alliance or joint foreign policy.

First of all this arikel discusses the conceptual framework of traditional security and non-traditional 'security framework. Developed countries tend to intervene in the policy of each developing country in terms of security, so that those countries are urged to develop policies that will support the advanced economies, as well as changing the perspective of the threat in the country that had been traditional to non tradisional.This article discusses issues non-traditional security that confront asean about security policy perspective APSC using CSS. Narrative colonialism, bordering the claim, the question of minorities, and non -traditional threat is the culmination of everything. At the end of colonial occupation, Southeast Asia became the battlefield of other Western powers during World War 2. Pasific US military campaign against the Japanese imperial army and communist ideology provoke the Vietnam War and allowed the US to establish military bases in the Philippines were closed in the 1991 war.

There are three dominant theoritical framework to explain the integration of southeast asian nation into asean namely; neo realism, neo liberalism, and contsructivism.One of ASEAN concerns in ensuring the stability in southeast asia is securing the region from any potential enmities.According to archarya there are four forms of security cooperation,the security regime,security regime, security community, collective defense,and collective security.Security community is characterized by two fundamental elements,the first element is the absence of war and the second is no significant preparations for war among member states.

Regional Security Complex ( RSC ) theory defends the pivotal role of regional security to international structure.RSC is a set of units whose major processes of securitisation,desecuritisation,or both are so interlinked that their security  problems cannot reasonably be analyzed or resolved apart from one another.The south china sea disputes jeopardizes asean security in two ways.The fist is the possibility of chinese military intrussion  to asean members ,the second threat as the effect of south china sea disputes is the possible disruption of asean member solidity.there are seven categories that related to human security, those are economic security, food security, health security, environmental security ,personal security ,community security,and political security.

UN has casted three main criteria in determining states distortion of employing human security in their policies.The first is it must elevate ‘peoples capabilities to make choice ‘,the second is no overwhelmed ‘securitization’ of threats that in turn could endanger the people,the third is the result  of the policies must not weaken the security of other people in different states.The improvement os ASEAN’s capacity in dealing with non-traditional security issues has shown slow progress. ASEAN’s diversity lies on the cultural,social,economic, and political dimensions..ASEAN strategy in ensuring the security of  its peole security is by consolidating internally and externally with  foreign partners.

ASEAN security policy has far been covering many aspects of non-traditional security.Even thought ASEAN members realized the serious danger or non-traditional threats,it still believe that those threats are categorized as domestic problems.The fundamental norms and values of ASEAN can be found in its treaty and amity cooperation in south  east asia  1967 which stated

1.      Mutual respect for the independence,sofereignty,equality,territorial integrity,and national identity of all nations

2.      The right of every state to lead its national existence free from external interference,subversion of coercion

3.      Non-interference  inthe internal affairs of one another

4.      Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner

5.      Renunciation of the threats or use of force

6.      Effective cooperation among themselves.

The non-interference principle arguable is the most problematic principle.ASEAN reliance on dialogue is adopted almost in every issue from regular to complex issue such as south china sea disputes.ASEAN has established various dialogue with its wide range state and international oraganization partnes.The APSC basically is a forum to provide wider dialogue concerning security.Right now APSC has various forums to tackle those issues,it includes ASEAN intergovermental commision on human rights,ASEAN foreign Minister Meeting,ASEAN Defense minister Meeting,ASEAN Law Minister Meeting,and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime.