{"id":1487,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyse-the-role-of-asean-in-the-promotion-of-regional-upsc-psir-2020-3605\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:57","slug":"critically-analyse-the-role-of-asean-in-the-promotion-of-regional-upsc-psir-2020-3605","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyse-the-role-of-asean-in-the-promotion-of-regional-upsc-psir-2020-3605\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically analyse the role of ASEAN in the promotion of regional peace and security through economic cooperation and trade."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mitrany<\/b>\u2019s \u201cphilosophy of peace\u201d = the premise the question tests <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ASEAN reverses it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> politics settled before economics \/<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Bangkok Declaration 1967 = Cold War security front, not a trade bloc <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trade widened a peace norms had already created <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> could not secure it alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>ASEAN Way (consensus, non-interference, sovereignty) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ZOPFAN 1971 + TAC 1976 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no inter-member war <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Fisher<\/b>: \u201cBalkans of Asia\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> zone of peace <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Acharya<\/b>: norm localisation + norm subsidiarity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> AFTA 1992 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> AEC single market &amp; production base <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Keohane<\/b>: interdependence raises cost of conflict <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> big economies outside <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trade turned outward: ARF, ASEAN Plus Three, EAS, RCEP <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> APSC Blueprint 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>no <b class=\"pq-sc\">Haas<\/b> spillover <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ASEAN stays intergovernmental <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> non-tariff barriers, low intra-ASEAN trade <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consensus stalls on South China Sea and Myanmar after the 2021 coup <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> wider engagement pulls US\u2013China rivalry in<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mahbubani<\/b> &amp; <b>Sng<\/b>, <i>The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> potential holds even under power politics <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> too early to write off the record \/<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> trade widened the zone of peace, consultation keeps it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> economics is the instrument of ASEAN\u2019s security order, norms are its foundation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[79],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1487","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-regionalisation-of-world-politics","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4899,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1487\/revisions\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}