Scholars of international relations disagree about the reasons that lead states to pursue regional integration arrangements. What theory best explains the creation of ASEAN? Why? Given the theoretical approaches that we have read, do you believe that the members of ASEAN are likely to pursue deeper integration in the future? Why, or why not?
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Mansfield, Edward D. and Helen V. Milner. 1999. “The New Wave of Regionalism.†International Organization 53.3: 589-627. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://jstor.org/stable/2601291
Rosato, Sebastian. 2011. “Europe’s Troubles: Power Politics and the State of the European Project,†International Security 35.4: 45-86. http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tsh&AN=59519160&site=ehost-live http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=29b145f2-db5f-4ed2-bee1-b4f9b8b3d25d%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=tsh&AN=59519160
Jones, David Martin and Michael L.R. Smith. 2007. “Making Process, Not progress: ASEAN and the Evolving East Asian Regional Order.†International Security 32.1:148-184. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=29b145f2-db5f-4ed2-bee1-b4f9b8b3d25d%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=tsh&AN=25531513
Best, Edward, and Thomas Christiansen. 2011. “Regionalism in international affairs.†In: The Globalization of World Politics: An introduction to International Relations, eds. Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 428-444. Oxford: Oxford University