Emerging regional security co‐operation in Europe and the Asia Pacific

Managing Regional Conflict: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Embargo of Qatar

“…ARF has also provided a forum outside the formal institutions of ASEAN in which ASEAN member states can address highly sensitive regional issues in a transparent and constructive manner. One notable example is the agreement between ASEAN member states via ARF to not let substantive differences over local support for separatist groups hinder cooperation on a whole range of other economic and security issues (Snyder, ). This is a particularly important lesson for the Arab Gulf States given the tensions between Qatar and its opponents over the former's alleged support for Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood that are outlawed in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.…”

Reorienting Interregional Co‐operation in the Global Political Economy: Europe’s East Asian Policy

“…It stressed the scope for creating common ground on a range of political questions. These included, for example, the involvement of the Commission as a 'dialogue partner' in the newly created ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on security matters, as well as some acknowledgement of existing controversies on issues such as the consolidation of democracy in Southeast Asia, human rights, development co-operation, and social and environmental standards (see Snyder, 1996;Taylor, 1997;Far Eastern Economic Review, 18 July 1996). The Commission also accepted that European commercial interests had been weakly represented in the fastest growing region of the world.…”