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Southeast Asia stands out as the region in the non-Western world that most closely approximates a community. In a region with great political, economic, and cultural diversity, the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN), initially established in 1967 among Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand, has fostered a collective Southeast Asian identity around the norms of non-interference, mutual respect for sovereignty and consensus-building. As a result, in Southeast Asia, the likelihood of war has been significantly reduced among a diverse group of states with histories of conflict.
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Rumelili, B. (2007). Identity/Difference and the ASEAN. In: Constructing Regional Community and Order in Europe and Southeast Asia. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286368_6
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