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  Five Power Defence in an ASEAN world

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  ASEAN : External security concerns in a post cold war era

  From its modest beginnings in 1967, ASEAN has come to be regarded as one of the most successful experiments in regionalism in the developing world.
  
  ASEAN region is generally rich in natural resources which includes petroleum and agriculture products as well as other important raw materials. It is also a diverse and vitally important region in the world. Geographically, it sits astride the world's major eastwest trade routes which connect the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. Regional stability and freedom of passage through the area is therefore critical to international trade.
  
  ASEAN regional security is determined by both the external and internal threats as well as the interconnections between them. The realm of security in ASEAN involves a wide spectrum of affairs: geo=strategic; political; economic; social; cultural and ideological. It is not solely a military matter as it usually perceived in the conventional sense.