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I will pay for the following article The Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The work is to be 9 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. Therefore interstate conflict among ASEAN states was contained by virtue of a culture of shared knowledge, mutual trust and facilitating shared interests (Anthony 2005, 196).
This harmonious relationship among ASEAN member states was challenged once the Association decided to enlarge in 1997. What had come to be known as the ASEAN Way in terms of its interstate conflict management was challenged when putative member state Cambodia experienced a political coup, delaying its membership. ASEA N insisted that the intrastate conflict be resolved via peaceful and fair elections (Camilleri 2005, 187).
With the enlargement of ASEAN in 1997, it was no longer possible to merely rely on concepts of shared interests and mutual trust as a method for managing conflicts. Even so, not many modifications were made to the ASEAN Way of managing regional conflicts either at the interstate or the intrastate level. Ultimately, ASEAN member states are bound by the doctrine of non-interference in the case of intrastate conflicts and decision making relative to interstate conflicts are managed by “consensus or unanimity” (Sridharan 2008, 2).
Be that as it may, ASEAN ministers took an unprecedented approach to Burma’s arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi who had headed a non-violent protests against human rights violations in Burma. In a 2003 meeting of ASEAN ministers, the ministers uncharacteristically ignored the principle of non-interference and called for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release. Previously, ASEAN had historically and consistently adhered to the doctrine of non-interference in matters involving intrastate affairs (Arendshorst 2009, 102).
Implicitly, the doctrine of non-interference would be compromised by the implementation of the ASEAN Charter in December 2008. The Charter called upon ASEAN member states to establish and respect the rule of law and human rights in a manner consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. . .