Comparing regional organizations in global multilateral institutions: ASEAN, the EU and the UN

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Abstract

Structural change brought about by the end of the Cold War and accelerated globalisation have transformed the global environment. A global governance complex is emerging, characterised by an ever-greater functional and regulatory role for multilateral organisations such as the United Nations (UN) and its associated agencies. The evolving global governance framework has created opportunities for regional organisations to participate as actors within the UN (and other multilateral institutions). This article compares the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as actors within the UN network. It begins by extrapolating framework conditions for the emergence of EU and ASEAN actorness from the literature. The core argument of this article is that EU and ASEAN actorness is evolving in two succinct stages: Changes in the global environment create opportunities for the participation of regional organisations in global governance institutions, exposing representation and cohesion problems at the regional level. In response, ASEAN and the EU have initiated processes of institutional adaptation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127–143
Number of pages16
JournalAsia Europe Journal
Volume10
Issue number2-3
Early online date13 Apr 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2012

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Keywords

  • comparative regionalism
  • global governance
  • United Nations
  • ASEAN
  • EU

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