The limits of minilateralism in Asean

Australia convened a meeting recently with six South-east Asian states focused on counter-terrorism. The meeting in Perth was not only a notable development in and of itself but also just the latest example of the use of minilateralism in the security realm in South-east Asia.

[…]These include the Mekong River Commission in mainland South-east Asia in the 1990s and the Malacca Strait Patrols in maritime South-east Asia in the 2000s.

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Prashanth Parameswaran