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Extra-regional states' Accession to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) and ASEAN’s Proactive Diplomatic Strategies: Analysis on the Accession Process of China and Japan

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  • Haran CHOI

    (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University)

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Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), signed in 1976, has nowadays become a comprehensive ASEAN-centered regime with members of 34 states and 1 regional organization. Especially since the 2000s, extra-regional states including China, Japan, and the US have joined to TAC. The accessions of extra-regional states have been explained by environmental or structural causes. However, such explanations are insufficient to answer why the preferences of the extra-regional states have been changed. This paper aims to provide a new explanation focusing on the diplomatic strategies of ASEAN trying to bring extra-regional states into TAC. Existing literature interprets China's accession to TAC as part of its “peaceful rise” and Japan’s “competition against China.” This paper challenges this perspective and argues that ASEAN had fascinated China by its “Promotion strategy” and “Give-and-take strategy” and Japan by its “Competition strategy,” leading both states to join TAC. The paper exemplifies the accession of China and Japan as a well-executed diplomatic strategy by ASEAN to promote the joining of extra-regional states to TAC.

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  • Haran CHOI, 2018. "Extra-regional states' Accession to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) and ASEAN’s Proactive Diplomatic Strategies: Analysis on the Accession Process of China and Japan," OSIPP Discussion Paper 18J001, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University.
    • Handle: RePEc:osp:wpaper:18j001
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    ASEAN; Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC); Diplomatic strategies; Centrality;
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