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0 Introduction
This article is reviewing about the ASEAN country is which trying ot be a people orientated
country with giving opputunities to Civil Society a chance to participate in the NTS challenge.
The people approach is the view to give the people a chance to participate in the sense to create
the people approach nation. The NTS challenge can be withdrawn by the corporation among the
CSO and ASEAN.
This article also discusses the relationship between the CSO with ASEAN in combating NTS is
considered a strong threat to the entire world, especially in Asian countries. This article also
states that the ASEAN group is no longer a safe country but often face a variety of challenges
that ails. NTS which is not a military threat but other threats. Another threat is also seen as a
threat that often interfere with the ability of a country, especially countries that emerging.
2.0 Abstract
ASEAN countries are doing their best to reduce the risk of NTS with its own rules and do not
ever cooperate among themselves. It is also said to be the cause of the problem can not be dealt
with NTS successfully.
Th trnsntionl ntur of such NTS chllngs mns tht thy cn no longr b sufficintly
mngd by domstic policis or msurs. s rsult of th incrsing futility of uniltrl
msurs, thr is growing rcognition tht th rgion nds to dvlop rgionl pproch to
solving todys scurity chllngs. Indd, th prcivd grvity of NTS issus is clr in th
wy in which thy r incrsingly discussd not only in cdmic circls, but lso mong
policymkrs, with officils incrsingly portrying ths issus s thrts to thir ntionl
sovrignty nd trritoril intgrity, s wll s to thir rspctiv socitis wll-bing. This is
significnt dvlopmnt givn tht scurity frming is dmd to b ffctiv in bringing
ttntion to ths thrts, convying sns of thir urgncy, nd commnding govrnmntl
rsourcs to mitigt nd mng NTS chllngs nd thir consquncs.
Whil civil socity hd trditionlly not nggd th SN during th first 30 yrs of its
xistnc, thr hs bn slow but stdy intrst in nggmnt ovr th lst yrs. Upon th
invittion of thn SN Scrtry Gnrl Ong Kng Yong, civil socity orgniztions
prticiptd in th first SN Civil Socity Confrnc orgnizd by th Mlysin
govrnmnt s th chir of SN (CSC) in 2005. ssurncs from th SN Scrtrit
tht ccrdittion wr not ncssry for nggmnt furthr nbld grtr civil socity
intrction with th SN. Hnc, rgionl nd ntionl civil socity orgniztions hv tkn
this s signl for nggmnt nd hv inititd thmtic cmpigns with th SN in
incrsing numbrs. Civil socity nggmnt with th SN hs not bn without difficultis.
Thr is high lvl of distrust nd discomfort btwn th prtis involvd. SN
govrnmnts fr dling with CSOs, s th lttr r sn s troubl mkrs nd subvrsivs,
sn s dissidnts in thir hom countris. CSOs, likwis, hv grt distrust of govrnmnts,
nd viw thm s corrupt nd undmocrtic, protcting th intrsts of th lit nd th privt
sctor.
Procsss of globliztion hv plyd dcisiv rol in th mrgnc of this nw, multi- lvl
nd multi-dimnsionl rgionlism. Whil thr r compting viws on th ntur of th
rltionship btwn globliztion nd rgionlism, Httn suggsts tht rgionlism is t onc
n intgrl prt of globliztion s wll s politicl rction ginst tht procss. In rgrd to
rgionlism s politicl rction, procsss of globliztion hv crtinly ngndrd nd
xcrbtd n rry of nw NTS chllngs nd this hs in turn ffctd th ntur of th
dvlopmnt of rgionlism in Southst si, provoking th dvlopmnt of mor xtnsiv,
multi-lvl rgionlism s wy of coping with th complx nd intr- rltd consquncs of
NTS thrts.
lthough Grugl nots tht th ctivism of brod rng of socity-bsd ctors nd thir
rltionships with stt ctors cn oftn b conflictul, th obsrvtions bov r ctully quit
significnt if w pply it in th contxt of sin rgionlism nd th mrging institutionl
infrstructur. Indd, s rsult of th incrsing inclusion nd prticiption of socity-bsd
ctors in rgionl mchnisms nd institutions, including SN, th ntur nd focus of
rgionl scurity cooprtion r bing noticbly rdfind to py mor ttntion to issus of
humn scurity. This is th product of incrsd dmnds for ction from ths non-stt ctors
in rspons to incrsingly ovrwhlming thrts to humn scurity. Ths thrts hv provokd
procsss of norm building in rs such s humn rights nd dmocrtiztion, rs prviously
considrd out of bounds for SN. Ultimtly, ths socity-bsd ctors or civil socity
orgniztions r hving n incrsingly significnt bring on how rgionl norms r built nd
trnsltd into rgionl institutions in Southst si.
5.0 APSC
Howvr, thr is nothr sid to th PSC tht is lso quit significnt, spcilly whn viwd
from th prspctiv of community building. ccording to th PSC Bluprint, th PSC ims
to not only bring SNs politicl nd scurity cooprtion to highr pln but lso to
nsur tht th popls nd Mmbr Stts of SN liv in pc with on nothr nd with
th world t lrg in just, dmocrtic nd hrmonious nvironmnt. lthough grndios, this
nonthlss highly significnt sttmnt is oftn missd in th writings nd discours
surrounding th PSC. Thus, byond th nw inititivs tht th PSC hs st out for scurity
cooprtion nd rgionl cooprtiv mchnisms, it is lso crucil to cptur th mrging
dynmics tht r bing crtd in th rgion by th inclusion of politicl dvlopmnt nd
norm shring nd shping s two of th PSCs strtgic thrusts. Th inclusion of ths two
priority rs in th PSC Bluprint is highly significnt givn tht not too long go SN
hd plinly voidd discussing topics tht could b intrprtd s intrusions into th domstic
politicl ffirs of its mmbr stts. Convrsly, undr th PSC, th kinds of strtgis tht
hv bn outlind to put flsh into th r of politicl dvlopmnt r grd towrds mking
th SN rgion mor pcful, dmocrtic, tolrnt, prticiptory nd trnsprnt
community. For thos fmilir with SN procsss, it is surprising tht this phrs ws bl
to gt pst th drfting stg of th SN snior officils mting, lt lon hving SN
ldrs gr to its inclusion in th SCs Pln of ction nd th subsqunt PSC Bluprint. In
ordr to gin sns of th thinking bhind such n inclusion, it is worthy to tk not of th
spcific strtgis which wr idntifid to ncourg politicl dvlopmnt. Ths r focusd
on thr ky rs: (i) th promotion of just, dmocrtic nd hrmonious nvironmnts through
th strngthning of dmocrtic institutions nd politicl prticiption; (ii) th promotion of
humn rights nd obligtions; nd (iii) th promotion of popl to popl contcts.
In unpcking th PSC, it bcoms clr tht th mrging rgionlism is bing drivn s much
by ids nd impulss s by functionl ncssitis. In this contxt mitv chry rfrs to th
proposd st sin Community s n imgind community, mphsizing th bold spirtions
tht undrli th notion, which sk to trnscnd powrful physicl, politicl nd vn culturl
brrirs confronting thm. lthough not gurntd progrssion, h suggsts tht th st
sin Community id could indd ushr in gnuin sns of community, bckd by
collctiv ction to ddrss th rgions common problms. In this rgrd, it is slint to point to
n rgumnt from Mliss Curly nd Nichols Thoms who suggst tht in th contxt of
SN dvlopmnt sinc th 1990s, it is crucil not to s th vlus nd norms ssocitd
with th SN wy s sttic, but rthr s volving in tndm with nw SN dirctions
nd intrsts. Thy contnd tht lthough SN hs crtinly not bndond its principl of
non-intrfrnc, th cts which constitut non-intrfrnc hv bn progrssivly mor
nrrowly dfind, prticulrly in th post-1999 priod. Thus, whilst stts hv bn bl to
continu to ssrt thir bility to ct indpndntly, t th sm tim this dvlopmnt hs
llowd for closr policy coordintion btwn rgionl stts.
6.0 Conclusion
W hv som opinion bout ths topics. After rding this rticl, our opinion is tht SNs
rltionship togthr with civil socity nd CSOs sms to b unstdy for pst fw dcds.
Lss ttntion is givn on SNCSO collbortion in th ld of NTS. This rticl is bout
th vlu of CSO prticiption in NTS is rcognizd, spcilly givn tht th rsourcs,
xprtis nd prsonnl ndd to ddrss ths issus oftn go byond th cpcity of SN.
W do hv sm opinion s policy implmnttion nd crting wrnss t th locl lvl
r bst dministrd by CSOs with locl knowldg.
From this rticl too w find tht th min chllng is th prticiption nd prticiptory
rgionlism cn mov byond bing public rltions xrcis to somthing tht provids ddd
vlu to ddrssing NTS. CSOs lso nd to b viwd by politicl viws in South-st si nd
SN s usful prtnrs so tht mny issus cn b solvd. Mritim pircy lso hs not
xprincd t th sm lvl of nggmnt by CSOs. Othr thn tht, w bliv tht ths
collbortions mong th CSO nd SN cn ld to solving of NTS issus in th rgion.
Bibliogrphy
Jusuf Wanandi, Security Issues in the ASEAN Region, in Karl D. Jackson and M. Hadi
Soesastro, eds., ASEAN Security and Economic Development, Research Papers and Policy
Studies no. 11 (Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1984), p.
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http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/06/04/non-traditional-security-threats-in-asia-finding-a
-regional-way-forward/