Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security Challenges (eBook)

M. Leann Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, USA.

1. Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security ChallengesThe puzzleA word about comparative case studiesSummaries of the casesThe thesis2. Theorizing Organizational ChangeSystemic and other power-related explanationsOrganizational and functional explanationsIdeational and social understandingsConclusion3. The 1978-91 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Vietnam StandoffASEAN’s formative years and security efforts before the crisisPotential systemic and other power-related explanationsOrganizational and functional explanationsIdeational and social understandings Conclusion: ASEAN’s diplomatic response to the Vietnamese threat 4. The 1990 Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)-Liberian Civil War ChallengeECOWAS’ founding and progress before the crisisPotential systemic and other power-related explanationsOrganizational and functional explanationsIdeational and social understandingsConclusion: The ECOWAS military intervention in the Liberian Civil War5. The 1990-91 European Communities (EC)-Balkans CrisisEC security efforts before the crisisPotential systemic and other power-related explanationsOrganizational and functional explanationsIdeational and social understandingsConclusion: The EC’s diplomatic and economic response to the Balkans Crisis6. Explaining and Understanding REOs' Response to Conventional Security Challenges