Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security Challenges

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

1. Regional Economic Organizations and Conventional Security Challenges
The puzzle A word about comparative case studies Summaries of the cases The thesis
2. Theorizing Organizational Change
Systemic and other power-related explanations Organizational and functional explanations Ideational and social understandings Conclusion
3. The 1978-91 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Vietnam Standoff
ASEAN's formative years and security efforts before the crisis
Potential systemic and other power-related explanations Organizational and functional explanations Ideational 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 Challenge

ECOWAS' founding and progress before the crisis Potential systemic and other power-related explanations Organizational and functional explanations Ideational and social understandings Conclusion: The ECOWAS military intervention in the Liberian Civil War
5. The 1990-91 European Communities (EC)-Balkans Crisis

EC security efforts before the crisis
Potential systemic and other power-related explanations Organizational and functional explanations Ideational and social understandings Conclusion: The EC's diplomatic and economic response to the Balkans Crisis
6. Explaining and Understanding REOs' Response to Conventional Security Challenges