Building ASEAN Identity Within Member State Sovereignty

The issue of ASEAN identity affects more than just ASEAN sovereignty; it has the power to alter the international spectrum with its trans-national scope. To properly address the questions associated with the possibility of collective identity emerging from individual sovereignty, and its relation to regional identity, the following series of papers focuses on the themes of: territorial expansion, defense, economic integration and development, norm projection, hegemonic resistance, intra-regional dialogue, collective identity, sovereignty, the greater meta-themes of organizational evolution and effectiveness. These themes allow us to gain a better understanding of collective organization in relation to US policy goals.