Southeast Asia was to be re-modelled as an economic space primarily ruled by the logics of rationalism and instrumentalism. The inhabitants of Southeast Asia were henceforth conditioned to identify themselves as a colonial subjects of a specific polity or an imagined nation within its constituent territorial boundaries. To do so, ASEAN must quickly shed its image as an exclusive club for the elite and maximize public participation if it wishes to build a genuine ASEAN community. An example of this is how Singapores national history is often re-told with the founding of modern Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as the starting point. The Dayaks of Borneo have similarly refuse to accept the modern day national boundaries imposed upon them and continue to straddle the borders of Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia) in their everyday lives (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia 2014, 209-231). Looking at Malaysia and Singapore as a case study will show how two states have managed to dampen violence and achieve a degree of cohesion despite the legacies of colonialism, Japanese occupation, and decolonization. Perspectives on the Security of Singapore: The First 50 Years. A possible explanation for this absence of identification with the ASEAN identity is that the people of Southeast Asia continue to be trapped in a language game inherited from the colonial era which has defined national identities based on the notion of exclusivity and a worldview that accepts modern state boundaries as a given political reality. 4 (November 2012): 400-415. In retrospect, some of these policies had a recognizably modern ring to them, and, taken together, they represented, if not a revolution, at least a concerted effort at change. _____________. Azmawati, Dian and Linda Quayle. The affluent city-state gained independence over a. half-century ago, but a deeper past is still present. Nischalke, Tobias. As Tan explains, cultural markers are able to create meaning for the peoples world when interwoven into their lives in the forms of mundane experience, ordinary actions, and common sense (Tan 2000). Accessed February 1, 2018. https://www.boell.de/en/2017/08/02/new-perspectives-civil-society-engagement-asean. "It's very . Malaysian politicians and media often play up bilateral disputes by criticising Singapore or accuse the country of spying within Malaysian territory. _____________. This chapter surveys the literature on whether and which are the long-run economic legacies of European colonization today. Politically, colonialism can be considered as a form of dictatorship because it imposes and maintains violence (Rodney, 1982). Jakarta: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2017. The roots for regionalism has always been shallow and are mainly driven by pragmatic political and economic considerations. A history of early modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1800. ASEAN has also gone on to achieve some success in regional economic integration projects with a number of agreements signed in principle on the setting up of free trade zones, abolishment of tariffs, product standards and conformity (Severino 2007: 17-24). They hoped to build a sense of territorial ownership in the people instead of relying on loyalty to the rulers. Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, September 2010. Besides the Europeans, Japanese and the Americans used to colonize Southeast Asian countries as well. Introduction. 2. Despite these efforts, ASEAN has thus far failed to develop a degree of ASEAN consciousness in both its bureaucrats and citizens that will nudge them to think of themselves as a member of the wider ASEAN body (Denoon and Colbert 1998-1999). Leifer, Michael. Though resistance was not impossible, it was difficult, especially since the rulers and their courts were now largely beholden to the Dutch for their positions. However, this continues to be contested by the government of Malaysia. 4 They argue that an inherent tension between state sovereignty and regionalism exists as political elites are more concerned with the building of a stable, legitimate sovereign state as a vital prerequisite before the building of a strong regional community and identity (Hund 2010). As a result of these divisive colonial policies, ethnic identities and differences were artificially accentuated which created an outlook of dichotomized, binary identities anchored by an othering mindset of Native vs. Aliens and Race vs. Race (Hirschman 1995). ASEAN has also gone on to achieve some success in regional economic integration projects with a number of agreements signed in principle on the setting up of free trade zones, abolishment of tariffs, product standards and conformity (Severino 2007: 17-24). Hikayat Hang Tuah. Unlike during the pre-colonial era, the movements of Southeast Asians were subsequently restricted within the confines of their respective colonial empires. Therefore, the sense of a common regional identity that has been argued to exist at the elite level by Acharya has to be broadened to include the ordinary people of ASEAN. As national interests and identities predominate in ASEAN, it is an arduous task for the generation of the kind of we-feeling that is required for the building of a regional community as articulated in the ASEAN Vision 2020. Oba, Mie. Indonesia These statements serve as an indicator that ASEAN is not united by any geographical or historical linkages but rather material and political-economic interests, whereas Southeast Asia remains a region where cultures, histories, language and ethnic identities overlap and cross-fertilize one another. /asiapacific/commentary-colonialism-s-long-shadow-over-southeast-asia-today-7887758. The great political and social structures of the classical states had begun to decay, and, although the reasons for this disintegration are not altogether clear, the expanded size of the states, the greater complexity of their societies, and the failure of older institutions to cope with change all must have played a part. In Southeast Asia, colonialism did have the positive effect of European investment and construction of canals and irrigation systems. Pedra Blanca: ICJ to hear Malaysias challenge in June. The Straits Times, April 7, 2018. http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/pedra-branca-icj-to-hear-malaysias-challenge-in-june. 1 (January 1973): 75-83. Indonesia's civil law system is based specifically off of the Roman-Dutch model. The exception was Thailand, but even here Western ideas about pathways to "modernization" exerted a strong influence. Unfortunately, the current education systems of ASEAN states are not well-equipped to support such a venture (Koh 2007). These cultural contestations exist precisely because genuine cultural linkages and interactions that transcend modern day national boundaries have existed prior to colonialism. Regionalism and Multilateralism: Essays on Cooperative Security in the Asia Pacific. Of particular importance were efforts to bring villages under closer state control, curb shifting patron-client relationships, and centralize and tighten the state administrative apparatus. Khoo, How San. A significant feature is the fact that so many Western countries were involved in this colonization -- Portuguese Spanish, Dutch, British, French . Despite so, the political elites of ASEAN has thus far failed to develop a degree of ASEAN consciousness in both its bureaucrats and citizens that will nudge them to re-think themselves as a citizen of the wider ASEAN body. As Farish Noor points out, there is no common history textbook that captures the manifold overlaps and continuities in Southeast Asian history, or which reflects the manner in which many communities that exist in the region today are really the net result of centuries of intermingling, overlapping, and hybridity. (ibid.). Colonial power's rule upon Southeast Asia had an impact on the rise of nationalist movements because people tried to fight for their independence. Despite their stated intention, it was most probably never the intent of the political elites to build a regional project that erodes national boundaries and imagine itself as a region of collective past, present and future. Oceana, and Asia (Western Society, 2004). 4 (November 2012): 603-628. However, Acharyas works have thus far only focused on elite-level socialization in examining the prospects for community building and have yet to discuss the role and interaction of the general populace. All three were fully aware of the dangers, internal as well as external, that faced them and their people, and their efforts were directed at meeting these challenges. Scholars such as Emmerson (2005) and Chang (2016) have tended to look at ASEAN as primarily a security community in which they posited that ASEAN is essentially made up of a group of sovereign states that have a commitment to abstain from the use of force against each other. The Critical Importance of Socio-cultural Community for the Future of ASEAN. In ASEAN @ 50 Volume 1, The ASEAN Journey: Reflections of ASEAN Leaders and Officials, edited by Surin Pitsuwan, Hidetoshi Nishimura, Ponciano Intal, Jr., Kavi Chongkittavorn, and Larry Maramis, 89-102. Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order. Europeans created more realistic and distinct boundaries between Southeast Asia territories that were ruled by sultans and kings. Except in the Philippines, by the mid-1930s only a small percentage of indigenous children attended government-run schools, and only a fraction of those studied above the primary-school level. Andaya, Barbara Watson and Leonard Y. Andaya. In the ASEAN Vision 2020 declaration, the ASEAN leaders have indicated a desire for an ASEAN community conscious of its ties of history, aware of its cultural heritage and bound by a common regional identity. (Association of Southeast Asian Nation, 2018). Knowledge and support for an ASEAN community in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 13, no. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org . As existing literature have already been inundated by realist interpretations that mainly focus on the political and economic dimensions of ASEANs integration, this article will venture to shift away from this direction and take a constructivist approach that emphasizes on the development of a collective identity that is based on a sentiment of we-feeling as an essential component in the building of a resilient ASEAN community. Indeed, if Acharyas claim that an collective identity has been successfully developed among the political elites of ASEAN was true, one may question why recent events have pointed out to an increasing lack of regional cohesiveness and why the political elites of ASEAN have made repeated attempts to highlight the urgency to create an ASEAN community and identity if it is already a given? An ASEAN-wide survey carried out by Roberts in 2007 revealed a high level of trust deficit among ASEAN elites and citizens (Roberts 2007). Linklater, Andrew. They were unable, however, to avoid other concomitants of state expansion and modernization. National histories have to shift away from a mono-logical retelling of events to one that teaches it in the broader context of the region that reminds the people of ASEAN of the numerous, intersecting historical and cultural ties that exists amongst them. Web. These challenges would require ASEAN member states to re-orientate their course of actions for closer cooperation in order to act as a counterweight against these external powers attempting to influence events in the region and this ability is invariably tied to the degree of cohesion within ASEAN (Yoshimatsu 2012). These nations also opened the imperialised countries up to trade. Its chapters unearth the contingency and contention that accompanied the establishment of nation-states . Still, despite Western disbelief, there was considerable resentment of colonial rule at the lower levels of society. 1 (2009): 1942. China has the world's fastest-growing economy, increasing nearly 10 percent every year for the past 30 years. As ASEAN risks being undermined in an increasingly volatile, uncertain and complex global environment, it needs to re-define itself and build itself into a much closer ASEAN Community of nations. A long-term affect of imperialism in Southeast Asia is the civil law system in many countries in Southeast Asia today. The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1824. Regional integration is largely seen as a mean to allow its respective member states to obtain greater political and economic clout through resources pooling wherever mutual, practical benefit exists so as to secure their national sovereignty (Kim 2011). Explaining ASEAN: Regionalism in Southeast Asia. But the chapter is not unremittingly negative. A few constructivist interpretations have surfaced which attempt to fill this gap. Production of tin, oil, rubber, sugar, rice, tobacco, coffee, tea, and other commodities burgeoned, driven by both government and private activity. Pham, Quang Minh. Social change was desired only insofar as it might strengthen these activities. This influences some of the systems like education and governance but also stagnated the growth and development in these areas. Farish A. Noor notes that although the history textbooks of Indonesia do make mention of the how transnational contact between states in the region aided the formative development of Indonesia, there is scant detail given on the cultural and historical linkages between the proto-Indonesian kingdoms and their Southeast Asian counterparts during the pre-colonial era. Southeast Asia's New Nationalism: Causes and Significance - Volume 1 Issue 2. . 6 (November/December 2012): 1043-1066. Emmerson, Donald K. Security, Community, and Democracy in Southeast Asia: Analyzing ASEAN. Japanese Journal of Political Science 6, no. Narine, Shaun. ASEAN Identity, Now and into the Future: The interactions across borders in Southeast Asia. In 50 years of ASEAN Still Waiting for Social and Ecological Justice, edited by Fransiskus Tarmedi, Julia Behrens and Manfred Hornung, 9-15. Koh, Aaron. . ASEAN centrality in these key regional platforms has afforded it with a voice at the global level (Vejjajiva 2017: 89-102). French colonists were interested in acquiring land, exploiting . Most of the new intellectual elite were only vaguely aware of these sentiments, which in any case frequently made them uneasy; in a sense they, too, were foreigners. By 1886 the rest of the region had been divided among the British, French, Dutch, and Spanish (who soon were replaced by the Americans), with the Portuguese still clinging to the island of Timor. This further divided the ethnic communities as seeds of discords were sowed through perception of unequal treatment. After about 1850, Western forces generally were more invasive, requiring only feeble justification for going on the attack. Henceforth, national identities are framed in the context of oppositional dialectics which highlights the uniqueness of their nation-states vis--vis their external neighbors; a case of us versus them (Noor 2015). Indonesia's Foreign Policy. Instead, they regard their Bajau homeland as one that extends far from the Sulawesi Sea to the Palawan of the Philippines and continue to reside and ply their trade across these waters (Morgan 2018). In search of Southeast Asia: a modern history. As Benedict Anderson postulates on the possibilities of nation-states as imagined communities, so can a regional identity exist as an ontological object of the mind if Southeast Asians are able to re-imagine a contemporary Southeast Asia not solely defined by territorial borders and exclusive national identity (Anderson 1983). Intra-regional people-to-people interaction at the ground level should therefore be highly encouraged. Increased political stability. All this deteriorated the mental as well as physical freedom and conditions of the colonized . This was based largely on perceptions that taxes were too numerous and too high, bureaucratic control too tight and too prone to corruption, and labour too coercively extracted. National histories across the region are often written and retold in isolation, often with their independence struggle as the pre-given starting point and the respective nation-states as the main actor in the foreground (Noor 2017: 9-15). Southeast AsiaEconomic conditions20th century. ASEAN and the Creation of a Regional Community. Asia-Pacific Review 21, no.1 (June 2014): 63-78. 8 Therefore, Allan Collins is most probably right in arguing that ASEAN exists as a security regime whereby states interact through norms of behavior primarily to achieve their political and economic goals (Collins 2007). In his view, before reaching the state of integration, the formation of a common identity must first be attained before intensive cooperation among states can begin. Technological developments and population expansion, British territorial acquisitions in Burma. Asia Before Europe: Economy and Civilisation of the Indian Ocean from the Rise of Islam to 1750. Consequently, an unsatisfactory rejection on the possibility of the formation of a genuine ASEAN community is often made. Unrestricted by any form of political borders or allegiance to a single locality, Southeast Asians constantly moved across the region. At the heart of the debate however lies, The year 2020, when this project was initiated, provided a unique opportunity for reflection on critical milestones in Myanmars recent history: it marked a decade since the initiation of political, economic, and peace transitions, as well as five years since the National League for Democracy (NLD) took control of the civilian government in an ad hoc. . So in a number of ways, it appears to be true that Singapore and Hong Kong really are better places than Taiwan and that all three are better than mainland China. However, it is now proved that negative side of it preponderates the positive side in the sense that 1 the school. As a result, the ASEAN Community and ASEAN Identity only exist in form but not in substance. These dialectics have assisted the regions political elite in their repeated attempts at playing up national sentiments against neighbouring countries in order to galvanize its populace for political gains. How Indonesia sees ASEAN and the world a cursory survey of the social studies and history textbooks of Indonesia, from primary to secondary level. RSIS Working Paper no. By the end of colonial rule, any early semblance of a regional identity had become blurred and forgotten as nationalism developed (Steinberg 1971). Afterward, the European powers propped up a weak central government for their own economic benefit. Within the colonies themselves, the colonial rulers also imported their Social Darwinism beliefs and instituted a series of divisive policies and social structures which developed an othering mindset among its colonial subjects. They neglect the possible influence of ideational elements on state behavior which is critical to the formation of any collective community. There is a clear absence of we-ness among the people of ASEAN as any memories of a pre-colonial Southeast Asia linked by commerce, interdependency and a sense of shared space have become largely forgotten (Noor 2017: 9-15). While the boundaries of Southeast Asia, both epistemic and geographic, were inchoate, regional identity did exist in the region in a pre-modern sense. Bangkok: Heinrich Bll Stiftung Southeast Asia, 2017. These colonial regimes, however, were not insubstantial, as they put down strong bureaucratic roots andthough often co-opting existing administrative apparatusesformed centralized disciplined structures of great power. In essence, ASEAN is an attempt by political elites to re-imagine the region in form but not in substance. Native inhabitants of these lands were forced to put up with settlers overuse of land, animals, and natural resources across the globe. Such integration would need to make people feel that they belong to a shared community and that they are all fellow stakeholders with a common destiny (ibid.). Two panel discussions, in particular, shed light on why Southeast Asia, despite its long history of colonialism, has limited postcolonial perspectives compared to South Asia. Since then, efforts have been made by the ASEAN member states to cultivate a collective ASEAN identity by fostering a sentiment of we feeling which will inform regionalism efforts and facilitate greater cooperation between Southeast Asians in the political, security, economic and cultural arena (Murti 2016). Colonialisms long shadow over Southeast Asia today. Channel NewsAsia,August 29, 2016. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news Economic Impact. Denoon, David B.H. The Integration Theorists and the Study of International Relations. In The Global Agenda: Issues and Perspectives, edited by C.W. "What impact did Western imperialism and colonialism have on Asia" That Colonialism and imperialism played a significant role in shaping the modern world and particularly Asia is a prudent judgment. The various imperialist powers set up industries in their colonies to make profits and thus paved the way for the industrialization of the colonies. HC441.B64 2007 330.95'041dc22 2007006545 An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. ASEAN shall have, by the year 2020, established a peaceful and stable Southeast Asia where each nation is at peace with itself and where the causes for conflict have been eliminated, through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law and through the strengthening of national and regional resilience. (Association of Southeast Asian Nation, 2018). Singapore: World Scientific, 2015. Over time, multiple networks of inter-related, mutually dependent communities were formed across the region with numerous linkages of affinities forged through maritime trade, migration and intermarriages that cuts across ethnic, cultural and political affiliations (ibid.). The result is a highly apathetic population who are more concerned about what happens within their country but remain unconnected and largely unaware of the region. From the Editor Myanmars Transition Stalled: From Opening to Coup, The International Court of Justice ruled in favour of Cambodia in 2013 with the temple of Preah Vihear and most of the nearby land belonging to Cambodia. Thus, they generally cast doubts for any sovereign states to be genuinely interested in the building of a shared community that is anchored on we-feelings. What . New York: Random House, 1984. Are all hopes lost in the development of a collective ASEAN identity in support of the formation of a genuine ASEAN Community? From the Editor: Southeast Asias Artful Diplomacy? Puchala, Donald J. The political elites of ASEAN also continue to look at their neighbouring countries with much suspicion (ibid.). As argued by Farish Noor, there is at present no common history curriculum that captures the manifold overlaps and continuities in Southeast Asian history, or which reflects the manner in which many communities that exist in the region today are really the net result of centuries of inter-mingling, overlapping and hybridity (Noor 2017: 9-15). It did this through bringing medicine and education. 6, Due to the deliberate over-emphasis on distinct and exclusive national identity, little is discussed on the interconnectedness and cross-cultural interactions of pre-colonial Southeast Asian communities and kingdoms (Noor 2012). Such endeavors can be based on regional narratives involving judicious use of cultural values and markers that create a perception of the commonality of the region as a whole. Anderson, Benedict. ASEANs Future and Asian Integration. International Institutions and Global Governance Program Working Paper. Jeevan Vasagar. over colonialism. Map of Ethnic Groups in MMSEA. May 2005. Caballero-Anthony, Mely. It will follow McMillan and Chaviss definition of a sense of community as a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members needs will be met through their commitment to be together and Henri Tajfels definition of identity as part of an individuals self-concept which derives from his knowledge of his membership in a social group (or groups) together with the value and emotional significance attached to that membership (McMillan and Chavis 1986; Tajfel 1981). Thus, ASEANs main function was to assist the nascent nation-states in promoting, enhancing and preserving the political legitimacy of its government and safeguarding them from any external threats that may de-stabilize their sovereignty (Noor 2017, 9-15). Even Gia Long, whose conscience and circumstance both demanded that he give special attention to reviving the classical Confucian past, quietly incorporated selected Western and Tay Son ideas in his government. Motivated by a need for raw materials and new markets to sustain the industrial development of their metropoles, the European powers embarked on a series of colonizing missions between the 17th to 19th century in Southeast Asia (Christie 1996). Also, not discussed in this thesis are the legal frameworks and economic union of ASEAN that are often posited as practical challenges to the regional integration project. 7. Region and Identity: The Many Faces of Southeast Asia. Asian Politics & Policy 3, no. Consider how most countries in Southeast Asia are named after independence, Burma for Burmans, Thailand for Thais, Laos for Laotian and Malaysia for Malays. 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Pre-colonial historical, cultural and social linkages that had existed prior to colonial rule were eventually replaced by a neater range of political allegiance in Southeast Asia. Any form of regional community to the realist would only exist in form but not in essence. Moreover, if ASEAN wishes to achieve the goals of closer integration, a collective ASEAN identity must be developed not just among the political leaders and bureaucrats but also the general population of the region. A study by Azmawati and Quayle (2017) shows that even at the university level, students in Southeast Asia are often very unfamiliar with the organization, goals and progress of the ASEAN Community. Is an ASEAN Community Achievable? Asian Survey 52, no. Acharya, Amitav. ASEANs One Identity and One Community: A Slogan or a Reality? Yale Journal of International Affairs, March 14, 2016. Jakarta: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2017. 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