%0 Journal Article
%T Premises, Perils, and Promises of ASEAN Integration
%A David Michael M. San Juan
%J Journal of Developing Societies
%@ 1745-2546
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0169796X18784442
%X This article is aimed at analyzing the premises, perils, and promises of ASEAN integration. Beyond examining the region¡¯s situation, this article will also draw lessons from the European Union and various incipient Latin American integration projects. Specifically, this article will address the following questions: (a) How does the ASEAN¡¯s founding myth affect the ASEAN integration project¡¯s general direction? (b) What is wrong with ASEAN¡¯s current neoliberal framework? (c) What country will be the likely hegemon of the ASEAN economic and socio-cultural community? (d) Is a solidarity-based, people-centered, grassroots-driven, and non-neoliberal model for ASEAN integration possible and sustainable? (e) What lessons can be drawn from the European and Latin American integration schemes
%K ASEAN
%K economic integration
%K development studies
%K neoliberalism
%K Belt and Road Initiative
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0169796X18784442