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    ASEAN–Australia relations: The suitable status quo

    Cook, Malcolm | August 2018
    Abstract
    The first ASEAN–Australia Special Summit held in Sydney in March 2018 led some Australian commentators to advocate for Australia to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Even if Australian membership could be made possible by changing the ASEAN Charter and achieving a consensus among ASEAN member states in favour of membership, it would not serve Australian interests in Southeast Asia as well as Australia’s current dialogue partner relationship with ASEAN. Proponents of ASEAN membership overstate the importance of ASEAN to Australia, understate the benefits of the current dialogue partner relationship, which has room for enhancement, and do not fully address the likely policy constraints and financial costs of ASEAN membership. When it comes to ASEAN, Australia’s status quo dialogue partner relationship is more suitable than quixotic appeals for membership in ASEAN.
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    Cook, Malcolm. 2018. ASEAN–Australia relations: The suitable status quo. © Lowy Institute For International Policy. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8561.
    Keywords
    Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
    Public Policy Evaluation
    Project Evaluation & Review Technique
    Operations Evaluation
    Governance
    Corporate Governance Reform
    Public Administration
    Institutional Framework
    Corporate Restructuring
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    Project impact
    Resources evaluation
    Grievance procedures
    Risk assessment
    Decentralization in government
    Civil government
    Political development
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    Municipal government
    Cumulative effects assessment
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