| Regardless of size, Country choose diplomatic strategy is essential, it is also about the rise and fall of the country’s fate. For the ASEAN, regional organizations composed by many small countries and surrounded by big powers, its importance is self-evident. ASEAN’s diplomatic strategy choice has its own unique logic and paths. Given the historical and practical considerations, finally, ASEAN choice balance diplomatic strategic of dual dimension. Since the establishment of ASEAN, Dual Dimension balance throughout each period of history, which originated early on deny internal hegemony and to deal with external threats. During Cambodian crisis, its through management and practice, at last form in the post-Cold War. By now, the dual balance has long been integrated into the diplomatic practice of ASEAN and became in foreign countries affairs normality.In the framework of ASEAN, dual balance explanation builds on two different dimensions:First, the traditional power balance on the dimensions of a small country, dependent on the counterbalance power and strength. Specifically, accelerating integration and enhance balance strength; Draw into external major powers in all domains, to achieve different dimensions balanced; Reliance on US, build regional balance situation. Second, the institutional balance of "ASEAN way", that is the norms and multilateral mechanisms of counterbalance. Performance in building and leading regional multilateral institutional mechanisms, so that "ASEAN Way" spillover to Asia among major powers, make its accept and abide, to achieve diplomatic objective, that is relatively constraints the large countries and norms its behavior. Since the end of the Cold War, dual dimension of mutual construction and complement, which has clearly reflected and applied in the ASEAN Regional Forum and the South China Sea dispute.Since the new century, dual diplomacy show more effective the power of diplomacy, ASEAN has made many of the key diplomatic achievements. |
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