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THE ASEAN CHARTER: An Opportunity Missed or One that Cannot Be Missed?
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Southeast Asian Affairs
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January 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Introduction
Since the formal adoption of the much-awaited ASEAN Charter in November 2007, opinions have been mixed regarding its impact on the institutional development of the forty-year-old association. From media reports, commentaries and editorials that emerged, the views expressed on the Charter have covered both ends of the spectrum, as reflected in comments from the most enthusiastic that called the Charter a "momentous event" in ASEAN's history, to the tad less salubrious and sceptical remarks on "long on talk, short on action" - and the starkly dismissive ones which referred to the event as a missed opportunity.
To be sure, the debates on the real impact of the Charter on ASEAN are ...