РОЛЬ АСЕАН У РОЗВИТКУ ЕКОНОМІКИ ПІВДЕННО-СХІДНОЇ АЗІЇ

Abstract

The article investigates the role of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations in the process of forming the economy of the lands of SouthEast Asia. Defining the role and place of multilateral dialogue mechanisms in particular, the ASEAN Regional Forum, in the Southeast Asia on economic issues in the architecture of the economy is a highly important issue of the thesis. It is argued that due to the post-bipolar security uncertainty in Southeast Asia the request to establish a regional security body that would include not only ASEAN member states but also their Asia Pacific dialogue partners and other countries to develop joint collective threat response to economic threats facing the region. The structure of the article is aimed at gaining optimal solution of the set tasks. It allowed to obtain scientific results in the form of conclusions that give a holistic view of the conceptual principles, mechanisms, core directions of ASEAN economic activity in Southeast Asia, specific cooperation patterns between member states of the Association and key non-regional actors in international relations, including Ukraine. For this purpose, the subject limits of research and the use of a wide range of general and special methods are substantiated in the article, which allowed studying the object of research. The study provides a thorough analysis of the scientific level development of the problem, reveals the main trends of modern research on the problems of East Asian economic processes. In the course of the study, the regulatory, axiological and praxeological principles of the Association's functioning were analyzed using the example of the ASEAN Community as a basic economic initiative of the organization, aimed at ensuring the necessary level of cooperation among member states in solving urgent problems. The author of the article draws attention to the fact that in the early 90s of the XX century іn SouthЕast Asia, a number of threats not only of a traditional (conventional) but also to a greater extent non-traditional (transnational/cross-border) nature became actualized. The processes of globalization, the specificity of regionalism, the dynamics of economic processes have led to the appearance of a number of problems and challenges in the field of economy, which the countries of the SouthЕast Asian region have faced. Thus, this study is relevant, as it provides an understanding of the dynamics and main trends of the economic development of the SouthЕast Asian region, in particular, in the field of economic cooperation. For Ukraine, the results of the study open up additional opportunities for establishing friendly and constructive relations with ASEAN member countries.