Abstract
This concluding chapter takes stock of ASEAN’s epic journey toward the realization of its security community. It contrasts different “versions” of the security community to highlight where they overlap, compete, and diverge, and the productive tension that results. It shows that each version conveys representations of danger and of what ought to be protected that are likely incompatible with the other versions. At the same time, participants in the making of ASEAN’s approach to security all partake in the retelling of a common story that helps sustain the security community–building process. This chapter discusses future prospects as well as possibilities for transformative change in regional security governance. It concludes that the security community is very much what social agents involved in its construction say it is, and that while it is likely that ASEAN never reaches its final destination, it is, in fact, the journey that counts.
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