ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the traditional state-centric analysis by incorporating examples of sub-state and non-state actors in a multilevel governance framework. The birth of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967 was a modest event for an organisation that is rapidly becoming the hub for East Asian integration. The birth of the ASEAN in 1967 was a modest event for an organisation that is rapidly becoming the hub for East Asian integration. Such modesty is, however, not surprising when the history of the region immediately prior to the creation of ASEAN is considered. Global governance has similar characteristics to that of governance at the domestic level. As with many other theories of international relations, it emerged from the post-Cold War debate on the new international order. Held and McGrew describe it as a ‘thickening web of multi-lateral agreements, global and regional institutions and regimes, transgovernmental policy networks and summits’.
