ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the two processes of pacification in ASEAN and in East Asia are interlinked, and the ASEAN approach to security that has spread to all of East Asia is associated with greater peace on the entire subcontinent. It proves that East Asia has adopted an approach or a culture that the author calls "the ASEAN Way", and that also after its adoption its security developments have been similar to those within ASEAN. The chapter organizes the orientation that we call the ASEAN Way and its reflections on the profile of security into measurable proxy components. The principles of the ASEAN Declaration were further elaborated upon by the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) of 1976. All of the East Asian nations interpreted the agent structure of East Asian security as one dominated by states in a same manner despite power political rivalries, conflicts of interest and ideological differences in domestic approaches.
