Southeast Asia

Tarling, Nicholas

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Nicholas Tarling⁴

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The third chapter deals with a much larger region and a longer history. Unlike Central America, Southeast Asia was never, save for the brief interlude of the Japanese occupation, under the control of one power. Instead, outside powers divided the region among themselves. The frontiers they created for their colonial states were generally inherited by the nation states that emerged after the Second World War. The acceptance of them within the region – despite their contestable nature – made it possible for sovereign states to collaborate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), preserving their independence and limiting the intervention of the great powers.

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Tarling, N. (2017). Southeast Asia. In: Decolonisations Compared. Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53649-1_3

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