Role of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in managing the interstate relations in South Asia

Name: Ghimire, Bibhuti Kiran

keyword: SAARC

; Regimes and institutions

; South Asian regionalism

; Intergovernmentalism

; Regionalism

Abstract: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, also known as SAARC, is the only regional organization in South Asia that incorporates all eight countries as its members. As a regional institution, the evolution of SAARC is sometimes compared to the European Union (EU) and/or Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). With this, the role of SAARC sounds very important to South Asia, yet it is highly criticized for its success stories and its role in the region. Moreover, the cancellation of the 19th SAARC Summit further has criticized its existence in the region. The reason: the summit was boycotted by its 6 members (out of 8) claiming the violation of the principles of SAARC and strong abidance to their national priority and security. However, this is not the first time the SAARC summit was canceled. With reasons given as national security and national priority the most, the fault has been emphasized mostly in the historical tensions and conflicts that still lurk within the region. But what has been overlooked is the realization and importance of capacity being placed within SAARC and the strength of the institution determined by its principles and the Charter. With the potential yet to be harvested, there has been very limited reviews about the lack of institutional capacity of the institution itself, the fault being in the regime of the institution, rather than pointing to its capability. As the negotiations in SAARC also reflect the different characteristics of the countries, it becomes important to analyze the capacity of the institution to guide it through challenges and tackle them by identifying the opportunities. Concerning this, the study assumes that the strength of the institution lies in its components ; its regime that is comprised of its structure, its principles and the rules and norms based on the very principle- all enshrined in the SAARC Charter. It is important to analyze this before determining the success of the institution. SAARC being an inter-governmental institution, the study takes a modern-day outlook along with the theoretical knowledge from Intergovernmentalism and its modified approaches to explain and analyze the working mechanism of the institution and its ambiguities at its system level

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Sunida Aroonpipat

Role: advisor

Created: 2019

Modified: 2022-11-04

Issued: 2022-11-04

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DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2019.1463

eng

DegreeName: Master of Political Science

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: International Relations

Grantor: Thammasat University

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