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Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.

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Introduction Theorising Sovereignty and Intervention PART I: THE COLD WAR The Social Foundations of ASEAN and ´Non-Interference´ East Timor: ASEAN and Third-World Colonialism Cambodia: Representation, Refugees and Rebels PART II: THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD ASEAN after the Cold War: Capital, Crisis, Conflict Cambodia: From Cold War to Conditionality East Timor: Interdependence and Intervention Burma: ASEAN´s Image and the ´Regional Interest´ Conclusions

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LEE JONES Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research focuses on state-society relations, sovereignty and international intervention and has been published in journals such as The Pacific Review, Asian Security, and The Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

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