ASEAN Regional Security Partnership

Angela Pennisi di Floristella is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political and Social Studies at the University of Catania, Italy. She has previously held posts at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, the School of International Service at the American University in Washington DC, USA, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, and at the University of Jinan, in China. She has published in the Asia Europe Journal and in The Pacific Review.

• 1. Introduction: ASEAN and the Making of Regional Security2. Theories on ASEAN Security: Introducing Regional Security Partnership3. ASEAN Policies of Prevention4. Redefining the ASEAN RSP and the Task of Protection5. The Evolution of the ASEAN RSP and the Task of Assurance6. Conclusion: an Assessment of the ASEAN RSP