L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients

The current 11 states of Southeast Asia have sought to conform to the nation state model of Western Europe since their independence gained after the Second World War. If the current definition of their borders dates back to the colonial period of the first half of the 20th century, the States of the...

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Main Author: Michel Bruneau
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Language:English
Published: Association AGF 2021-10-01
Series:Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/7965
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description The current 11 states of Southeast Asia have sought to conform to the nation state model of Western Europe since their independence gained after the Second World War. If the current definition of their borders dates back to the colonial period of the first half of the 20th century, the States of the Indochinese Peninsula and Indonesia are inherited from the Mandala-States of the pre-colonial period, clearly distinguished from the other States of the ’Archipelago where city-states and sultanates have long dominated along maritime routes, and where the borders resulting from colonization are at the origin of the Philippines, Malaysia or East Timor. The territorial disputes with ethnic minorities and the logic of fragmentation have not succeeded in seriously undermining these nation-states whose resilience is reinforced by their authoritarian and centralized regimes, and by ASEAN which intends to preserve their sovereignty.
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spelling doaj-art-e7c3fa7a9c924cb8b00401a8400977ff2025-08-20T03:00:32ZengAssociation AGFBulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français0004-53222275-51952021-10-01981658010.4000/bagf.7965L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilientsMichel BruneauThe current 11 states of Southeast Asia have sought to conform to the nation state model of Western Europe since their independence gained after the Second World War. If the current definition of their borders dates back to the colonial period of the first half of the 20th century, the States of the Indochinese Peninsula and Indonesia are inherited from the Mandala-States of the pre-colonial period, clearly distinguished from the other States of the ’Archipelago where city-states and sultanates have long dominated along maritime routes, and where the borders resulting from colonization are at the origin of the Philippines, Malaysia or East Timor. The territorial disputes with ethnic minorities and the logic of fragmentation have not succeeded in seriously undermining these nation-states whose resilience is reinforced by their authoritarian and centralized regimes, and by ASEAN which intends to preserve their sovereignty.https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/7965BordersResilienceNation-StateEthnic minoritiesCity-State
spellingShingle Michel Bruneau
L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
Borders
Resilience
Nation-State
Ethnic minorities
City-State
title L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
title_full L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
title_fullStr L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
title_full_unstemmed L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
title_short L’Asie du Sud-Est : un ensemble d’États-nations résilients
title_sort l asie du sud est un ensemble d etats nations resilients
topic Borders
Resilience
Nation-State
Ethnic minorities
City-State
url https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/7965
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