Mohd Azmi, Nadirah and Hamzah, Intan Suria and Ilham Hussin, Nafisah (2021) The implications of securitising health crises: The case of Southeast Asia. Journal of International Studies (JIS), 17. pp. 53-79. ISSN 1823-691X

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Abstract

This article examined the consequences of linking health as a regional security issue. Securitisation Theory (hereinafter ST) is an innovative approach to understand how Non-Traditional Security (from now on NTS) is deemed as a posing threat to a referent object. Prioritising NTS issue as a security threat enables the issue to receive a higher degree of importance from policymakers, thereby gathering the resources needed in dealing with the threat. However, addressing NTS issues also bring negative implications; it can divert attention from more concerning issues. This article, therefore, investigated the consequences of securitising health issues at the Southeast Asian level. This was done through triangulating academic materials, ASEAN’s official statements, and semi-structured elite interviews on Southeast Asian health policy discourses between 1967 and 2010. This study argues that while there are some disadvantages to regional efforts in constructing pandemic disease as a regional security threat, the advantages of such a move outweighs the drawbacks, particularly in terms of establishing regional health mechanisms.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Securitization theory, non-traditional security issue (NTS), health security, pandemics, ASEAN
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	School of International Studies
Depositing User:	Mrs Nurin Jazlina Hamid
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2022 08:55
Last Modified:	30 Nov 2022 08:55
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29024

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