http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3240/tram-anh-nguyen Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:37:37 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:37:37 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1318/norm-or-necessity-the-non-interference-principle-in-asean By Tram-Anh Nguyen - Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the most prominent intergovernmental organizations in Asia. ASEAN's main achievement has been to unite ten countries in Southeast Asia through shared goals of regional peace and prosperity.i It attributes this success to the "ASEAN Way", of which the principle of non-interference is an integral part.1 Singapore's former Foreign Minister, Shunmugam Jayakumar asserted in 1997 that ASEAN's principle of non-interference in countries' domestic affairs had been "the key factor as to why no military conflict had broken out... Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1318/norm-or-necessity-the-non-interference-principle-in-asean