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Электронное приложение к журналу «Международная жизнь»
tion.
NO LESS IMPORTANT is ASEAN's member states' rejection of the use of force or the threat
of force in their relations with each other. This principle is closely linked to the previously dis-
cussed principle of the inad-missibility of any intervention in the internal affairs. It reiterates
the generally acknowledged principle of the international law embodied in the UN Charter, en-
visaging a renunciation by the states of the use or threat of force in resolving any disputes be-
tween them.
The Association had to solve some serious matters in the process of expanding the area of in-
ternational and regional cooperation, and developing new contacts with influential international
players outside the region.
Summarizing the above, we can conclude that ASEAN as an organization, despite its relatively
amorphous nature and a lack of strict bloc discipline, has been able to achieve significant positive
results in the fifty years of its existence. In any case, the Association represents an effective work-
ing model of regional cooperation, many elements of which have already been incorporated
into international diplomatic practice and successfully assimilated by regional structures and fo-
rums. A more profound and detailed examination of ASEAN's 50-year-long operational expe-
rience can provide useful information to other integration structures, including on the territory
of Eurasia.