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ASEAN isn't a military alliance like NATO. SEATO was, but it was an abject failure and none of the current governments dare attempt a repeat. ASEAN is more akin to a proto-European Union -- the difference is that the organization's current trajectory shows only weak signs of leading to future integration, and only economic integration at that, to the exclusion of the political or security spheres.