@article{ART003301252},
author={Ryu, Sang Hee and Lee, Jae-Woo},
title={ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution},
journal={SUVANNABHUMI},
issn={2092-738X},
year={2026},
volume={18},
number={1},
pages={135-170},
doi={10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ryu, Sang Hee
AU - Lee, Jae-Woo
TI - ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution
JO - SUVANNABHUMI
PY - 2026
VL - 18
IS - 1
PB - Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
SP - 135
EP - 170
SN - 2092-738X
AB - Transboundary haze pollution remains a recurrent environmental and political challenge in Southeast Asia.
This article analyzes how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has institutionalized cooperation to address this issue, highlighting its shift from fragmented to more structured but flexible governance. Drawing on an integrated framework that combines transaction cost economics, regime theory, and commons governance, the study traces ASEAN’s progression from low to medium institutionalization across four key milestones: the 1995 ASEAN Cooperation Plan, the 1997 Regional Haze Action Plan, the 2002 ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, and its subsequent implementation. Rather than interpreting ASEAN’s trajectory as institutional stagnation, it argues that ASEAN’s emphasis on consensus, informality, and non-interference reflects a strategic adaptation to regional interdependence, sovereignty sensitivities, and political diversity. The analysis demonstrates how medium institutionalization has enabled cooperation in a region where centralized enforcement is not feasible. By institutionalizing haze governance through a loosely coupled but resilient framework, ASEAN’s approach offers lessons for regions confronting transboundary environmental challenges and collective action dilemmas under sovereignty constraints.
KW - ASEAN;transboundary;institutionalization;;haze pollution;; environmental governance;;ASEAN Way
DO - 10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
ER -
Ryu, Sang Hee and Lee, Jae-Woo. (2026). ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution. SUVANNABHUMI, 18(1), 135-170.
Ryu, Sang Hee and Lee, Jae-Woo. 2026, "ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution", SUVANNABHUMI, vol.18, no.1 pp.135-170. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee, Lee, Jae-Woo "ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution" SUVANNABHUMI 18.1 pp.135-170 (2026) : 135.
Ryu, Sang Hee, Lee, Jae-Woo. ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution. 2026; 18(1), 135-170. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee and Lee, Jae-Woo. "ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution" SUVANNABHUMI 18, no.1 (2026) : 135-170.doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee; Lee, Jae-Woo. ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution. SUVANNABHUMI, 18(1), 135-170. doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee; Lee, Jae-Woo. ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution. SUVANNABHUMI. 2026; 18(1) 135-170. doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee, Lee, Jae-Woo. ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution. 2026; 18(1), 135-170. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
Ryu, Sang Hee and Lee, Jae-Woo. "ASEAN’s Adaptive Institutional Responses to Transboundary Haze Pollution" SUVANNABHUMI 18, no.1 (2026) : 135-170.doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.1.135
