对东盟的批评主要出于两个方面的担忧。第一是对区域制度自治和机构的一般现实主义的怀疑论,更多的是对地区环境的怀疑,在这一环境下,民族国家与以主权为中心的大国观念在官方论述和政策方面占主导地位。这一点已经是并且仍然是引起争论的领域,这一领域的任何方面都能够引起一系列争论。第二方面则更加具体,主要是指东盟未能意识 Criticism of ASEAN stems mainly from two concerns. The first is skepticism about the autonomy of regional institutions and the general realism of institutions and more about the suspicion of the regional environment in which the ideas of the nation states and sovereign-centered powers account for the official discourse and policies leading position. This has been and continues to be an area of ​​controversy, and any aspect of this area can give rise to a series of arguments. The second aspect is more specific, mainly referring to the failure of ASEAN to be aware of it