Tesis ini membahas mengenai penyebab lambatnya penetapan Mutual Recognition Arrangement Jasa ASEAN dengan menggunakan pendekatan neorealis. Berdasarkan pendekatan neorealis, diketahui bahwa penyebab lambatnya penetapan Mutual Recognition Arrangement Jasa ASEAN adalah karakteristik kerjasama negara-negara ASEAN yaitu adanya pertimbangan mereka terhadap relative gain. Dan pertimbangan mereka terhadap relative gain tercermin dari komitmen-komitmen mereka dalam Paket-Paket Skedul Komitmen ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS).

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This thesis research is trying to define the cause of the ASEAN Services Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) Late Establishment. And theoretical framework used to define this research problem is Neorealist Theoretical Framework. From Neorealist Theoretical Framework we know that the cause of the ASEAN Services MRA late establishment is relative gain concern of each ASEAN members which reflect from their commitments within packages of ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) commitments.