Asian island is encapsulated by order and loyalty among people (9)
I believe the answer is:
tribalism
'loyalty among people' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'asian island is encapsulated by order' is the wordplay.
'asian island' becomes 'bal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'encapsulated by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'order' becomes 'trim' (trim is a kind of order).
'bal'+'is'='balis'
'balis' going into 'trim' is 'TRIBALISM'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tribalism that I've seen before include "Failure to transcend clan loyalty" , "clan system" , "allegiance to group" , "Clannishness" , "Strong group loyalty" .)