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ASEAN matters : reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations /

The initiative to establish the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community was adopted by the ten leaders at the 2003 Bali Summit in Indonesia. Since then, the concept of a community-building process in ASEAN has become an issue that attracts a great deal of attention from scholars and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lee, Yoong Yoong
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub., ©2011.
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  • Foreword Tommy Koh; Introduction Lee Yoong Yoong; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; THEME ONE ASEAN'S HISTORY, IMAGE AND CHALLENGES; Chapter 1. ASEAN: What It Cannot Do, What It Can and Should Do by Rodolfo C. Severino; Chapter 2. ASEAN's Potential and Role: A Review by Tran Duc Minh; ASEAN: 43 Years of Comprehensive Co-Operation and Integration; Challenges; Some Reflections on the Way Ahead; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Promises and Contradictions of ASEAN by Liu Yanling; Chapter 4. Can We Do Anything about the Unimplemented ASEAN Agreements? by Bernard K.M. Tai.
  • Chapter 5. ASEAN's Perception Problem by S. TiwariKeeping the Peace; Assistance for Disasters and Disease Outbreaks; Building Up Trade Linkages; Dialogue Partnerships; Why Does ASEAN have a Perception Problem and What Does it Need to Do?; Chapter 6. ASEAN: The Challenge Is Upon Us by Bandol Lim; ASEAN Political-Security Community; ASEAN and International Relations; Where is ASEAN in talks on global affairs?; ASEAN Economic Community (AEC); Moving beyond economic jargon and rhetoric to deliver action; ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (Promoting an ASEAN Identity).
  • Chapter 7. Covering ASEAN for Three Decades by Kavi ChongkittavornChapter 8. Three Decades of ASEAN Linkage: Brunei Darussalam, from 1984 Towards 2015 by Pushpa Thambipillai; Background; Finding the Niche in ASEAN; ASEAN, the Cornerstone; Functional Gains; Going to the Masses; Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 9. ASEAN and East Timor: Family Someday? by Noordin Azhari; Background; Is ASEAN Reluctant to Accept East Timor?; Conclusion; THEME TWO POLITICS AND SECURITY; Chapter 10. ASEAN: A Pillar of Regional Stability by Johari Achee.
  • Chapter 11. Relevance of ASEAN in Forging Regional Peace, Security and Prosperity by Nicholas T. DammenChapter 12. The Nargis Experience: Pragmatic Solutions Towards Change by Moe Thuzar; The ASEAN Way and Myanmar; The Impact of Cyclone Nargis; Chapter 13. ASEAN Efforts in Dealing with Transnational Crime by Un Sovannasam; Introduction; ASEAN Efforts to Combat Transnational Crime; Challenges to Regional Co-Operation in Combating Transnational Crime; Appropriate institutions and their effective co-ordination; Domestic priorities and regional co-operation; Conclusion; THEME THREE ECONOMICS.
  • Chapter 14. ASEAN Economic Integration: The Strategic Imperative by Ong Keng YongGlobalisation and China; ASEAN Connectivity; Stumbling Blocks; Gains from Economic Integration; Insufficient Institutionalisation; Conclusion; Chapter 15. Overcoming the Obstacles: Increasing ASEAN Relevance in the Promotion of Regional Trade by David Martin; Chapter 16. Trade Dispute Settlement within ASEAN by David Chin Soon Siong; Trade Disputes within ASEAN; ASEAN's process of negotiated accommodation; Rate of liberation of goods tariffs; Negotiated targets for liberalisation; Acceleration of overall target.