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International relations in Southeast Asia the struggle for autonomy Donald E. Weatherbee with Ralf Emmers, Mari Pangestu, and Leonard C. Sebastian.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asia in world politicsAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Lanham, Md. Rowman &​ Littlefield Publishers 2005.Description: xvi, 306 pages maps 24 cmISBN:
  • 074252843X (pbk. : alk. paper
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.59 WEA
Contents:
1. Introduction : the what and why of Southeast Asia 2. The international actors in Southeast Asia 3. The cold war in Southeast Asia 3. The cold war in Southeast Asia 4. ASEAN and regionalism in Southeast Asia 5. Conflict and conflict resolution in Southeast Asia 6. Terrorism and transnational crime in Southeast Asian international relations /​ Ralf Emmers and Leonard C. Sebastian 7. Southeast Asian regional and international economic cooperation /​ Mari Pangestu 8. Human rights in Southeast Asia's international relations 9. Environmental issues in international relations in Southeast Asia 10. Conclusion : nation-states, ASEAN, and autonomy.
Summary: "This text offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the international relations of contemporary Southeast Asia. Organized thematically around the central foreign policy questions facing regional decision makers, the book explores their struggle to overcome subordination to global political, economic, and social forces. The international agenda continually tests Southeast Asia's policy elites as they are buffeted by the security demands of the war on terrorism; the economic demands of globalism; and social and political demands centered on such contentious issues as democracy, human rights, the environment, and gender. One reaction is to give new urgency to regionalist, initiatives, especially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Yet, Donald E. Weatherbee argues, regionalism continues to be frustrated by national interests and ASEAN states' insistence on sovereignty and noninterference."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : the what and why of Southeast Asia 2. The international actors in Southeast Asia 3. The cold war in Southeast Asia 3. The cold war in Southeast Asia 4. ASEAN and regionalism in Southeast Asia 5. Conflict and conflict resolution in Southeast Asia 6. Terrorism and transnational crime in Southeast Asian international relations /​ Ralf Emmers and Leonard C. Sebastian 7. Southeast Asian regional and international economic cooperation /​ Mari Pangestu 8. Human rights in Southeast Asia's international relations 9. Environmental issues in international relations in Southeast Asia 10. Conclusion : nation-states, ASEAN, and autonomy.

"This text offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the international relations of contemporary Southeast Asia. Organized thematically around the central foreign policy questions facing regional decision makers, the book explores their struggle to overcome subordination to global political, economic, and social forces. The international agenda continually tests Southeast Asia's policy elites as they are buffeted by the security demands of the war on terrorism; the economic demands of globalism; and social and political demands centered on such contentious issues as democracy, human rights, the environment, and gender. One reaction is to give new urgency to regionalist, initiatives, especially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Yet, Donald E. Weatherbee argues, regionalism continues to be frustrated by national interests and ASEAN states' insistence on sovereignty and noninterference."--BOOK JACKET.

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