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Know your ASEAN -- Contents -- 1. ASEAN's members -- 2. Founders and date of birth -- 3. Reason for setting up ASEAN -- 4. Dates of admission of newer members -- 5. Important accomplishments -- 6. Non-interference in internal affairs -- 7. ASEAN and human rights -- 8. ASEAN and Myanmar -- 9. Regional peace and stability -- 10. ASEAN and the South China Sea -- 11. ASEAN is not a military alliance -- 12. The ASEAN Regional Forum -- 13. The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia -- 14. The Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone -- 15. Increasing jobs and reducing poverty -- 16. The development gap -- 18. Regional economic stability -- 17. Trading within ASEAN -- 19. Promoting tourism -- 20. Protecting the regional environment -- 21. Dealing with communicable diseases -- 22. Combating international terrorism, illicit drugs and transnational crime -- 23. Coping with natural disasters -- 24. ASEAN and women's issues -- 25. The regional cultural heritage -- 27. The ASEAN Secretariat -- 26. Bringing young people together -- 28. The ASEAN Charter -- 29. ASEAN's flag and emblem -- 30. Working in the Secretariat -- 32. Managing ASEAN's affairs -- 31. Funding ASEAN -- 33. Making ASEAN decisions -- 34. ASEAN's working language -- 35. ASEAN and the international community -- 36. The Dialogue system -- 37. ASEAN Dialogue Partners -- 38. Working with the United Nations -- 39. Working with the Asian Development Bank -- 40. Learning about ASEAN -- Photo pages.

ASEAN economic community blueprint -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. ASEAN roundtable 2008: ASEAN economic community blueprint -- ASEAN roundtable 2008: ASEAN economic community blueprint -- II. Background papers -- 1. Tackling non-tariff barriers in ASEAN -- 2. Regional framework for competition policy and AEC -- 3. Achieving an integrated ASEAN economic community: the role of infrastructure development? -- 4. How less developed economies in Southeast Asia can participate in production networks: industrial policy in the WTO and FTA era -- Annex I: Programme -- Annex II: List of participants -- Annex III: List of NTBs affecting the ASEAN priority sectors for integration.

Global financial crisis : implications for ASEAN -- Contents -- Preface -- Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Asean -- Commentaries: In Response to lead article, "Global Financial Crisis and Implications for ASEAN", by Masahiro Kawai -- Commentary: Charles Adams -- Commentary: V. Anantha-Nageswaran -- Commentary: Michael Lim Mah Hui -- Commentary: Pradumna B. Rana -- Commentary: Lim Chin -- What ASEAN Must do to Cope with the Crisis: Act Together to Maintain Confidence in the Underlying Strength of the Region's Economies -- About the Contributors.

Pacific food system outlook 2009-2010 : market volatility and the food system -- Contents -- Foreword -- Coordinators and Forecasting Panel -- Market Volatility and The Food System; A New Era of Volatility?; Roller Coaster Prices: The Upswing -- Declining Grain Stocks; Expanding Biofuel Production -- Policy Intervention -- Other Factors; Roller Coaster Prices: The Downswing -- Food System Impacts -- Policy Implications -- References -- Sponsor Profiles -- PECC Members.

MERCOSUR economic integration : lessons for ASEAN -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Mercosur Experience -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- 1. Integration within MERCOSUR -- 2. Trade Integration -- 3. Rule of Law and Legislation -- 4. Conclusion -- II. Mercosur: The Elusive Quest for Regional Integration; Eul-Soo Pang and Laura Jarnagin -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- 1. Genesis and Evolution: An Overview -- 2. A Snapshot of MERCOSUR and ASEAN in Numbers -- 3. Defining Membership in MERCOSUR -- 4. The Structure of MERCOSUR -- 5. Structural Issues Undermining Integration -- 6. The Problems of Different Economic Systems -- 7. Trade Asymmetry as Catalyst for Disunity -- 8. State Subsidies and Special Zones of Industrial Promotion, 9. Members' Pursuit of Diverse Foreign Economic and Security Policies -- 10. Future Prospects and Lessons Learned -- About the Authors.

ASEAN community : unblocking the roadblocks -- Contents -- Introduction -- Workshop on ASEAN community: unblocking the roadblocks session I: Identifying the roadblocks to ASEAN economic integration -- Session II: Whither the ASEAN regional forum? -- Session III: Designing a blueprint for the ASEAN socio-cultural community -- Session IV: Does the ASEAN charter really matter? -- Background papers -- Towards an ASEAN economic community by 2015 -- Implementing the ASEAN economic community blueprint -- Towards an ASEAN economic community: matching the hardware with the operating system -- Whither the ASEAN regional forum? -- The ASEAN socio-cultural community -- The ASEAN charter and a legal identity for ASEAN -- The ASEAN charter: making sense out of mixed responses -- List of speakers, participants and chairmen.

Regional Outlook Forum 2007 : summary report -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Opening remarks -- 2. Keynote speech: religious extremism in Southeast Asia -- 3. Strategic trends in East Asia -- 4. Dynamics of regional economics -- 5. Luncheon speech: Hong Kong's hinterland — pearl river delta and beyond -- 6. The haze: economic and social ramifications -- 7. Political trends in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar -- 8. Terrorism -- 9. Concluding remarks -- Forum programme -- Speakers and panellists -- Rapporteurs of the regional outlook forum 2007: summary report.

Launched in 1992, Regional Outlook is an annual publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, published every January. Designed for the busy executive, professional, diplomat, journalist, or interested observer, Regional Outlook aims to provide a succinct analysis of current political and economic trends shaping the region, and the outlook for the forthcoming two years. This forward-looking book contains focused political commentaries and economic forecasts on all ten countries in Southeast Asia, as well as a select number of topical pieces of significance to the region

The Cambodia Forum -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Keynote address: forging closer bilateral relations between Cambodia and Singapore -- Luncheon address: governance and its implication for Cambodia -- Panel I: Economic Strategy -- Panel II: Investment and business policy -- Panel III: Human resources for economic growth and sustainable growth -- Panel IV: Energy and environment -- The Cambodia forum 2010programme -- The Cambodia forum 2010speakers & Panellists.

Asian maritime power in the 21st century : strategic transactions : China, India, and Southeast Asia -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Maritime power: a tour D'horizon -- 2. Maritime geography, law of the sea and geostrategy -- 3. Military maritime power: China and India -- 4. Economics and maritime power -- 5. Political components of maritime power -- 6. Techno-military dimension of Asian maritime power -- 7. Strategic transactions: China, India and Southeast Asia -- 8. Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Inedx -- About the author.

The Sulu arms market : national responses to a regional problem -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Common Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Glossary of Terms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Illicit Arms Market: Analysis of a System -- 3. The Sulu Arms Market: The Players -- 4. Supply and Demand in the Sulu Arms Market -- 5. Regional Counter-Trafficking Policies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.