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Latif reviews 'The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights' edited by Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell.

Lim Kim San : a builder of Singapore -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- The YMCA-Lim Kim San Volunteers Programme -- Family Tree -- 1. The Man with the Blanket -- 2. Early Life -- 3. The Japanese Years -- 4. Choosing Sides -- 5. Judging People: The Public Service Commission -- 6. Housing a Nation: The Housing and Development Board -- 7. Housing a Nation: Resettling a People -- 8. Housing a Nation: Owning Homes, Reclaiming Land -- 9. Politics, Elections, and Malaysia -- 10. Minister for Finance -- 11. Minister for the Interior and Defence -- 12. Other Ministries and Roles -- 13. A Life Well Lived -- Index -- About the Author.

India in the Making of Singapore -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Raffles' Bengal Connection -- 2. Workers and Soldiers -- 3. Chalo Delhi! -- 4. Looking West to India -- 5. Looking East to Singapore -- 6. Global Indians -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Select Bibliography -- About the Author.

Three sides in search of a triangle : Singapore-America-India relations -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter I: Pax Americana -- Chapter II: State of Play1 -- Chapter III: Terrorism -- Chapter IV: China1 -- Chapter V: Democracy -- Chapter VI: Conclusion and Prospects -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Between rising powers : China, Singapore and India -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Chapter I: Introduction: Soundings from History -- Chapter II: Engaging the Powers -- Chapter III: Tentative Encounters: China, India and Indochina -- Chapter IV: Engaging China: Interlocution -- Chapter V: From Tiananmen Square to Hong Kong -- Chapter VI: Asian Values -- Chapter VII: Suzhou Industrial Park -- Chapter VIII: Taiwan -- Chapter IX: ASEAN -- Chapter X: America -- Chapter XI: Engaging India -- Chapter XII: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Asia's and Europe's discovery of each other dates back several hundred years and has undergone tremendous transformation. Their engagement was coloured by the history of colonialism, and interrupted by the heat of the Cold War. However, an important step to chart an equal partnership and deepen engagement was taken with the launch of the Asia-Europe Meeting in March 1996. The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) appeared the following year as the most concrete manifestation of this newfound engagement and as an attempt to engage the civil societies of the two regions.Professor Tommy Koh, a distinguished and well-respected diplomat of our time, is Singapore's foremost "Americanist", having spent about two decades in America, serving as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States. When he turned "Europeanist" on being appointed the Executive Director of ASEF, many of his admirers were surprised, but they had no doubts that his diplomatic skills and international stature make him the ideal person to bridge the gap between Asia and Europe.This collection of essays and speeches by Professor Tommy Koh were delivered and written in his capacity as the Executive Director of ASEF. It contains his thoughts on the three pillars of Asia-Europe relations: politics, economics, and civil society. Readers will find in this book his assessment of some of the key trends shaping the emerging world order and some crucial events affecting the transformation of Asia and Europe. He points to synergies between the two continents but does not hesitate to note differences in outlook which have to be recognised and respected. This book is an interesting contribution to the growing literature on a new partnership in the making.Tommy Koh is a Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is currently