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AbstractThe article examines the debates at the Asian Socialist Conference's (ASC) inaugural gathering in Rangoon in January 1953, using a variety of sources, including the minutes of the conference meetings found in the Swedish Social Democratic Party archives. The focus is on the efforts of Asian socialists to define Asian socialism in terms of three broad subjects: international politics; domestic politics; and economic politics. Throughout, particular attention is accorded to the role played by understandings of European socialism. The argument is threefold: that socialism was central to the ASC project, prompting efforts to define Asian socialism; that these efforts invariably raised the fraught question of Asian socialism's relationship with European socialism; and that the stakes involved in Rangoon were not limited to Asian socialism, but also involved socialism's potential as a global movement.

Bulletin no. 11 changed to 21 by stamp. ; "References": p. [3]-5. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Prepared with the co-operation of the Political science department of the University of Wisconsin, and the Municipal reference library of Kansas City, Missouri. ; "References": p. [5]-11. ; Mode of access: Internet.