This book is written in an easily understood style. It explains the background of the origin of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) of which there are 10 member-countries. The author looks at the progress made, as well as the problems that the association faces. This is the 2nd book in the ISEAS Southeast Asia Background Series. Table of …
In July 2000, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers met in Bangkok, Thailand, for their annual meeting. The worst of the crisis that had begin in that capital in mid 1997 seemed to be over for most of the region. Some expected that, as such, things would return to the years of rapid growth, when ASEAN was part of the "Asian miracle".
With Cambodia's admission on 30 April 1999, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally incorporated all ten South-East Asian states. But ASEAN in 1999 is a pale imitation of the organisation which emerged from the Cold War as a model regional institution. Since July 1997, the enlarged Association has faced unprecedented challenges. Its members are beset with economic difficulti…
Sebagai organisasi regional, ASEAN dianggap berhasil menjaga perdamaian dan keamanan kawasan. Keberhasilan itu dinilai berdasarkan kemampuan ASEAN dalam menyelesaikan sengketa antara negara anggotanya dengan menggunakan mekanisme penyelesaian sengketa yang bersifat non-hukum. Sejak adanya Piagam ASEAN 2007, ASEAN berkomitmen untuk mengubah orientasi organisasi menuju institusi yang berbasis huk…
Economic regionalization and economic regionalism have become an important item in the national, regional and international agenda of almost alla countries in the Asia Pacific region. Economic regionalism has many forms, as it may be driven by different kinds of forces. The ASEAN countries are engaged in a growing number of regional economic cooperation arrangements.
This book consists of selected ASEAN Political Documents from 1967 to 1997.
This book is an attempt to answer this question, one may find that ASEAN-not just the ASEAN members that have claims to little pieces of land and vast waters of the South China Sea, not just individual ASEAN members, but ASEAN as a whole - has an abiding interest in peace and stability in this region and in freedom of navigation in and overflight above the South China Sea. Much of ASEAN's comme…
This book has showen the power and vigour of private enterprise and market forces to spearhead economic development and to spread economic efficiency and welfare world-wide.
This handbook provides basic information on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), its organization and the various co-operation activities associated with it. The emphasis here is on economic co-operation. Although such information is available in many forms, it is mostly scattered in official documents and various literature on ASEAN. There is, thus, a need to provide the basic i…
This book contains a reaffirmation of their commitment to the aims and objectives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as stated in the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967