ASEAN matters! [[electronic resource] ] : reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations / / editor, Lee Yoong Yoong

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Disciplina: 337.1/59
• Soggetto topico: Regionalism - Southeast Asia; Security, International - Southeast Asia; Economic development - Southeast Asia
• Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia Politics and government 1945-; Southeast Asia Economic policy; Southeast Asia Economic integration; Southeast Asia Foreign economic relations; Southeast Asia Foreign relations
• Altri autori: LeeYoong Yoong
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword Tommy Koh; Introduction Lee Yoong Yoong; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; THEME ONE ASEAN'S HISTORY, IMAGE AND CHALLENGES; Chapter 1. ASEAN: What It Cannot Do, What It Can and Should Do by Rodolfo C. Severino; Chapter 2. ASEAN's Potential and Role: A Review by Tran Duc Minh; ASEAN: 43 Years of Comprehensive Co-Operation and Integration; Challenges; Some Reflections on the Way Ahead; Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Promises and Contradictions of ASEAN by Liu Yanling; Chapter 4. Can We Do Anything about the Unimplemented ASEAN Agreements? by Bernard K.M. Tai ; Chapter 5. ASEAN's Perception Problem by S. TiwariKeeping the Peace; Assistance for Disasters and Disease Outbreaks; Building Up Trade Linkages; Dialogue Partnerships; Why Does ASEAN have a Perception Problem and What Does it Need to Do?; Chapter 6. ASEAN: The Challenge Is Upon Us by Bandol Lim; ASEAN Political-Security Community; ASEAN and International Relations; Where is ASEAN in talks on global affairs?; ASEAN Economic Community (AEC); Moving beyond economic jargon and rhetoric to deliver action; ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (Promoting an ASEAN Identity) ; Chapter 7. Covering ASEAN for Three Decades by Kavi ChongkittavornChapter 8. Three Decades of ASEAN Linkage: Brunei Darussalam, from 1984 Towards 2015 by Pushpa Thambipillai; Background; Finding the Niche in ASEAN; ASEAN, the Cornerstone; Functional Gains; Going to the Masses; Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 9. ASEAN and East Timor: Family Someday? by Noordin Azhari; Background; Is ASEAN Reluctant to Accept East Timor?; Conclusion; THEME TWO POLITICS AND SECURITY; Chapter 10. ASEAN: A Pillar of Regional Stability by Johari Achee ; Chapter 11. Relevance of ASEAN in Forging Regional Peace, Security and Prosperity by Nicholas T. DammenChapter 12. The Nargis Experience: Pragmatic Solutions Towards Change by Moe Thuzar; The ASEAN Way and Myanmar; The Impact of Cyclone Nargis; Chapter 13. ASEAN Efforts in Dealing with Transnational Crime by Un Sovannasam; Introduction; ASEAN Efforts to Combat Transnational Crime; Challenges to Regional Co-Operation in Combating Transnational Crime; Appropriate institutions and their effective co-ordination; Domestic priorities and regional co-operation; Conclusion; THEME THREE ECONOMICS ; Chapter 14. ASEAN Economic Integration: The Strategic Imperative by Ong Keng YongGlobalisation and China; ASEAN Connectivity; Stumbling Blocks; Gains from Economic Integration; Insufficient Institutionalisation; Conclusion; Chapter 15. Overcoming the Obstacles: Increasing ASEAN Relevance in the Promotion of Regional Trade by David Martin; Chapter 16. Trade Dispute Settlement within ASEAN by David Chin Soon Siong; Trade Disputes within ASEAN; ASEAN's process of negotiated accommodation; Rate of liberation of goods tariffs; Negotiated targets for liberalisation; Acceleration of overall target ; Safety valves to underpin accelerated liberalisations
• Sommario/riassunto: The initiative to establish the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community was adopted by the ten leaders at the 2003 Bali Summit in Indonesia. Since then, the concept of a community-building process in ASEAN has become an issue that attracts a great deal of attention from scholars and experts around the world. ASEAN Matters! Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations carries essays with different perspectives on critical issues relating to the three pillars in building the ASEAN Community, namely the ASEAN Political and Security Community; the ASEAN Economic Commun
• Titolo autorizzato: ASEAN matters
• ISBN: 1-283-23489-0; 9786613234896; 981-4335-07-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789067103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II