This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns

With the disappearance of the imperial structures that had dominated Southeast Asia, newly independent states had to develop foreign policies of their own. But

Is ASEAN the foundation of a strong regional community in Southeast Asia? Or is it no more than an instrument used by its members to advance their individual in

Provides the first systematic analysis of new Asian regionalism as a paradigm shift in international economic law.

The region's most powerful organisation, ASEAN, is being challenged to ensure security and encourage democracy while simultaneously reinventing itself as a mode