ASEAN Post-50 Emerging Issues and Challenges
The first 50 years of ASEAN integration has brought peace and prosperity to the Southeast Asian region, while the next 50 will undoubtedly be fraught with unprecedented challenges. Today ASEAN not only has to contend with its own internal challenges arisi
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ASEAN Post-50 Emerging Issues and Challenges
ASEAN Post-50
Aida Idris · Nurliana Kamaruddin Editors
ASEAN Post-50 Emerging Issues and Challenges
Editors Aida Idris Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nurliana Kamaruddin Asia-Europe Institute University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Foreword
Although there is a large scholarly literature on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), much of it has been written by outsiders rather than Southeast Asians. This means that we often learn more about the expectations and judgements of foreigners than we do about the priorities and concerns of people living in the region. This volume includes work from people based in Singapore and the Philippines—as well as South Korea—but it is most of all a Malaysian collection. The essays—which are the product of research rather than mere opinion—give a sense of the type of issue that is attracting concern in Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia today. The authors are not merely specialists in international relations and economics— who often dominate the analysis of regionalism—but also include scholars in such areas as law, economics, town planning, rural politics and youth development. ASEAN is a genuinely interesting topic for discussion. After the European Union, it is probably the most significant experiment in region
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