Publications

1. An Agenda for the East Asian Summit: 30 Recommendations for Regional Cooperation in East Asia
   See Seng Tan and Ralf Emmers, eds.
   Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)
   This report comprises a set of 30 policy recommendations that its authors regard as germane to the East Asia Summit's evolution. The first part of the report, entitled "Confidence and Institution Building," recommends that EAS participants treat the upcoming inaugural session in December 2005 as essentially a confidence-building exercise. The second part of the report, entitled "Functional Cooperation," proposes that EAS members adopt a problem-oriented approach to regional challenges. The report outlines a potential agenda for the EAS, which is divided into "baskets" of immediate challenges—terrorism, piracy and maritime security, and health security—and of medium to long-term challenges—free trade, energy security, human security (including poverty eradication and disaster management), transnational crime, and WMD proliferation.
   http://www.idss.edu.sg/publications/conference_reports/
   EASProject.pdf
2. Asia Pacific Security Outlook 2005
   Richard W. Baker and Charles E. Morrison, eds.
   Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
   This 9th annual edition of the Asia Pacific Security Outlook provides assessments of the security environment, defense issues, and regional and global cooperation from the perspectives of the countries that participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum, and it includes thematic essays on human security and the peace process in South Asia. In light of the impact of the great tsunami of December 26, 2004, which took a quarter of a million lives in Southeast and South Asia, human security is a key theme in this volume. In addition, a number of more traditional security issues were also contributing to a more uncertain security outlook for 2005: the continuing crisis over North Korea's nuclear program; further terrorist attacks; and stresses in the relations of major regional powers. On the positive side, authors note that the governments of the region were engaged in an intense and virtually continuous dialogue over regional security issues, and practical steps were being taken to strengthen cooperation.
   http://www.jcie.or.jp/books/abstracts/A/apso2005.html
3. Asia Water Watch 2015
   Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and World Health Organization (WHO)
   The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), identified in the 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration, reflect the commitment of the world community to work together to reduce global poverty. The MDGs' Target 10 calls for the world to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation by 2015. It presents a particularly formidable challenge for Asia and the Pacific, where one in three persons does not have access to safe, sustainable water supplies, and one in two to sanitation. This report assesses the region's prospects of reaching Target 10. Important to the progress and prospects of the region is the rationale that this report presents: it is not investing for water's sake, but for poverty's sake.
   http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Asia-Water-Watch/default.asp
4. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific
   Joshua Ho and Catherine Zara Raymond, eds.
   Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
   This book brings together international experts to discuss issues and current trends relating to maritime security in the Asia-Pacific. It looks at the issue first by surveying both the global maritime outlook and the outlook in each of the regions of Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. From these regional perspectives, trends in commercial shipping and force modernization and issues such as weapons proliferation and maritime terrorism are discussed. Next, the specific challenges that the maritime community faces are examined, including maritime boundary and territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the force modernization of three Northeast Asian navies, and the specter of maritime terrorism. The volume concludes by looking at some new initiatives for maritime cooperation.
   http://www.idss.edu.sg/publications/books.html
5. Capital Markets in Asia: Changing Roles for Economic Development
   Donna Vandenbrink and Dennis Hew, eds.
   Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
   Researchers from think tanks in 10 East Asian economies examine the aspects of capital market development that they view as most significant to their home economy. In many economies in the region, financing start-up firms in dynamic industries such as ICT has become a major issue. The banking system, which dominates financing in East Asia, is not well suited to this task. In many ways, capital market financing meets the needs of East Asian economies to support their future industrial development. Greater reliance by East Asian firms on capital markets may strengthen their competitiveness by stabilizing access to funds for growth and improving corporate governance, and a greater role for capital markets in the region will support the emergence of indigenous firms and will drive the formation of an information infrastructure in the region.
   http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg
6. Crossing National Borders: Human Migration Issues in Northeast Asia
   Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva, eds.
   United Nations University Press
   International migration and other types of cross-border movement are becoming an important part of international relations in Northeast Asia. In this pioneering study, experts on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia examine the political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the interaction between border-crossing individuals and host communities. The book highlights the challenges facing national and local leaders in each country and suggests needed changes in national and international policies. The authors analyze population trends and migration patterns in each country: Chinese migration to the Russian Far East; Chinese, Koreans, and Russians in Japan; North Koreans in China; and migration issues in South Korea and Mongolia.
   http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/clientpr/unupress/
   crossingnationalborders.htm
7. East Asian Economic Regionalism: Feasibilities and Challenges
   Choong Yong Ahn, Richard E. Baldwin, and Inkyo Cheong, eds.
   Springer
   Since the Asian financial crisis, East Asian countries have been accelerating their ongoing market-driven economic integration as well as institutional economic integration. The question is whether East Asia can reach an East Asian FTA (EAFTA), which is the first step toward institutional economic integration. East Asian Economic Regionalism analyzes the feasibility of economic integration in East Asia and discusses emerging economic integration efforts in East Asia with special reference to an EAFTA. This volume explores the diverse positions on East Asian economic integration of ASEAN countries, as well as the Northeastern countries of China, Japan, and Korea. It also provides an economic assessment of an EAFTA and evaluates East Asian economic integration.
   http://www.springer.com/west/home/economics/international+
   economics?SGWID=4-40540-22-40802817-0
8. An East Asian Single Market? Lessons from the European Union (Policy analysis)
   Simon Hix and Hae-Won Jun
   Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
   Regional economic integration has been one of the most significant developments in the global political economy in the last 20 years. However, in East Asia institutionalized economic integration has progressed slowly. This working paper by Simon Hix of the London School of Economics and Hae-Won Jun of Yonsei University considers the possibility of economic integration in East Asia from the perspective of the single market in Europe. It examines the requirements for creating a single market based on the European experience and considers the economic and political benefits that such integration might bring to the region.
   http://www.kiep.go.kr/eng/e_sub03/sub01_2.asp?
   sort=01&seq=20060208131839
9. Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 2005: Dealing with Shocks
   United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
   The 2005 survey reviews progress made in the UNESCAP region over the past year, assessing macroeconomic performance, issues, policies, and socioeconomic implications and prospects. The survey focuses on the feasibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals including poverty, education, health, gender equality, and the environment. Current distribution and trends of official development assistance and development cooperation among developing countries are also examined. The 2005 edition of the survey covers present and future possible shocks and gives governments remedies for recovery and long-term strategies.
   http://www.unescap.org/unis/library/pub_pdf/escat_2005.pdf
10. The Emerging East Asia Community: Should Washington be Concerned? (Issues & Insights, Vol. 5, No. 9)
    Ralph A. Cossa, Simon Tay, and Lee Chung-min
    Pacific Forum CSIS
    In the post–Cold War and post–September 11 world, a great deal of attention has been paid to multilateral cooperation in East Asia and to the formation of cooperation and dialogue mechanisms aimed at creating a sense of East Asian and Asia-Pacific community. The United States has been an active partner in some of these community-building efforts and, in recent years, has been generally supportive of—or at least not actively opposed to—those in which it is not a member. This appears to be changing, however, as Washington keeps a cautious eye on the evolution of an East Asian Summit (EAS). The question is whether Washington should be included as a member or an observer in this evolving East Asia community. In this volume, three different perspectives are provided regarding the evolving East Asia community and its implications for the United States.
    http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/v05n09.pdf
11. Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia
    Institute for International Economics (IIE)
    This book, based on an October 2004 conference sponsored by IIE and the Korea Development Institute (KDI), discusses key dimensions of exchange rates and exchange rate regimes in the East Asian region. Experts from both institutes have contributed to this volume. C. Fred Bergsten presents the policy context and makes the case for coordinated international action, while other chapters address real exchange rates and profitability of firms, with a focus on Korea; the macroeconomic impacts on Korea of a revaluation of the Chinese renminbi; China's exchange rate regime and the reforms most suitable for it; the costs and benefits of a stable exchange rate regime in East Asia; and a proposal for a new global exchange rate regime and its implications for East Asian currencies.
    http://bookstore.petersoninstitute.org/merchant.mvc?Screen=
    PROD&Product_Code=5390
12. Framing the ASEAN Charter: An ISEAS Perspective
    Rodolfo C. Severino, compiler
    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
    In this booklet, ISEAS has put together ideas for the proposed ASEAN Charter—a concept which the leaders of ASEAN have endorsed on the conviction that such a document would help in making ASEAN a more robust force for peace and stability, a more deeply integrated and more competitive economic community, a more effective instrument for regional cooperation, and a worthier vessel for the hopes of Southeast Asia's people. The ideas in the booklet were generated in a series of small gatherings at ISEAS that culminated in a workshop among scholars and thinkers from within and outside ISEAS, from Singapore, and from elsewhere in the region. These recommendations are intended to assist those involved in the drafting of the charter.
    http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/
13. A Future Within Reach: Reshaping Institutions in a Region of Disparities to Meet the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
    This is the second in a series of regional reports on the MDGs in the region, commissioned through a tripartite initiative of UNESCAP, UNDP, and the ADB. As an advocacy document, it is intended to provide government policymakers and other development stakeholders with the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the region's progress toward the MDGs. It also offers a range of policy options for improving the region's prospects for meeting the goals, particularly those related to providing basic services on health, education, water, and sanitation and to enhancing regional cooperation.
    http://www.unescap.org/mdgap/regional_reports.htm
14. The Human Security Challenges of HIV/AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases: Exploring Effective Regional and Global Responses
    Asia Society and Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
    This conference report summarizes the discussions and key themes that emerged at a March 2004 conference in Tokyo on the "Human Security Challenges of HIV/AIDS and Communicable Diseases in Asia." Asia is emerging as a crucial new battleground in the fight against AIDS and other communicable diseases. The threat posed by these diseases is further amplified by rising regional and global interdependence, and the actions taken today in Asia will determine how successful the world will be in combating these epidemics in the coming decades. This report highlights the need for strong political leadership, multisectoral cooperation, and community-level engagement. It stresses the need for a comprehensive approach to the issue, one that involves improved education at all levels of society.
    http://www.jcie.or.jp/japan/gt/n03/040322report_e.pdf
15. The Illusive Quest for an Asian Common Currency: Economic Mirage or Realpolitik? (Policy Analysis)
    James H. Chan-Lee
    Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
    The Asian financial crisis underscored the folly of running fixed exchange rates with an independent monetary policy, open capital accounts, and volatile capital flows. Interest in an Asian Common Currency is growing, but the needed political commitment, institutions, and market-based financial systems are absent. This paper benchmarks the quality of institutions and financial systems to assess the enigmatic roles of the renminbi and yen. A prioritized policy-matrix focused on building institutions and robust banking systems are outlined. Accelerated trade liberalization, economic cooperation, and political integration are crucial before a joint float or a common currency can be envisaged realistically.
    http://www.kiep.go.kr/eng/e_sub03/sub01_2.asp?sort=
    01&seq=20060208131400
16. Information Kit: Mobilizing Responses to Fight HIV/AIDS in the Asian and the Pacific Region
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
    It is now widely accepted that HIV/AIDS is a threat to social and economic development with serious implications not only for the health and wellbeing of individuals but also for productivity, economic development, the social fabric of communities, and national security. HIV/AIDS therefore requires the full commitment of all sectors: public, private, and civil society. What might an expanded response to HIV/AIDS that extends beyond the health sector and calls for the mobilization of all societal resources to combat the disease look like? This report provides information on the response to HIV/AIDS in the region and case studies of specific responses in the workplace, private sector, and educational networks.
    http://www.unescap.org/esid/hds/pubs/2356/2356.pdf
17. International Trade in East Asia
    Ito Takatoshi and Andrew K. Rose, eds.
    University of Chicago Press
    As a result of new trade agreements, financial crises, the emergence of the WTO, and other less obvious developments, international trade has undergone a series of significant changes. International Trade in East Asia provides a summary of empirical factors of international trade as they pertain to East Asian economies such as China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Comprised of 12 studies, the volume highlights many of the trading practices between countries within the region as well as outside of it. The authors bring into focus some of the region's endemic and external barriers to international trade. Chapters examine such issues as the development of preferential trade agreements and the potential impact of an East Asia Free Trade Agreement.
    http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/160773.ctl
18. Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia
    Charles K. Armstrong, Gilbert Rozman, Samuel S. Kim, and Stephen Kotkin, eds.
    M.E. Sharpe
    The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Japanese miracle and then by the ascent of China, has made South Korea the hub of the region once again, a natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic Russia to China and Japan. The contributors to this volume offer a stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the 21st century.
    http://www.mesharpe.com/mall/resultsanew.asp?Title=Korea+at+
    the+Center%3A+Dynamics+of+Regionalism+
    in+Northeast+Asia
19. Meeting the China Challenge: The United States in Southeast Asian Regional Security Strategies
    Evelyn Goh
    East-West Center
    A key determinant of stability in East Asia has been the US presence. The existing literature tends to assume that China's rise is leading to a systemic power transition scenario in which the region will have to choose between a rising challenger and the incumbent power. Yet, there is a consensus among analysts that Southeast Asia has adopted a twin strategy of deep engagement with China on the one hand and, on the other, "soft balancing" against potential Chinese aggression or disruption of the status quo. This study examines the Southeast Asian regional security dynamic by investigating the regional security strategies of three key states: Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The focus is on how these states envisage the United States acting out its role as security guarantor vis-�-vis the China challenge.
    http://www.eastwestcenter.org/res-rp-publicationdetails.asp?
    pub_ID=1618&SearchString=
20. New Security Challenges and Opportunities in East Asia: Views from the Next Generation (Issues & Insights No. 7)
    Brad Glosserman, ed.
    Pacific Forum CSIS
    In the second volume of papers by Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders fellowship program, participants addressed generational change in East Asia and the need to incorporate the trend into policy discussions. The papers in this volume were written for the April 2005 US-ROK conference and the May 2005 meeting of the Study Group on Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Asia Pacific, part of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP).
    http://www.nautilus.org/napsnet/sr/2005/0572CSISPac
    ForumYLP.pdf
21. Pacifying the Pacific: Confronting the Challenges
    Mohamed Jawhar Hasaan, ed.
    Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
    This volume is a product of the 18th Asia Pacific Roundtable (2004), which addressed a number of comprehensive security challenges confronting the region. Uppermost were the implications to global and regional security posed by the policies adopted by major powers following the September 11 attacks and the continuing threat posed by international terrorism. One major subject was whether there would be a change in US foreign and security policy following the 2004 presidential election, what forms any change may take, and the likely implications. Another issue raised was whether the policies and measures instituted to defeat terrorism, as well as the invasion of Iraq, were not in fact further aggravating the problems.
    http://www.isis.org.my/html/publicns/pub_books.htm
22. Paths to Regionalisation: Comparing Experiences in East Asia and Europe
    Sophie Boisseau du Rocher and Bertrand Fort, eds.
    Marshall Cavendish Academic
    The aim of this book is to explain the different experiences in region building in East Asia and Europe, the two regions of the world that are making major contributions to the experience (and theory) of region building. East Asia and Europe have evolved in different ways, with different logics and mechanisms, but it does not mean that they do not have common interests or things to learn from each other. This book seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the experiences and challenges in both regions and to stimulate a much-needed reflection on the benefits of regions to harnessing globalization.
    http://www.marshallcavendish.com/marshallcavendish/academic/redirector.xml?
    url=/marshallcavendish/academic/catalogue/books/regionalism_n_
    regional_security/9812103740.xml
23. Piracy in Southeast Asia: Status, Issues, and Responses
    Derek Johnson and Mark Valencia, eds.
    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the International Institute of Asian Studies (Leiden)
    In the Southeast Asian context, where the incidence and violence of piracy have been growing and where maritime terrorism is a potentially horrific threat, there is an urgent need to come up with innovative ways to counter maritime violence. Beyond providing a solid foundation for the analysis of maritime piracy in Southeast Asia, the book also gives considerable attention to the challenges of regional cooperation. It is indeed regional cooperation that can make a major impact on piracy if more effective collaboration can be negotiated. The immediate practical challenge that emerges clearly from the contributions to this book is the need to continue to support initiatives to build trust and cooperation at the regional level in Southeast Asia.
    http://www.iias.nl/iias/show/id=47972
24. Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges (Conference Report)
    Hyungdo Ahn, Yong Shik Choo, eds.
    Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
    KIEP, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and Maeil Business Newspaper and Maeil Business TV News co-hosted a conference entitled "Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges," held at SAIS on September 22, 2005. This conference was organized to address regional dynamism and its implications for a post–Cold War order in Northeast Asia. This volume reports on the discussions and debates which focused on links between economic regionalism and a new security configuration, North Korean nuclear and energy issues, South Korea's role in economic regionalism, and implications of the US-ROK relationship for future regional security.
    http://www.kiep.go.kr/eng/
25. Report on the Post-Yokohama Mid-term Review of the East Asia and the Pacific Regional Commitment and Action Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, 8 –10 November 2004, Bangkok
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
    The Regional Commitment and Action Plan of the East Asia and Pacific Region against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children specifically called for a mid-term review meeting to examine the progress of actions taken in the region since the Second World Congress. The meeting was also intended to identify gaps in the implementation of the key areas of action specified in both the Declaration and Agenda for Action adopted at the First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in 1996, and the Regional Commitment and Action Plan. The areas specified were those of prevention, protection, recovery and reintegration, coordination and cooperation, and child and youth participation.
    http://www.unescap.org/unis/library/pub_pdf/escat_2005.pdf
26. Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order
    Hadi Soesastro and Christopher C. Findlay, eds.
    Taylor & Francis
    Relationships and alignments among the nations of the Asia Pacific are in flux. Current global political, economic, and security uncertainty, heightened by 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror, has fuelled a reassessment by many Asia Pacific nations about the structure and form of future economic and political cooperation and development. This volume, which resulted from the 2003 meeting of the Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD), features contributions from eminent economists and political scientists in the Asia Pacific region, who explore the forces reshaping the regional economic order and where these changes may lead. The book examines what new structures may eventually emerge on both sides of the Pacific and how cross-Pacific relations will therefore be affected.
    http://www.taylorandfrancis.com
27. Seabed Petroleum in Northeast Asia: Conflict or Cooperation?
    Selig Harrison
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    With its energy needs steadily multiplying, Northeast Asia will require ever increasing petroleum imports for its economic expansion and survival. This report draws both on extensive field research in Northeast Asia and on two workshops in Beijing co-sponsored by the Wilson Center and the China Institute of International Studies. Selected working papers by conference participants from China, Japan, and North and South Korea are included.
    http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1462&fuseaction
    =topics.publications&group_id=132292
28. The Six Party Talks and Beyond: Cooperative Threat Reduction and North Korea
    Joel Wit, Jon Wolfsthal, and Choong-suk Oh
    Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
    For the past year, CSIS and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) have examined the potential role of cooperative threat reduction in eliminating North Korea's weapons of mass destruction and its ballistic missile program. While skeptics would assert it is unrealistic to conduct such programs with North Korea, the study concludes that conducting cooperative programs with Pyongyang is possible under the right political circumstances. These programs would serve the interests of the United States, particularly in enhancing transparency and in ensuring a long-term solution to the WMD threat, as well as North Korea by making available resources to help in the elimination process and by redirecting important assets to civilian uses. The study lays out a range of possible cooperative threat reduction programs.
    http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,2585/
29. Southeast Asian Affairs 2005
    Chin Kin Wah and Daljit Singh, eds.
    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
    Since its inception 30 years ago, Southeast Asian Affairs (SEAA) has been an indispensable annual reference for policymakers, scholars, analysts, journalists, and others. Succinctly written by regional and international experts, SEAA illuminates significant issues and events of the previous year in each of the ten Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole.
    http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/
30. Strategic Asia 2005–06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty
    Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, eds.
    National Bureau for Asian Research
    This annual publication examines the strategic balance in Asia and the ongoing military modernization programs in the region, assessing the implications for the United States. Through a combination of country, regional, and topical studies, Strategic Asia 2005–06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty assesses how Asian states are modernizing their military programs in response to China's rise as a regional power, the war on terrorism, changes in US force posture, the revolution in military affairs, and local security dilemmas. In addition, each chapter examines the changing balance of power in Asia and identifies likely threats and opportunities that may arise in the next five years.
    http://www.nbr.org/publications/book.aspx?ID=c2b2e079-
    6d34-4220-aaf0-32b441ae33ab
31. Tools for Trilateralism: Improving US-Japan-Korea Cooperation to Manage Complex Contingencies
    James Schoff
    Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)
    One of the more successful recent innovations in the area of US-Japan and US–South Korea alliance management has been the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (TCOG) for developing common policies toward North Korea. The three countries can learn from the TCOG and use other diplomatic and military planning tools to improve the way that they prepare for and respond to complex contingencies, such as a large-scale natural disaster, a regional or global epidemic, or the adverse affects of a failing nation-state. This book is the product of archival research and interviews with government officials and military officers from all three countries. It offers the first comprehensive study of the TCOG from the perspective of the three nations' participants.
    http://www.ifpa.org/home.htm
32. Violence in Between: Conflict and Security in Archipelagic Southeast Asia
    Damien Kingsbury, ed.
    Monash University Press and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
    Security issues have been a dominant theme in maritime Southeast Asia, with few regions of the world as prone to political instability and lack of government authority. This reflects the fractured state of the region and the consequences of colonialism. More recently, the rise of pan-global militant Islamism has provided its own ideological and security overlay. But militant Islam is not new to this region, and many of the current conflicts have their roots in events decades and even centuries old. This book considers a range of security issues that have affected archipelagic Southeast Asia, addressing sites of conflict in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
    http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/
33. Women in Motion: Globalization, State Policies, and Labor Migration in Asia
    Nana Oishi
    Stanford University Press
    Most agree that global restructuring increasingly forces a large number of women in developing countries to emigrate to richer countries. But is poverty the only motivating factor? In Women in Motion, Nana Oishi examines the cross-national patterns of international female migration in Asia. Drawing on fieldwork in ten countries—both migrant-sending and migrant-receiving—the author investigates the differential impact of globalization, state policies, individual autonomy, and various social factors. This is the first study of its kind to provide an integrative approach to and a comparative perspective on female migration flows from multiple countries.
    http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?isbn=0804746370
34. A World of Regions: Asia and Europe in the American Imperium
    Peter Katzenstein
    Cornell University Press
    Observing the dramatic shift in world politics since the end of the Cold War, Peter Katzenstein argues that regions have become critical to contemporary world politics. This view is in stark contrast to those who focus on the purportedly stubborn persistence of the nation-state or the inevitable march of globalization. In detailed studies of technology and foreign investment, domestic and international security, and cultural diplomacy and popular culture, the author examines the changing regional dynamics of Europe and Asia. Regions, Katzenstein contends, are interacting closely with an American imperium that combines territorial and non-territorial powers. Regions may provide solutions to the contradictions between states and markets, security and insecurity, nationalism and cosmopolitanism.
    http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4368
    

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