Description
New Challenges for ASEAN examines some of the most important
policy issues confronting Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) governments. These include the degradation of the maritime and
urban environments, new strains on inter-ethnic relations, domestic and
international pressures to ensure the protection of human rights,
growing barriers to trade with the outside world, and security concerns
arising from a changing regional balance of power. The responses of the
ASEAN governments to these challenges, at domestic, regional and
international levels, are critically examined by a group of experts
with longstanding interest in Southeast Asian affairs.