Southeast Asia in the New World Order: The Political Economy of a Dynamic Region. Edited by David Wurfel and Bruce Burton. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. xix, 320 pp. $49.95.

Abstract

PART 1 INTRODUCTION: economic and security dimensions of the emerging order in Asia Pacific, Paul M. Evans. PART 2 CHANGES IN THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT: ASEAN - new modes of economic co-operation, Linda Y.C. Lim new political roles for ASEAN, Donald Crone the emergence of ecological issues in Southeast Asia, James C. Clad and Aurora Medina Sy human rights in Southeast Asia - rhetoric and reality, Geoffrey Robinson. PART POLICIES OF EXTERNAL POWERS TOWARDS SOUTHEAST ASIA: US policy themes in Southeast Asia in the 1990s, Donald K. Emmerson Soviet and Russian policy towards Southeast Asia (1986-1993), Vladimir Rakhmanin China and post-cold war Southeast Asia, Robert S. Ross Japan and Southeast Asia - facing an uncertain future, Michael W. Donnelly and Richard Stubbs Australian and Canadian policy towards Southeast Asia, Kim Richard Nossal western Europe and Southeast Asia in the post-cold war world, Brian Bridges. PART 4 REGIONAL POLICY CONFLICTS IN A NEW WORLD ORDER: the evolution of great power involvement in Cambodia, Pierre Lizee the spratly imbroglio in the post-cold war era, Mark J. Valencia conclusion, David Wurfel.