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The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace
Contributor(s): Mahbubani, Kishore (Author), Sng, Jeffery (Author)
ISBN: 9814722499     ISBN-13: 9789814722490
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Intergovernmental Organizations
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- History | Asia - Southeast Asia
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.45 lbs) 286 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
 
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Publisher Description:
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a miracle. In an era of growing cultural pessimism, there is a pervasive belief that different civilizations cannot function together. Yet the ten countries of ASEAN are a thriving counter-example of coexistence. Here, more than 625 million people live together in peace.

In 1967, leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand struck a landmark agreement, forming ASEAN. They had realized that political and economic cooperation would bring greater stability and prosperity to the region. Fifty years and five additional countries later, the alliance has remained one of the world's most successful collaborations. Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng explain how this partnership has benefited the ten member countries and why it should serve as a model for other regions of the world, challenging our assumptions about international cooperation. As the world turns to Asia and the United States and China jostle for dominance, the ASEAN region will have an undeniably powerful role in shaping our global systems. Mahbubani and Sng offer an important primer for understanding this immensely successful--and woefully underappreciated--regional organization.

Contributor Bio(s): Mahbubani, Kishore: - Kishore Mahbubani is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore and author of The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East.Sng, Jeffery: - Jeffery Sng is a writer and former diplomat based in Bangkok. He is the coauthor of A History of the Thai-Chinese.