Asean Towards the 21st Century
A Thirty-year Review of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
By Ranjit Gill
December 1997
ASEAN Academic Press
ISBN: 1-901919-00-5
254 pages, Illustrated, 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"
$69.50 Hardcover
This book should be welcomed by any Asean observer and general reader both for the book's rich information as a result of painstaking research as well as its insight into many of the events and processes which led to where Asean is today. His grasp of the issues in the regions history, particularly those in the political, security, economic and cultural spheres, has led to this retrospective study which could not have been written by anyone not familiar with developments in this region. I welcome this book as a valuable contribution to the increasing literature on current issues in Southeast Asia as the region emerges as a strong and united force in Asia and in the world. I am certain that the book will also be of great interest to readers outside the region for purposes of comparative studies of experiences in regional co-operation. Indeed, the author has undertaken a commendable task consonant with one of the original objectives of Asean stipulated in the Asean Declaration of 1967 which is "to promote Southeast Asian studies".
-Dato' Ajit Singh, Secretary-General of Asean Jakarta, Indonesia
Economics
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