ASEAN into the 1990s

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ASEAN has its admirers and its critics. In its third decade, it is faced with having to do more than promote the interests of some of the region's most dynamic econommies. It has to do more for its six members than just preserve the peace between them. In the 1990s the old leaders of ASEAN will all be gone. What their successors do to make ASEAN cooperation work will determine how many of them join Singapore as a newly industrialised country. The agenda for the 1990s has Indochina near the top, but as well, how to cope with the economic prowess of Japan and the growing military strength of China. ASEAN confronts the need for security both from external and internal threats. Population pressure, income redistribution, insurgency and the influence of Islam will affect all six countries in different ways. This book, a successor to the influential Understanding ASEAN, identifies the problems and predicts the responses. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: ASEAN since 1967 — Origins, Evolution and Recent Developments....Pages 1-31 The Six Asian Economies: 1980–88....Pages 32-57 ASEAN Economic Co-operation in the 1980s and 1990s....Pages 58-82 ASEAN Security Co-operation — Past, Present and Future....Pages 83-111 ASEAN Security in the 1990s....Pages 112-137 ASEAN and Indochina: The Dialogue....Pages 138-161 ASEAN and the Japanese Role in Southeast Asia....Pages 162-183 The Politics of Islam in the ASEAN Countries....Pages 184-199 The Australian Media and Australian-ASEAN Relations....Pages 200-218 ASEAN Population....Pages 219-236 Conclusion: ASEAN into the 1990s....Pages 237-241 Back Matter....Pages 242-265