Especially since the end of the Cold War, research on and around the international relations of Asia has grown exponentially and, to make sense of what is now a vast and unwieldly corpus of scholarly literature, this new four-volume collection from Routledge’s Critical Issues in Modern Politics series brings together the best and most influential work in the field.It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers of Asian international relations, politics, history, and current affairs as a vital resource.
Volume I. International Relations Theory and ASEAN
Part 1. Studying Southeast Asia
1. Donald K. Emmerson, ‘"Southeast Asia": What’s in a Name?’, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1984, 15, 1, 1–21.
2. Tim Huxley, ‘Southeast Asia in the Study of International Relations: The Rise and Decline of a Region’, Pacific Review, 1996, 9, 2, 199–228.
3. David Martin Jones and Michael L. R. Smith, ‘Is There a Sovietology of South-East Asian Studies?’, International Affairs, 2001, 77, 4, 843–65.
4. Alan Chong, ‘Southeast Asia: Theory Between Modernization and Tradition’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2007, 7, 3, 391–438.
Part 2. Explaining ASEAN: Competing/Congruent Theories
5. Michael Leifer, ASEAN’s Search for Regional Order (National University of Singapore, 1987).
6. Donald K. Emmerson, ‘ASEAN as an International Regime’, Journal of International Affairs, 1987, 4, 4, 1–16.
7. Sheldon W. Simon, ‘Realism and Neoliberalism: International Relations Theory and Southeast Asian Security’, Pacific Review, 1995, 8, 1, 5–24.
8. Amitav Acharya, ‘Realism, Institutionalism and the Asian Financial Crisis’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 1999, 21, 1, 1–29.
9. Nikolas Busse, ‘Constructivism and Southeast Asian Security’, Pacific Review, 1999, 12, 1, 39–60.
10. Jürgen Haacke, ‘ASEAN’s Diplomatic and Security Culture: A Constructivist Assessment’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2003, 3, 1, 57–87.
11. Shaun Narine, ‘The English School and ASEAN’, Pacific Review, 2006, 19, 2, 199–218.
Part 3. Is ASEAN a Security Community?
12. Amitav Acharya, ‘A Regional Security Community in Southeast Asia?’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 1995, 18, 3, 175–200.
13. David Martin Jones and Michael L. R. Smith, ‘ASEAN’s Imitation Community’, Orbis, 2002, 46, 1, 93–109.
14. Nicholas Khoo, ‘Deconstructing the ASEAN Security Community: A Review Essay’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2004, 4, 1, 35–46.
Part 4. Rationalism vs. Constructivism
15. Sorpong Peou, ‘Realism and Constructivism in Southeast Asian Security Studies Today: A Review Essay’, Pacific Review, 2002, 15, 1, 119–38.
16. Sarah Eaton and Richard Stubbs, ‘Is ASEAN Powerful? Neo-Realist Versus Constructivist Approaches to Power in Southeast Asia’, Pacific Review, 2006, 19, 2, 135–55.
17. See Seng Tan, ‘Rescuing Constructivism from the Constructivists: A Critical Reading of Constructivist Interventions in Southeast Asian Security’, Pacific Review, 2006, 19, 2, 239–60.
Volume II. ASEAN and Regional Security of Southeast Asia
Part 5. ASEAN Evolution: From ‘Pre-birth’ to ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Young Adulthood’ to ‘Mid-Life’
18. Philip Charrier, ‘ASEAN’s Inheritance: The Regionalization of Southeast Asia, 1941–61’, Pacific Review, 2001, 14, 3, 313–38.
19. Poon Kim Shee, ‘A Decade of ASEAN, 1967–1977’, Asian Survey, 1977, XVII, 8, 753–70.
20. Richard Stubbs, ‘ASEAN at Twenty: The Search for a New Consensus’, Behind the Headlines, 1988, 45, 3, Jan./Feb.
21. Kusuma Snitwongse, ‘Thirty Years of ASEAN: Achievements through Political Cooperation’, Pacific Review, 1998, 11, 2, 183–94.
22. Amitav Acharya, ‘ASEAN at 40: Mid-Life Rejuvenation?’, foreignaffairs.org, 15 Aug. 2007.
Part 6. ASEAN Regionalism: The ASEAN Way
23. Teik Soon Lau, ‘ASEAN Diplomacy: National Interest and Regionalism’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1990, XXV, 1/2, 114–27.
24. Shaun Narine, ‘Institutional Theory and Southeast Asia: The Case of ASEAN’, World Affairs, 1998, 161, 1, 33–47.
25. Hiro Katsumata, ‘Reconstruction of Diplomatic Norms in Southeast Asia: The Case for Strict Adherence to the "ASEAN Way"’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2003, 25, 1, 104–21.
26. Lorraine Elliot, ‘ASEAN and Environmental Cooperation: Norms, Interests and Identity’, Pacific Review, 2003, 16, 1, 29–52.
Part 7. ASEAN Enlargement: Challenges and Prospects
27. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, ‘From ASEAN Six to ASEAN Ten: Issues and Prospects’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 1994, 16, 3, 243–58.
28. John Funston, ‘Challenges Facing ASEAN in a More Complex Age’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 1999, 21, 2, 205–19.
Part 8. ASEAN Conflict Prevention: The Search for Peace
29. Russell H. Fifield, ‘ASEAN: Image and Reality’, Asian Survey, 1979, 19, 12, 1199–208.
30. Amitav Acharya, ‘Regional Military-Security Cooperation in the Third World: A Conceptual Analysis of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’, Journal of Peace Research, 1992, 29, 1, 7–21.
31. Timo Kivimäki, ‘The Long Peace of ASEAN’, Journal of Peace Research, 2001, 38, 1, 5–25.
32. Michael Leifer, ‘The ASEAN Peace Process: A Category Mistake’, Pacific Review, 1999, 12, 1, 25–38.
Part 9. ASEAN Extra-regionalism: Engaging the Great Powers
33. Hans H. Indorf, ‘ASEAN in Extra-Regional Perspective’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 1987, 9, 2, 86–105.
34. Evelyn Goh, ‘Great Powers and Hierarchical Order in Southeast Asia: Analyzing Regional Security Strategies’, International Security, 2007, 32, 3, 113–57.
Volume III. Regional Order and Architecture in Asia
Part 10. Regional Environment of Asia
35. Barry Buzan, ‘Security Architecture in Asia: The Interplay of Regional and Global Levels’, Pacific Review, 2003, 16, 2, 143–73.
36. David C. Kang, ‘Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks’, International Security, 2003, 27, 4, 57–85.
37. Amitav Acharya, ‘Will Asia’s Past Be its Future?’, International Security, 2003, 28, 3, 149–64.
38. John Ravenhill, ‘A Three Bloc World? The New East Asian Regionalism’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2002, 2, 2, 167–95.
Part 11. Multilateral Ideas and Institutions in Asia
39. David B. Dewitt, ‘Common, Comprehensive, and Cooperative Security’, Pacific Review, 1994, 7, 1, 1–15.
40. Amitav Acharya, ‘Ideas, Identity, and Institution-Building: From the "ASEAN Way" to the "Asia-Pacific Way"’, Pacific Review, 1997, 10, 3, 319–46.
41. Ron Huisken, ‘Civilizing the Anarchical Society: Multilateral Security Processes in the Asia-Pacific’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2002, 24, 2, 187–202.
42. Joseph Camilleri, ‘East Asia’s Emerging Regionalism: Tensions and Potential in Design and Architecture’, Global Change, Peace and Security, 2005, 17, 3, 253–61.
Part 12. Debating the ARF
43. Michael Leifer, ‘The ASEAN Regional Forum’, Adelphi Paper, 1996, No. 302 (Oxford University Press/IISS).
44. Yuen Foong Khong, ‘Making Bricks without Straw in the Asia-Pacific?’, Pacific Review, 1997, 10, 2, 289–300.
45. Ralf Emmers, ‘The Influence of the Balance of Power Factor within the ASEAN Regional Forum’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2002, 23, 2, 275–91.
46. Alastair Iain Johnston, ‘The Myth of the ASEAN Way? Explaining the Evolution of the ASEAN Regional Forum’, in Helga Haftendorn, Robert O. Keohane, and Celeste A. Wallander (eds.), Imperfect Unions: Security Institutions Over Time and Space (Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 287–324.
47. Hiro Katsumata, ‘Establishment of the ASEAN Regional Forum: Constructing a "Talking Shop" or a "Norm Brewery"?’, Pacific Review, 2006, 19, 2, 181–98.
Part 13. Debating the AFTA, APEC, and ASEAN+3
48. Helen Nesadurai, ‘Attempting Developmental Regionalism through AFTA: The Domestic Sources of Regional Governance’, Third World Quarterly, 2003, 24, 2, 235–53.
49. Richard Stubbs, ‘ASEAN Plus Three: Emerging East Asian Regionalism?’, Asian Survey, 2002, 42, 3, May/June, 440–55.
50. Markus Hund, ‘ASEAN Plus Three: Towards a New Age of Pan-East Asian Regionalism? A Skeptic’s Appraisal’, Pacific Review, 2003, 16, 3, 383–418.
51. Helen Nesadurai, ‘APEC: A Tool for US Regional Domination?’, Pacific Review, 1996, 9, 1, 31–57.
52. Mark Beeson and Iyanatul Islam, ‘Neoliberalism and East Asia: Resisting the Washington Consensus’, Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, 2, 197–219.
Volume IV: Non-official Diplomacy and Activism in Asia
Part 14. Regional Security Discourse in Asia
53. Paul M. Evans, ‘Between Regionalism and Regionalization: Policy Networks and the Nascent East Asian Institutional Identity’, in T. J. Pempel (ed.), Remapping East Asia: The Construction of a Region (Cornell University Press, 2005), pp. 195–215.
54. Pauline Kerr, ‘The Security Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific’, Pacific Review, 1994, 7, 4, 397–409.
55. Graeme Cheeseman, ‘Asia-Pacific Security Discourse in the Wake of the Asian Economic Crisis’, Pacific Review, 1999, 12, 3, 333–56.
Part 15. ‘Track 2’ Contributions to Regional Security
56. Lawrence T. Woods, ‘Learning from NGO Proponents of Asia-Pacific Regionalism: Success and its Lessons’, Asian Survey, 1995, 35, 9, 812–27.
57. Sheldon W. Simon, ‘Evaluating Track II Approaches to Security Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: The CSCAP Experience’, Pacific Review, 2002, 15, 2, 167–200.
58. Hiro Katsumata, ‘The Role of ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies in Developing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region’, Asian Journal of Political Science, 2003, 11, 1, 93–111.
59. Charles E. Morrison, ‘Track 1/Track 2 Symbiosis in Asia-Pacific Regionalism’, Pacific Review, 2004, 17, 4, 547–65.
60. Desmond Ball, Anthony Milner, and Brendan Taylor, ‘Track 2 Security Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific: Reflections and Future Directions’, Asian Security, 2006, 2, 3, 174–88.
Part 16. ‘Track 3’ Contributions to Regional Security
61. Amitav Acharya, ‘Democratization and the Prospects for Participatory Regionalism in Southeast Asia’, Third World Quarterly, 2003, 24, 2, 375–90.
62. Mely Caballero-Anthony, ‘Non-State Regional Governance Mechanism for Economic Security: The Case of the ASEAN Peoples’ Assembly’, Pacific Review, 2004, 17, 4, 567–85.
63. Alexander C. Chandra, ‘Indonesian Non-State Actors in ASEAN: A New Regionalism Agenda for Southeast Asia?’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2004, 26, 1, 155–74.
Part 17. State: Civil Society Dilemmas
64. Herman Joseph S. Kraft, ‘The Autonomy Dilemma of Track 2 Diplomacy in Southeast Asia’, Security Dialogue, 2000, 31, 3, 357–73.
65. See Seng Tan, ‘Nonofficial Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: "Civil Society" or "Civil Service"?’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2005, 27, 3, 370–87.
66. Mohamad Maznah, ‘Towards a Human Rights Regime in Southeast Asia: Charting the Course of State Commitment’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2002, 24, 2, 214–35.
67. David Martin Jones, ‘Democratization, Civil Society, and Illiberal Middle Class Culture in Pacific Asia’, Comparative Politics, 1998, 30, 2, 147–69.
