Critical discourses on ASEAN, East Asia

University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has recently published a very timely and useful book titled The Emerging East Asian Community - Security & Economic Issues (Bangi, UKM, 2006). It was edited by three prominent scholars, namely Professors Lee Poh Ping, Tham Siew Yean and George T.Tu.

Besides editing the book, Professor Lee Poh Ping has also contributed two articles to it. The first, co-authored with Tham Siew Yean and George T.Tu, is the Introduction itself while the second, titled Small States in European Community and Asean in Asian Regional Groupings Compared, is, in my opinion, a very insightful exercise that shows the similiarities and dfferences between Europe and Southeast Asia in their respective efforts to promote regional integration.

Singapore's Professor Wang Gung Wu also contributed a piece titled Reflections on an East Asian Community.


The East Asian Community
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/45726

Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
http://www.penerbit.ukm.my