Regional Community Building in East Asia

This volume is a collection of papers written by nationals or former nationals of the respective country in ASEAN and Northeast Asia. It offers an insider’s point of view of the 10 ASEAN states, China, Japan and South Korea on regional community building. Each author has made a deliberate effort to introduce and survey the developmental challenges and experiences of his or her country from a historical perspective. All authors, without exception, have emphasized the importance and advantages in staying with ASEAN or linking up with ASEAN by China, Japan and South Korea in political-security, economic and socio-cultural terms.