Australia-New Zealand & Southeast Asia Relations
Australia-New Zealand & Southeast Asia Relations

Author: Kin Wah Chin

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 9812302891

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This report finds that despite past differences and periodic setbacks, the relationship between ANZ and Southeast Asia has become increasingly solid and multi-faceted, as successive Australian, New Zealand and Southeast Asian governments have taken steps since the early 1970s to facilitate mutual ties and interaction in a wide range of areas. What is most striking is that in recent years much of the real substance in the relationship between ANZ and Southeast Asia has developed without the direct assistance or guidance of governments as private business, education and travel have mushroomed. From being largely government-fostered in the 1970s, the links between the two regions have become more broadly based and oriented towards closer contacts between people. This is the "soft power" of the new relationship between ANZ and Southeast Asia.

ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship
ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship

Author: Peter A. Petri

Publisher:

Published: 2014-02-21

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 9780866382465

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is strategically significant because of its size, dynamism, and role in the Asian economic and security architectures. This paper examines how ASEAN seeks to strengthen these assets through "centrality" in intraregional and external policy decisions. It recommends a two-speed approach toward centrality in order to maximize regional incomes and benefit all member economies: first, selective engagement by ASEAN members in productive external partnerships and, second, vigorous policies to share gains across the region. This strategy has solid underpinnings in the Kemp-Wan theorem on trade agreements. It would warrant, for example, a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with incomplete ASEAN membership, complemented with policies to extend gains across the region. The United States could support this framework by pursuing deep relations with some ASEAN members, while broadly assisting the region's development.

Australia's Foreign Economic Policy and ASEAN
Australia's Foreign Economic Policy and ASEAN

Author: Jiro Okamoto

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9789812309747

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In this book, Jiro Okamoto explores the development of Australia's foreign economic policy towards ASEAN. He examines in detail decisive factors such as changes in the international and regional environment and the replacement of a dominant policy coalition with another in Australia's domestic policy process. His analysis shows that the shifts in Australia's ASEAN policy have not only closely reflected changes in Australia's overall foreign economic policy orientation, but that Australia's ASEAN policy strongly drove the change at key junctures. His work also offers important insights into the prospect of an "inclusive" economic integration process in East Asia. Although Australia's foreign economic policy has been an important element in regional economic cooperation, its inclusion in the East Asian integration process still remains ambiguous.

Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick

Author: Denis Hew Wei-Yen

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9812307338

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Against the backdrop of significant developments in regional economic cooperation and integration over the past decade, this book presents some of the key challenges facing ASEAN as it embarks on a bold and ambitious project to establish an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Organized under the auspices of the ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program's Regional Economic Policy Support Facility, the book brings together authoritative studies written by prominent experts and academics on issues pertaining to ASEAN economic integration.

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) and Regional Integration
Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) and Regional Integration

Author: Robert Scollay

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 9814279978

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The origins, evolution and impact of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement are examined in this book. ANZCERTA is often referred to as a benchmark for trade agreements. Not only does the book examine the agreement and how it evolved, but it also provides lessons for others, particularly in ASEAN, as they work on regional on bilateral economic relations. The special features of the Agreement are identified, and its evolution is charted. Current debates are reviewed, and assessments of its impact are discussed. Ten lessons for the designers of other agreements are presented.