November 30th, 2010

Hard Choices reviewed in the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia, an acclaimed volume in the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center's three-part series on regionalism in Asia, was reviewed in the most recent issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. Donald Emmerson, director of Shorenstein APARC's Southeast Asia Forum, is the editor of the volume. Reviewer Corrina Krome states, "I highly recommend the book, especially for its comprehensive references and indices, and for the inclusion of the 2007 ASEAN Charter . . ."

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September 22nd, 2010

Shorenstein APARC publishes final book in regionalism series

Shorenstein APARC proudly announces the publication of Does South Asia Exist? Prospects for Regional Integration, the final volume in its three-part series on regionalism in Asia. With a special focus on India, this lively and broad-based volume uses a comparative perspective to draw on theories of trade, security, great-power influence, and domestic political theory to examine the prospects for South Asian regionalism. Other titles in the Asian regionalism series include Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia (2008) and Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia (2007).

April 22nd, 2010

Shorenstein APARC scholars win fellowships from National Bureau of Asian Research-Woodrow Wilson Center

Associate director for research Daniel C. Sneider and SEAF director Donald K. Emmerson will be part of the inaugural class class of research associates and fellows of the National Asia Research Program (NARP). After a competitive, nationwide selection process, the winners were selected based on their research into issues of importance to U.S. interests in Asia. "Our goal in this new program is to highlight and reward scholars who have successfully bridged the gap between the academy and policy," said NBR President and NARP co-director Richard Ellings. Associate director for research Daniel C. Sneider and SEAF director Donald K. Emmerson will be part of the inaugural class class of research associates and fellows of the National Asia Research Program (NARP). After a competitive, nationwide selection process, the winners were selected based on their research into issues of importance to U.S. interests in Asia. "Our goal in this new program is to highlight and reward scholars who have successfully bridged the gap between the academy and policy," said NBR President and NARP co-director Richard Ellings. Read more »

October 26th, 2009

Morada and Jones on 'Hard Choices'

Edited by SEAF Director Don Emmerson and co-published in 2008-09 by APARC at Stanford and ISEAS in Singapore, Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia continues to attract attention. Excerpted below are two differing but equally thoughtful recent reviews:
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July 24th, 2009

Kudos for Hard Choices

Here is what University of Queensland Prof. Alex Bellamy thinks of a recent book, Hard Choices: Security, Democracy and Regionalism in Southeast Asia, edited by SEAF Director Don Emmerson: "It is widely acknowledged that Southeast Asia stands at a fork in the road. The ratification and adoption of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Charter in 2008 has given the regional body new found legal status, ...
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June 15th, 2009

What's Up with Southeast Asian Studies at Stanford? Recap, Prospect, Controversy

The 2008-09 academic year was a busy time for the Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF). A dozen on-campus lectures by Southeast Asianists from Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United States ranged from country-specific topics such as labor resistance in Vietnam, political opposition in Malaysia, and the 2009 elections in Indonesia, to broader-brush treatments of Southeast Asian identities and modernities, regional repercussions of the global economic slowdown, and the wellsprings of "late democratization" across East Asia. Read more »

December 17th, 2008

Emmerson edits new book on security, democracy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia

CDDRL and Shorenstein APARC faculty member Donald Emmerson edits a new book featuring ten analysts from six countries addressing security, democracy, and regional issues in Southeast Asia.
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