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"The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) have observed the Euro crisis that has hit the European Union (EU) since2009. It goes without saying that the EU’s integration path has inspired a similarregional movement in Southeast Asia. ASEAN member countries often refer toevents in the EU. The EU’s prolonged iinancial crisis has not only been instructiveto ASEAN countries, but also changed their perceptions of the EU. In addition, thecrisis has created momentum for ASEAN and EU to re»address their relationship.This article addresses the impact ofthe EU’s financial crisis on the inter-regionalcooperative hamework, expressed through the EU-ASEAN dialogue, ASEAN RegionalForum, and Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). In assessing the impact of the fallout onthe inter-regional relations, data for this study were collected from otiicial documents,a literature review, and interviews with government officials, members of the busi-ness community, and scholars from ASEAN member countries. This article arguesthat ASEAN countries continue to acknowledge the EU as an important partner, butthe characteristics of the inter-regional relations are likely to change. The prolongedfinancial crisis has diminished the Southeast Asians’ perceptions ofthe EU as acompetent economic power, powerful, ther, they recognize that global power hasshilted to Asia."

"Brings together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities, rigorously edited to ensure systematic coverage. It provides students with an accessible and up-to-date thematically structured comparative introduction to Southeast Asia today."

"ABSTRAKBy the 1990s, Australia stood at the crossroads of history and geography. Where in previous centuries Asia-Pacific propinquity was a curse to be avoided through exclusionary immigration, security, and trade policies, today it is an opportunity to be exploited through co-operative enmeshment. Australia's fortunes are determined by broader political, economic and social forces at work around Asia and the world. It's involvement with the Asia-Pacific is inevitable, irreversible and probably even desirable. Yet the transition from a Eurocentric to an Asia-Pacific identity will be neither uncontroversial nor smooth. Australia's challenge for regional engagement is how to reconcile the preparedness, capability and credibility for dealing with Asia with the need to protect and nurture its own humanist, pluralist and democratic traditions."

"The inauguration of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Bangkok in 1996 was celebrated with enthusiasm and hopes in the two regions because this forum represented a breakthrough in Asia-Europe relations. The region-to-region pattern of the relations becomes the study framework that enables the explorations of central themes which include the Asian regional identity, ASEAN collective diplomatic prominence, and the informality of the ASEM institution. In exploring those central themes, this boo...."