Developing a framework to study "what makes a region," Amitav
Acharya investigates the origins and evolution of Southeast Asian
regionalism and international relations. He views the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) "from the bottom up" as not only
a U.S.-inspired ally in the Cold War struggle against communism but
also an organization that reflects indigenous traditions. Although
Acharya deploys the notion of imagined community to examine the
changes, especially since the Cold War, in the significance of
ASEAN dealings for a regional identity, he insists that imagination
is itself not a neutral but rather a culturally variable concept.
The regional imagination in Southeast Asia imagines a community of
nations different from NAFTA or NATO, the OAU, or the European
Union.
In this new edition of a book first published as The Quest for
Identity in 2000, Acharya updates developments in the region
through the first decade of the new century: the aftermath of the
financial crisis of 1997, security affairs after September 2001,
the long-term impact of the 2004 tsunami, and the substantial
changes wrought by the rise of China as a regional and global
actor. Acharya argues in this important book for the crucial
importance of regionalism in a different part of the world."
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