The Korea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (KSFTA) is Korea's first comprehensive FTA involving any ASEAN member country and provides a framework for building a strong strategic and economic partnership between Korea and the ASEAN countries. It is therefore designed to be a building block in the process of community building efforts towards an East Asian Community in the long run as well as towards global free trade. This book analyses and documents the rationale behind the agreement and its impact on the economies of Korea and Singapore, underpinning the growing economic linkages between the two countries that have become stronger since the enforcement of the agreement.

The Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore for a Closer Economic Partnership (ANZSCEP) that came into force in January 2001 assumes important significance as it is the first comprehensive bilateral FTA that was signed involving Singapore, and also the first bilateral FTA of an ASEAN member, thus initiating the process of 'new regionalism' in Asia. This book provides a deeper understanding about motivations of New Zealand and Singapore to enter into other bilateral FTAs and some of the visible impacts observed since their implementation.

In May 2007, the European Union and ASEAN agreed to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), and talks are ongoing on the specific design and membership, with a joint working committee being established. This book identifies the present barriers in the relations between the regions, and aims to make an ASEAN-EU FTA useful as well as understandable to the business sector. It contains the proceedings of a panel discussion on how to make an ASEAN-EU FTA work for European business. The purpose of this book is to encourage an active and constructive exchange of views and ideas between representatives of the Swedish business community in Singapore, government officials and academics.

Alerted by the devastating Asian tsunami, a group of scientists launch a highly ambitious, but illegal grand scheme to save humankind.
A Nigerian football prodigy, a big time Bollywood actor, a teenage singing sensation, and a French painter are treated as guinea pigs, in an attempt to play God.
An emerging doom's day cult decides to attack the project with all the vengeance.
Klaus, a member of a fiercely xenophobic gang in Austria, and Tariq, an idealistic Muslim youth from India, join as crusaders, to support the cause of the cult.
Rohit, a brilliant Indian medical graduate, working in UK, becomes a reluctant heir of the scheme, planned by the scientists.
After the brutal murder of his mentor, Dr Ferguson, in Scotland, Rohit inherits the most valuable merchandise upon earth.
He then returns to India, with his girlfriend Mala. They reach Kalpa, a spectacular Himalayan Resort, at ten thousand feet above sea. There, overlooked by the gorgeous abode of Lord Shiva, Rohit desperately tries to come to terms with reality
The novel is set in a global backdrop, highlighting the moral dilemmas in a technologically developed world. The story has traveled several cities including Lagos, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, Innsbruck, Amsterdam, Mumbai and Kathmandu among others. The novel consists of a string of separate stories which finally builds up to the climax. The last part of the novel follows the spirit of a thriller.
The novel deals with love, betrayal, loyalty and above all drama. It encompasses varied and unrelated subjects, including science, arts, Bollywood, football, racism and religious fanaticism.