Mapping ASEAN

For half a century, ten dynamic nations in Southeast Asia have been implementing a shared vision of economic growth, sustainable development, and cultural progress. Today, the economies of those nations are linked inextricably with the future of greater Asia as well as with the United States and the other Western countries. With authoritarianism and protectionism on the rise around the world and the catastrophic effects of global warming making action urgent, the nations that form the Association of Southeast Asia Nations are more relevant and under greater political and social stress than ever.

In these illuminating pages, David Carden, the first American resident ambassador to ASEAN, paints a vivid portrait of the regional and global cooperation required to meet today, and interconnected future. Carden takes us behind the scenes as the leaders of these ten nations work to prepare their countries and their region for the 21st century. Carden persuasively argues that the unfolding story of the ASEAN nations is a story for the entire worldthat we are all increasingly interdependent and confronted with the existential need to solve the same set of challenges.

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David Carden

Inhalt

Prologue

Introduction: ASEAN's Goals

Chapter 1: Pivoting to Asia

Chapter 2: Defining ASEAN'S Goals

Chapter 3: Financial Capital

Chapter 4: A Systems Approach to Achieving ASEAN's Goals

Chapter 5: People, Data, and Information

Chapter 6: Institutions, Governance, and Rule of Law

Chapter 7: Positioning ASEAN's Economy for Success

Chapter 8: Climate Change and the Environment

Chapter 9: Public Health and Disease

Chapter 10: China and the South China Sea

Chapter 11: ASEAN's Cities

Chapter 12: Four Freedoms

Chapter 13: The Role of the Private Sector

Chapter 14: A New Diplomacy

Conclusion

Postscript