This is the first book in several years to review the foreign policies of major Southeast Asian states and the first ever to include those frequently neglected smaller states. It is also unique in the editors' adherence to a new comparative framework which attempts to weave together the earlier literature on comparative foreign policy analysis and current concepts of political economy. Comparative foreign policy studies are introduced by three distinguished scholars in that field. A general survey of international relations in Southeast Asia then precedes the country chapters, all authored by experienced specialists. A concluding chapter attempts to identify the emerging patterns of Southeast Asian foreign policy and suggest explanations for them.

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Map - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; D.Wurfel & B.Burton - The Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy: Some Notes on the Pitfalls and Paths to Theory; K.J.Holsti - Analysing Third World Foreign Policy; B.Korany - Foreign Policy and the New International Division of Labour in the Late 1980s: The African Dimension; T.M.Shaw - The External Environment for Southeast Asian Foreign Policy; N.Chanda - The Political Economy of Indonesia's Foreign Policy; D.King - The Foreign Policy of Malaysia; R.Stubbs - Foreign Policy in Singapore; L.Y.C.Lim - Philippine Foreign Policy; D.Wurfel - Foreign Policy in Thailand; C.D.Neher - The Foreign Policy of Burma; J.Badgley - The Foreign Policy of Vietnam; G.Porter - Kampuchea's Foreign Policy; G.Porter - The Political Economy of Lao Foreign Policy; M.Stuart-Fox - Conclusion: Southeast Asian Foreign Policies: Intra- and Extra-Regional Comparisons; D.Wurfel Index