In November 1993, P. K. Chiang, Economic Minister of the Republic of China (ROC) announced Taiwan's "Southward policy" to the delegates of the Asia-Pacific countries participating in the first summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the USA. Having analysed the...

After discussing the term "growth triangle" as a form of transnational production, the author points out that the dynamics of transnational economic linkages in Southeast Asia cannot be properly understood without recognition of its political and security underpinnings. He examines both...

One of the most recent features in the political economy of East Asia and the Pacific has been the emergence of co-operative administrative and legal structures linking parts of separate national economies in territorially defined subregional economic zones (SREZs) or "natural economic...

According to the author, a de facto common economic regime is emerging in Southeast Asia. The formation of ASEAN in 1967, and the accompanying economic benefits derived from taming the political rivals within the group, were instrumental in developing the amicable economic relations of...

In recent years, the decline of Vietnam's position in Indochina, as well as China's improved relations with the ASEAN countries, have encouraged Thailand to embark on schemes for transforming itself into the economic centre of a resurgent mainland Southeast Asia. The article explores Thailand's...

Weapons procurement in Southeast Asia has undergone three transformations: initially all countries in the region relied on armaments provided through foreign military assistance; later as aid declined many were able to acquire large quantities of second-hand equipment; since the mid-1980s these...