The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9814722499 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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“This book’s claims for Asean are gigantic, and this makes it all the more readable. . Kishore and Sng stress the way it created ‘conducive environments for the great powers to talk to each other’—an ‘ecosystem of peace’ that moderates ‘aggressive impulses.’”
Yet the ten countries of ASEAN are a thriving counter-example of coexistence. In an era of growing cultural pessimism, there is a pervasive belief that different civilizations cannot function together. As the world turns to Asia and the United States and China jostle for dominance, the ASEAN region will have an undeniably powerful role in shaping our global systems. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a miracle. Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng explain how this partnership has benefited the ten member countries and why it should serve as a model for other regions of the world, challenging our assumptions about international cooperation. In 1967, leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand struck a landmark agreement, forming ASEAN. Mahbubani and Sng offer an important primer for understanding this immensely successful—and woefully underappreciated—regional organization.. Fifty years and five additional countries later, the alliance has remained one of the world’s most successful collaborations. They had realized that political and economic cooperation would bring greater stability and prosperity to the region. Here, more than 625 million people live together in peace