Southeast Asia

War happened it can be seen that the world was divided into two regional blocks with different ideology and beliefs and this had impacted the political and economic developments in the West. However the impact could also be seen in Southeast Asia as well. Southeast Asia since the end of the period of colonization of the foreign powers has entered a new and critical stage of economic, political and social development. It was characterised by rapid industrialization, emergence of powerful, centralised

INTRODUCTION Southeast Asia consists of ten countries which are largely characterized by their membership within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The nations sit in a very important geographical location as the region sits astride key “choke points” for shipping between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and as described by Bateman et al, “economically and strategically important to the economies of Northeast Asia, the United States, and the emerging maritime powers of Asia”. One of

Question 3: “SEA is a region without an identity”. Discuss this statement with reference to at least 3 examples.  Making a check with Oxford Dictionary; Southeast Asia is defined as the part of south-eastern Asia that includes the countries of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. A “region” refers to an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries, and an “identity”

had already existed in the West to be nurtured into the new economic policies that were introduced by the Southeast Asian states. The relevance of Cold War in the introduction of the new economic policies can be seen when there was a division between capitalist economic ideologies and communist economic ideologies. Both of these ideologies were practiced in different parts of Southeast Asia and there is clear distinction between the two. Communists’ economic ideology model involved; central planning

Introduction Southeast Asia is an imagined region comprising eleven independent countries. Although these countries have many distinct patterns and thus defined as one region, they remain differentiated, from their indigenous history background, their environmental and physical differences, their religious tolerance, as well as their current political and economical status. The characteristic of this region can be described as: diversity (K Danielson, 2009). In my research paper, I will draw

only briefly provided examples of the complex regional issues emerging in Southeast Asia. Chapter three will discuss and explore the range of measures undertaken and the focus of multiple agencies in their attempts at dealing with varying implications with different priorities across Southeast Asia. The implications regardless of the end means, is a flagrant violation of human rights. With global attention on Southeast Asia and the rapidly growing trafficking in persons saw the United Nations Action

The History of the ASEAN ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), the most successful intergovernmental organization in the developing world today. It was preceded by an organization called the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA), which is founded by the Philippines, Thailand and the Federation of Malaya (now part of Malaysia) on July 31, 1961.ASA was replaced by ASEAN later on. According ASEAN’s report, ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the

relations and regional impacts, the paper is not strong enough to draw a current research, especially in the relations with Southeast Asia and Myanmar, in particular. Nevertheless, another research paper has given a broad perspective on why China want promote its new Silk Road plan especially in Southeast Asia Position. The book titled“ China’s Belt and Road and Southeast Asia: Challenges and Prospect” which was written by Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim has drawn a clear idea. The author wrote that China has

Malaysia is recognized as one of the Southeast Asia countries that have undergone economic prosperity. Therefore in this essay, I will argue on two major factors that have promoted the economic development in Malaysia which are the bilateral trade relations with China and the regional stability in Southeast Asia. In the first section of this essay, I will provide a brief overview of Malaysia’s economic development trajectory in the early post-independence period. Next, in the first part of the second

There is an extensive history empirical power, repeatedly and successfully controlling another state or group of people in order to exploit it economically. In Southeast Asia there were 5 colonial powers; the United Kingdom, France, Dutch, America, and Japan, their primary motives for establishing colonies in the region was to get control of trade routes, to get access to the natural resources and raw materials, and the cheap labor, as well as to establish naval and military bases so that they could