Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.
Map of ASEAN Member States -- 1. ASEAN: A Regional Community? -- Two Perspectives on ASEAN -- One Identity Among Many -- Outline of the Book -- 2. Institutional Development -- The Origins of ASEAN -- The Formation of ASEAN: 1967-1975 -- ASEAN's Organizational Structure -- The ZOPFAN Proposal -- The Bali Conference, 1976 -- ASEAN as an Economic Organization -- The ASEAN Way -- 3. Vietnam's Invasion of Cambodia -- The Interwar Period -- Vietnam's Role -- The Roles and Interests of the Great Powers -- ASEAN's Response -- The International Conference on Kampuchea -- The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea -- The Resolution of the Conflict -- The Effects of the Cambodian Conflict -- 4. The Security Environment -- The Intraregional Security Environment -- The United States in Southeast Asia -- Dealing with the Dragon: The "China Threat" -- The Aftermath of September 11th -- 5. The Challenge of the Post-Cold War Era -- Institutional Change Within ASEAN -- The ASEAN Regional Forum -- ASEAN's Expansion -- Regional Economic Initiatives -- ASEAN and APEC: Competitive or Complementary? -- 6. The East Asian Economic Crisis -- The Crisis -- The Domestic Responses -- Causes of the Asian Economic Crisis -- Mishandling the Economic Crisis -- 7. Responding to the Crisis -- Dealing with the Economic Crisis -- Effects of the Crisis on ASEAN -- The Regional Haze and East Timor -- Regional Financial Architecture and ASEAN Plus Three -- The Idea of an Asian Monetary Fund -- ASEAN's Role in an Asian Monetary Fund -- 8. ASEAN in the Twenty-First Century -- Sovereignty and Identity -- The Question of Socialization -- ASEAN in the Twenty-First Century