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By: ROS Size: 7.5" x 10.25" J/No: 03-14474 Fonts: New Baskerville DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE ASEAN was founded in 1967; ISEAS in 1968. Thus ASEAN has always been a focal point for ISEAS’ Southeast Asia vision. This has been reflected, through the years, in numerous seminars and meetings on ASEAN, and the sponsorship of many scholars researching ASEAN topics. These activities have resulted in hundreds of ISEAS publications, including articles, monographs, and books, on ASEAN. The first ISEAS ASEAN Reader was published in 1992. In late 2002 it was decided that it would be timely to produce The Second ASEAN Reader, which would concentrate mainly on evaluations and assessments of post-1992 internal ASEAN events, as well as concurrent fundamental regional and global changes. Former ISEAS Deputy Director, Sharon Siddique, and former ISEAS Fellow, Sree Kumar, were approached to co-ordinate the compilation of The Second ASEAN Reader. Many ISEAS research staff who have contributed to the body of literature on ASEAN are represented in the volume. Also, it can be noted with some pride that many of the authors — from ASEAN member states and the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia — have at one time or other in their careers been associated with ISEAS. Thus The Second ASEAN Reader is, in a way, a gathering of “friends of ISEAS”, as well as a testimony to ISEAS’ deep and abiding interest in the evolution of ASEAN in Southeast Asia. I would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of this project. My special thanks go to Sharon and Sree. K. Kesavapany Director Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore 000 AR prelims 22/9/03, 11:57 AM 15 ...