Global Challenges in the 21st Century: A View from Chile

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© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21st CENTURY Reproduced from Global Challenges in the 21st Century: A View from Chile, by Ricardo Lagos (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004). This version was obtained electronically direct from the publisher on condition that copyright is not infringed. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Individual articles are available at © 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about SoutheastAsia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. © 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Singapore Lecture 30 April 2004 GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21st CENTURY A View from Chile Ricardo Lagos Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore © 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Published in Singapore in 2004 by ISEAS Publications Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: © 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Lagos Escobar, Ricardo. Global challenges in the 21st century : a view from Chile. (Singapore lecture series, 0129-1912; 24) 1. Globalization. 2. World politics—19893 . International relations. 4. International economic relations. 5. Security, International. 6. Chile—Foreign relations—19887 . Chile—Politics and government—1988I . Title. II. Series. DS501 I597 no. 24 2004 ISBN 981-230-256-5 (soft cover) ISSN 0129-1912 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Typeset by International Typesetters Printed in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte. Ltd. ...