This fully revised and updated edition of Donald E. Weatherbee's widely praised
text offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the international
relations of contemporary Southeast Asia. The author analyzes the Southeast
Asian states' efforts to adapt to a regional international environment that is
characterized by the security demands of the war on terrorism; the economic
demands of globalism; and the political demands of nontraditional issues such as
democracy, human rights, the environment, and gender. These shifting dynamics
take place in a broader framework of diminished U.S. power and enhanced Chinese
influence that could well undermine Southeast Asia's autonomy. An invaluable
guide to the region, this balanced and