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In this issue

From the Editor's Note..

In this issue of Global Asia, we devote our cover package to what the new international order might mean, not just for Asia but also for US allies in Europe such as Poland. While the reaction from China is predictably hostile toward what it describes as Washington’s “predatory hegemony,” what stands out in these essays is a widespread conviction that countries in the region do have agency — they are not without the power to adjust their policies and co-ordinate with other countries to pursue their interests collectively in the face of the new, more transactional US approach to foreign policy.

In our In Focus section, we present a package of essays on ways to diffuse the growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait, one of the region’s most dangerous flash points. Drawing on workshops organized by the Toda Peace Institute, these essays present views from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, as well as from the US.

In our Features section, we look at the growing role of Pakistan in the Gulf region, in particular its ambition to forge a middle power bloc involving Saudi Arabia and Turkey. We also provide a forensic analysis of the recent Thai elections, where a party aligned with the monarchy and the military scored a surprise victory over pro-democracy forces. Finally, we examine the recent stock market fiasco in Indonesia and sovereign credit outlook downgrades and what they say about the state of governance in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

As always, our Book Review section examines a series of some of the most engaging recent books about Asia.

Global Asia Magazine Description:

Publisher: East-Asia-Foundation

Category: Politics

Language: English

Frequency: Quarterly

Global Asia is a quarterly publication of the East Asia Foundation. The foundation, established in Seoul in January 2005, strives to promote peace, prosperity, security and sustainability in East Asia by creating an open and creative forum for the exchange of ideas on regional co-operation and integration, among other goals.

The mission we have set for ourselves with Global Asia is both bold and urgent: It is to provide a compelling, serious, and responsible forum for distinguished thinkers, policymakers, political leaders and business people to debate the most important issues in Asia today.

Global Asia is not a journal with a fixed point of view, or a particular agenda. Our aim is to give voice to the global dimension of what is happening in Asia. In our pages and on our web site, we aim for Asia to speak to the world, and the world to Asia. That is important at a time when this region is playing an ever greater role in world affairs.

There are other fine publications on international affairs. What sets us apart is our focus: Asia. We believe that the world is moving into “the Age of Asia,” to borrow a phrase from one of the articles in the inaugural issue of Global Asia in September 2006. This transformation is not going to occur overnight, but it has already begun.

The region’s dynamic economic growth, stable and accountable political systems, maturing democracies, and evolving sense of community are giving Asia greater weight in the world. These developments will have enormous implications for governments, businesses, societies and individuals across the globe. How that transformation is viewed, and shaped, from within Asia and how it is perceived outside Asia is an essential part of the story we have to tell.

The forces of globalization are having a profound impact throughout the world. And they are being influenced and channeled in different ways in different parts of the world. Ours is the story of Asia’s experience with globalization, and the ideas and debates influencing it. In pursuing our mission, we aim to play a part, however modest, in helping to shape the future of Asia.