Order and Security in Southeast Asia

Michael Leifer, who died in 2001, was one of the leading scholars of Southeast Asian international relations. He was hugely influential through his extensive writings and his contacts with people in government and business in the region. In this book, many of Leifer's students, colleagues and friends come together to explore the key themes of his work on Southeast Asia, including the notion of 'order', security, maritime law and foreign policy. The book concludes with an overall assessment of Leifer's background, worldview and impact on his field. A scholarly and personal volume devoted to Leifer's vast contributions to the discipline of international relations, this text is a must-read for students and scholars specializing in the region.

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests include Muslim politics and international politics of the Southeast Asian region, and his publications include Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations; One Kin, Two Nations (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004), Ralf Emmers is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests lie in security studies, international institutions in the Asia-Pacific and the international relations of Southeast Asia. He is the author of Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003).

Chapter 1 Introduction, Joseph Chinyong Liow, Ralf Emmers; Chapter 2 Shocks of recognition, Donald K. Emmerson; Chapter 3 Michael Leifer and the pre-requisites of regional order in Southeast Asia, Yuen Foong Khong; Chapter 4 Michael Leifer, the balance of power and international relations theory, Jürgen Haacke; Chapter 5 Untying Leifer's discourse on order and power, See Seng Tan; Chapter 6 Do norms and identity matter?, Amitav Acharya; Chapter 7 Realism and regionalism in Southeast Asia, Sheldon Simon; Chapter 8 Nationalism and multilateralism in Chinese foreign policy, Christopher R. Hughes; Chapter 9 Michael Leifer and the security of Southeast Asia's maritime thoroughfares, Alan Chong; Chapter 10 Singapore's strategic outlook and defence policy, Tim Huxley; Chapter 11 Michael Leifer on Cambodia and the Third Indochina Conflict, Ang Cheng Guan; Chapter 12 Domestic security priorities, "balance of interests" and Indonesia's management of regional order, Leonard C. Sebastian; Chapter 13 Michael Leifer's reflections on the foreign policy of Singapore, Chin Kin Wah; Chapter 14 The domestic sources of regional order in Michael Leifer's analysis of Southeast Asia, James Cotton; Chapter 15 Michael Leifer's contribution to Southeast Asian studies, Michael Yahuda;