Order and Security in Southeast Asia Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer (Politics in Asia Series)

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 LeiferвЂTMs students, colleagues and friends come together to explore the key themes of his work on Southeast Asia, including the notion of ‘orderвЂTM, security, maritime law and foreign policy. The book concludes with an overall assessment of LeiferвЂTMs 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.

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. He also inspired many new students of the region, an impressively large number of whom are now leading figures in their own right in the study of Southeast Asian international relations.

In this important book many of Michael Leifer's students, colleagues and friends come together to explore the key themes of Michael's work, and to discuss the contributions he made. The particular themes explored include the notion of 'order' - a key theme in Michael Leifer's work, a concept never fully defined; the institutions concerned with regional order, especially ASEAN and the ASEAN Regional Forum, which Michael viewed as being only limited in their effectiveness; maritime security and its management, a little studied, but highly important, aspect of Southeast Asian Security, where the interests of China potentially conflict with those of Southeast Asian states; and the making of foreign policy within particular states, where Michael Leifer emphasised the important role of the different worldviews of different states. The book concludes with an overall assessment of Michael Leifer's contribution to the study of Southeast Asian international politics.

Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 4 Series Title......Page 5 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 22 1. Introduction......Page 24 2. Shocks of recognition......Page 33 3. Michael Leifer and the pre-requisites of regional order in Southeast Asia......Page 52 4. Michael Leifer, the balance of power and international relations theory......Page 69 5. Untying Leifer's discourse on order and power......Page 84 6. Do norms and identiy matter?......Page 101 7. Realism and regionalism in Southeast Asia......Page 116 8. Nationalism and multilateralism in Chinese foreign policy......Page 133 9. Michael Leifer and the security of Southeast Asia's Maritime thoroughfares......Page 150 10. Singapore's strategic outlook and defence policy......Page 164 11. Michael Leifer on Cambodia and the Third Indochina Conflict......Page 184 12. Domestic security priorities, "balance of interests" and Indonesia's management of regional order......Page 198 13. Michael Leifer's reflections on the foreign policy of Singapore......Page 219 14. The domestic sources of regional order in Michael Leifer's analysis of Soureast Asia......Page 235 15. Michael Leifer's contribution to Southeast Asian studies......Page 251 Index......Page 260 Shocks of recognition : Leifer, realism, and regionalism in Southeast Asia / Donald Emmerson Michael Leifer and the pre-requisites of regional order in Southeast Asia / Khong Yuen Foong Michael Leifer, the balance of power, and international relations theory / Jürgen Haacke Untying Leifer's discourse on order and power / See Seng Tan Do norms and identity matter? Community and power in Southeast Asia's regional order / Amitav Acharya Realism and regionalism in Southeast Asia : the ARF and the war on terror / Sheldon Simon Nationalism and multilateralism in Chinese foreign policy : implications for Southeast Asia / Christopher Hughes Michael Leifer and the security of Southeast Asia's maritime thoroughfares / Alan Chong Singapore's strategic outlook and defence policy / Tim Huxley Michael Leifer on Cambodia and the third Indochina conflict / Ang Cheng Guan Domestic security priorities, "balance of interests," and Indonesia's management of regional order / Leonard C. Sebastian Michael Leifer's reflections on the foreign policy of Singapore / Chin Kin Wah The domestic sources of regional order in Michael Leifer's analysis of Southeast Asia / James Cotton Michael Leifer's contribution to Southeast Asian studies / Michael Yahuda.