The Regional Organizations of the Asia Pacific

M. C. ABAD JR Special Assistant to the Secretary-General of ASEAN STEVE BATES Policy Advisor, International Regional Unit of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Federal Government AKIKO FUKUSHIMA Senior Researcher, National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan COLIN HESELTINE Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea FEDERICO M. MACARANAS President and Chief Executive Officer of the Strategic and Integrative Studies Center JULIE SHANNON School of Politics and International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia

Notes on the Contributors Glossary Introduction; M.Wesley PART I: THE ORGANIZATIONS The Asian Development Bank; M.Wesley The Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Challenges and Responses; M.C.Abad, Jr Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Institutional Evolution and the Factors Driving Ongoing Change; C.Heseltine The ASEAN Regional Forum; A.Fukushima PART II: PERSPECTIVES IN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Membership Expansion and Change; M.Wesley The Nature of Change; M.Wesley The Conditions of Change; J.Shannon The Dynamics of Change; S.Bates The Direction of Change; M.Wesley Drivers and Resisters of Change; F.M.Macaranas Conclusion; M.Wesley Index