Transformations: A Region in the Making

Abstract

The publication by Far Eastern University of 'Tranformations: A Region in the Making', a collection of essays crafted by an international group of scholars in the making at the National University of Singapore is a welcome initiative. The issues addressed by these students of Southeast Asia range from history and historiography to development economics and international relations, from age-old problems of ethnic animosities to current global concerns about global economic competition and terrorist threats. The cosmopolitan cast of writers match the diversity of the topics, with contributors coming from the ASEAN countries, Hong Kong, China, Portugal and the United States.