Hard choices : security, democracy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia / edited by Donald K. Emmerson.

"First published in USA in 2008 by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center"--P. facing t.p.

"... in May 2007 ... Professor Donald K. Emmerson, led a conference at Shorenstein APARC that examined the interplay between security, democracy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia. This book is an edited volume of the revised conference papers, written by scholars from across Southeast Asia and outside the region"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-368) and index.

Foreword / Surin Pitsuwan -- Critical terms : security, democracy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia / Donald K. Emmerson -- Sovereignty rules : human security, civil society, and the limits of liberal reform / Jorn Dosch -- Institutional reform : one charter, three communities, many challenges / Termsak Chalermpalanupap -- Political development : a democracy agenda for ASEAN? / Rizal Sukma -- ASEAN's pariah : insecurity and autocracy in Myanmar (Burma) / Kyaw Yin Hlaing -- Challenging change : nontraditional security, democracy, and regionalism / Mely Caballero-Anthony -- Blowing smoke : regional cooperation, Indonesian democracy, and the haze / Simon S. C. Tay -- Bypassing regionalism? Domestic politics and nuclear energy security / Michael S. Malley -- Toward relative decency : the case for prudence / David Martin Jones -- Toward responsible sovereignty : the case for intervention / Erik Martinez Kuhonta -- Appendix. Text of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.