The past decade has not been spared its share of intense changes, with the rise of China and India bringing new challenges to the region’s power equation, and the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis. Despite this, the momentum towards an integrated ASEAN community has been maintained. The articles in The Third ASEAN Reader study the trends and events of recent years, and discuss the immediate future of Southeast Asia.
• Ooi Kee Beng is Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
• Sanchita Basu Das is Fellow and Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs (ASEAN Studies Centre) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
• Terence Chong is Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Socio-Cultural Studies programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
• Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. He is also Non-resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute and Adjunct Professor at Flinders University.
• Cassey Lee is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and Managing Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies.
• Michael Yeo is Research Associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies.