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1 Advance Title Information Trade Regionalism in the Asia- Pacific: Developments and Future Challenges by Sanchita Basu Das & Masahiro Kawai Pub. Date: Early April 2016 (Books arrived at Bookshop on 8/4/16) ISBN: Soft cover Format: 6 x 9 Extent: 384 pages Price: S$39.90/US$29.90 Rights: Worldwide Subject: Asia- Pacific, Economics About the AUTHOR Sanchita Basu Das is a Fellow and Lead Researcher (Economics) at the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Coordinator of the Singapore APEC Study Centre, both based in the ISEAS- Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Masahiro Kawai is Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. About the BOOK Asia has been witnessing a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium, as the multilateral trade talks under the WTO stalled, the APEC initiative under Bogor Goals lacked vitality and the West undertook comprehensive regionalism initiatives (such as NAFTA and EU). The first regional FTA was among the Southeast Asian economies the ASEAN Free Trade Area and thereafter it expanded to ASEAN+1 FTAs and to the ideas of plus 3 and plus 6 arrangements including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand. The competitive elements between the plus 3 and plus 6 FTAs resulted in the adoption of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which is currently under negotiation and of which ASEAN centrality is a key aspect. In parallel, a U.S.- led Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) has emerged to commensurate U.S. foreign policy of Pivot to Asia. It also became an important tool for anchoring the U.S. presence in the Asian region. Though the RCEP and the TPP aspire to consolidate bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements into more coherent, region- wide arrangements, both face complex challenges, which may hamper their successful conclusions. The RCEP and the TPP are accompanied by other mega- regional integration processes happening elsewhere in the world, including 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

2 Advance Title Information the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which aims to integrate the European Union and the United States, and the Pacific Alliance, which aims to further bring together four Latin American member states. Meanwhile, APEC is also working hard to meet its Bogor Goal targets and striving to create a Free Trade Area of the Asia- Pacific (FTAAP). Collectively, these economic integration processes signal strong commitments to achieving greater trade and investment liberalization, more effective trade and investment facilitation, and more harmonized trade and investment rules, to encourage respective member economies to participate in the global value chain of production. Instead of undermining, these regional exercises can be seen as building blocks for the multilateral trading system of the WTO. Keeping these developments in regional cooperation, this book ruminates on these agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards. The book brings together eminent scholars and experts to deepen our understanding of the complex nature of the mega- regional trade agreements and their implications. It is expected to be useful not only for the academic and research community but also for policymakers who actually focus on trade and economic cooperation issues. Asia has been witnessing a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium, as the multilateral trade talks under the WTO stalled, the APEC initiative under Bogor Goals lacked vitality and the West undertook comprehensive regionalism initiatives (such as NAFTA and EU). The first regional FTA was among the Southeast Asian economies the ASEAN Free Trade Area and thereafter it expanded to ASEAN+1 FTAs and to the ideas of plus 3 and plus 6 arrangements including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand. The competitive elements between the plus 3 and plus 6 FTAs resulted in the adoption of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which is currently under negotiation and of which ASEAN centrality is a key aspect. In parallel, a U.S.- led Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) has emerged to commensurate U.S. foreign policy of Pivot to Asia. It also became an important tool for anchoring the U.S. presence in the Asian region. Though the RCEP and the TPP aspire to consolidate bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements into more coherent, region- wide arrangements, both face complex challenges, which may hamper their successful conclusions. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

3 Advance Title Information The RCEP and the TPP are accompanied by other mega- regional integration processes happening elsewhere in the world, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which aims to integrate the European Union and the United States, and the Pacific Alliance, which aims to further bring together four Latin American member states. Meanwhile, APEC is also working hard to meet its Bogor Goal targets and striving to create a Free Trade Area of the Asia- Pacific (FTAAP). Collectively, these economic integration processes signal strong commitments to achieving greater trade and investment liberalization, more effective trade and investment facilitation, and more harmonized trade and investment rules, to encourage respective member economies to participate in the global value chain of production. Instead of undermining, these regional exercises can be seen as building blocks for the multilateral trading system of the WTO. Keeping these developments in regional cooperation, this book ruminates on these agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards. The book brings together eminent scholars and experts to deepen our understanding of the complex nature of the mega- regional trade agreements and their implications. It is expected to be useful not only for the academic and research community but also for policymakers who actually focus on trade and economic cooperation issues. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

4 Advance Title Information Can Myanmar s NLD Government Undo the Gordian Knot of Federalism and Ethnicity? (TRS3/16) by Robert Taylor Pub. Date: End Mar 2016 (Books arrived at Bookshop 30/3/16) ISBN: Soft cover Format: A5 Extent: 40 pages Price: S$12.90/US$9.90 Rights: Worldwide Subject: Myanmar, Politics About the AUTHOR Robert H. Taylor is Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS- Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. He was formerly Professor of Politics and Pro- Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) and subsequently Vice- Chancellor, University of Buckingham. About the BOOK Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said that peace is the first priority of the National League for Democracy (NLD) when it comes to power in April Both her remarks at the Union Peace Conference in January and the NLD election manifesto point to ethnicity and federalism being linked. This is a position similar to that taken by the outgoing Thein Sein government and the army. Now that the word federalism is accepted as useful in the debate over how to establish an end to Myanmar s persistent civil wars with ethnically designated armed groups, it was hoped that some meeting of minds might take place. But as revealed at the Union Peace Conference, that is yet to have happened. Rather, spokespersons for the ethnic armed groups continue to speak the language of ethnic rights and a federal army, while the government talks about reaching material and administrative agreements and the army insists that there can only be one army. These debates echo the past, going back to the formation of Myanmar in the late 1940s. In order to break the apparently endless debate about federalism, ethnicity, states and divisions in the Union of Myanmar, perhaps a new approach might be considered taking federalism a step further to the seventy- four district levels of administration. As the ethnically designated armed groups operate in relatively small and localized areas, a solution that squares the circle between ethnicity and territory might have appeal. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

5 Advance Title Information Storey and Lin THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE The South China Sea Dispute: Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions Edited by Ian Storey and Lin Cheng- yi NAVIGATING DIPLOMATIC AND STRATEGIC TENSIONS C228s Edited by Ian Storey and Lin Cheng-yi Pub. Date: Late April/ Early May 2016 ISBN: Soft cover (pdf) Format: TBC Extent: TBC pages Price: TBC Rights: Worldwide About the AUTHOR Ian Storey is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Cheng- yi Lin is a Research Fellow at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. About the BOOK Increasing tensions in the South China Sea have propelled the dispute to the top of the Asia- Pacific s security agenda. Fuelled by rising nationalism over ownership of disputed atolls, growing competition over natural resources, strident assertions of their maritime rights by China and the Southeast Asian claimants, the rapid modernization of regional armed forces and worsening geopolitical rivalries among the Great Powers, the South China Sea will remain an area of diplomatic wrangling and potential conflict for the foreseeable future. Featuring some of the world s leading experts on Asian security, this volume explores the central drivers of the dispute and examines the positions and policies of the main actors including China, Taiwan, the Southeast Asian claimants, America and Japan. The South China Sea Dispute: Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions provides readers with the key to understanding how this most complex and contentious dispute is shaping the regional security environment. Subject: Asia- Pacific, Politics 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

6 Advance Title Information d to the ary of s of ASEAN ng broad member states. Do Young People Know ASEAN? tive attitudes titudes at for important omic tions in the ary and Do Young People Know ASEAN? Findings of an update of a Ten- Nation Survey By Eric Charles Thompson, Chulanee Thianthai and Moe Thuzar THOMPSON THIANTHA THUZAR as carried f and ecision by ccelerate AN niversity d in the e region ation. An same target es and SC Pub. Date: Early - Mid May 2016 ISBN: Soft cover (pdf) Format: TBC Extent: 150 pages Price: TBC Rights: Worldwide Subject: ASEAN, Social Issues About the AUTHOR Eric C. Thompson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Chulanee Thianthai is a tenure track Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. Moe Thuzar is Lead Researcher (socio- cultural) at the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. About the BOOK In 2007, a survey the first of its kind was carried out to gauge young people s awareness of and attitudes towards ASEAN, following the decision by ASEAN heads of state and government to accelerate the date for accomplishing an integrated ASEAN Community by Views and attitudes from university undergraduates in the ten ASEAN member states who participated in the survey indicated a nascent sense of identification as citizens of the region as well as their priorities for important aspects of regional integration. An update to the 2007 survey was carried out in among the same target population but with an expanded scope of twenty- two universities and institutes of higher learning across the ten member states. In the updated survey, we found that there are more ASEAN- positive attitudes region- wide, but there are also increases in ASEAN- ambivalent attitudes at country- level in some ASEAN members. Young people s priorities for important aspects of regional integration have also shifted away from economic cooperation to tourism and development cooperation. New questions in the latest survey also allow us to demonstrate the descriptive vocabulary and 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

7 Advance Title Information cognitive maps students hold for the region and its nations. This book details the key findings of the updated survey compared to the earlier survey. These include nation- by- nation results and a summary of region- wide trends, as well as what they suggest for the prospects of ASEAN integration beyond These are assessed in a chapter providing broad recommendations for policymakers and educators in the ASEAN member states. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

8 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: Late April/Early May 2016 ISBN: Soft cover Pdf: Format: A5 Extent: TBC pages Price: S$TBC/US$TBC Rights: TBC Myanmar s Foreign Policy under President U Thein Sein: Non- aligned and Diversifies (TRS 4/16) by Jurgen Haacke About the AUTHOR Jürgen Haacke is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and was a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS- Yusof Ishak Institute from 7 July to 15 August About the BOOK TBC Subject: Myanmar, Politics 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

9 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: June 2016 ISBN: Soft cover Format: 6.75 x 10 Extent: TBC pages Price: TBC Rights: Worldwide Subject: Singapore- Johor- Riau relations The SIJORI Cross- Border Region: Transnational Politics, Economics, and Culture Edited by Francis E. Hutchinson & Terence Chong About the AUTHOR Francis E. Hutchinson is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Studies Programme at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute and Managing Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies. Terence Chong is a Senior Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. He is Coordinator of the Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme and co- coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme. About the BOOK Twenty- five years ago, the governments of Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia agreed to jointly promote the city- state, the state of Johor in Malaysia and the Riau Islands in Indonesia. Facilitated by common cultural references, a more distant shared history, and complementary attributes, interactions between the three territories developed quickly. Logistics networks have proliferated and production chains link firms based in one location with affiliates or transport facilities in the other territories. These cross- border links have enabled all three locations to develop their economies and enjoy rising standards of living. Initially economic in nature, the interactions between Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands have multiplied and grown deeper. Today, people cross the borders to work, go to school, or avail of an increasing range of goods and services. New political and social phenomena have developed. Policy- makers in the various territories now need to reconcile economic imperatives and issues of identity and sovereignty. Enabled by their proximity and increasing opportunities, families have also begun to straddle borders, with resulting questions about citizenship and belonging. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

10 Advance Title Information Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the 18 chapters and more than 20 maps in this book examine the interaction between Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands over the past quarter- century, and seek to shed light on how these territories could develop in the future. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

11 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: End 2016 ISBN: Soft cover: Hard cover: Format: 9 x 6 Extent: TBC pages Price: TBC Rights: Worldwide Subject: Energy Security, Indonesia Land and Development in Indonesia: Searching for the People s Sovereignty Edited by John F. McCarthy & Kathryn Robinson About the AUTHOR About the BOOK Indonesia was founded on the ideal of the Sovereignty of the People, which suggests the pre- eminence of people s rights to access, use and control land to support their livelihoods. Yet, many questions remain unresolved. How can the state ensure access to land for agriculture and housing while also supporting land acquisition for investment in industry and infrastructure? What is to be done about indigenous rights? Do registration and titling provide solutions? Is the land reform agenda legislated but never implemented still relevant? How should the land questions affecting Indonesia s disappearing forests be resolved? The contributors to this volume assess progress on these issues through case studies from across the archipelago: from large- scale land acquisitions in Papua, to asset ownership in the villages of Sulawesi and Java, to tenure conflicts associated with the oil palm and mining booms in Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Sumatra. What are the prospects for the people s sovereignty in regard to land? 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

12 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: Late May/Early June 2016 ISBN: Soft cover Pdf: Format: 6 x 9 Extent: TBC pages Price: S$ TBC/US$ TBC Rights: Worldwide Subject: Politics & New Media Power Games: Political Blogging in Malaysian National Elections By Hah Foong Lian About the AUTHOR Hah Foong Lian is a lecturer in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia. About the BOOK The unprecedented results of the 2008 national elections took many Malaysians by surprise. The component parties of the ruling coalition suffered huge losses, while the opposition was victorious in several states. Many media scholars and political pundits, including politicians, pointed to the online platform as a democratic tool that had increased support for the opposition. In the 2013 election the ruling party turned its spotlight on new media to try to regain voter support. In order to obtain a better understanding of the much- touted democratizing effects of the online media, this book employs an alternative lens to examine the use of new media at the intersection of social and political realities. It explores the ways individual political bloggers, Facebookers and Twitterers used cyberspace to battle for voter support in the 2008 and 2013 national elections. It examines the cultural practices and the social and political affiliation and aims of individual actors, as well as the social ties that subsequently emerged from the use of the online media. This research employs a political economy approach to the media, Habermas s notion of the public sphere, and the social determinism perspective in order to understand the extent to which online media can enrich political life and bring about new ways of campaigning. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

13 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: July 2016 ISBN: Soft cover Pdf: Format: 6 x 9 Extent: TBC pages Price: S$TBC/US$TBC Rights: Worldwide Subject: Malaysia Politics Power Sharing in a Divided Nation: Mediated Communalism and New Politics in Six Decades of Malaysia s Elections By Johan Saravanamuttu About the AUTHOR Johan Saravanamuttu is former Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. About the BOOK This book examines the manner in which Malaysia s multicultural, largely democratic politics have been manifested through elections and the factors that drive electoral success and failure. So far, there have been thirteen general elections along with an accompanying number of state elections. These elections, the preceding political campaigns and the post- electoral ramifications provide a rich source of materials for the study of procedural and electoral democracy in Malaysia. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg

14 Advance Title Information Pub. Date: 2016 ISBN: Soft cover Pdf: Format: TBC Extent: TBC pages Price: S$TBC/US$TBC Rights: TBC Subject: Buddhism, History Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons By Andrea Acri About the AUTHOR Andrea Acri is Visiting Research Fellow at the Nalanda- Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. About the BOOK This volume advocates a trans- regional, and maritime, approach to studying the genesis, development and circulation of tantric (or Esoteric) Buddhism across Maritime Asia from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries CE. The book lays emphasis on the mobile networks of human agents ( Masters ), textual sources ( Texts ) and images ( Icons ) through which tantric Buddhist traditions spread. Capitalising on recent research and making use of both disciplinary and area- focused perspectives, this book highlights the role played by tantric Buddhist maritime networks in shaping intra- Asian connectivity. In doing so, it reveals the limits of a historiography that is premised on land- based transmission of Buddhism from a South Asian homeland and advances an alternative historical narrative that overturns the popular perception regarding Southeast Asia as a periphery that passively received overseas influences. Thus, a strong point is made for the appreciation of the region as both a crossroads and rightful terminus of Buddhist cults, and for the re- evaluation of the creative and transformative force of Southeast Asian agents in the transmission of tantric Buddhism across mediaeval Asia. 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore Tel: Fax: pubsunit@iseas.edu.sg