LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACU ADB ADPS AEC AFTA AIBC AIDC AIFTA AIJSCC AMBDC AMDA AMM ANDC APCT APEC APO APSC Asian Currency Unit Asian Development Bank ASEAN Dialogue Partnership System ASEAN Economic Community ASEAN Free Trade Area ASEAN-India Business Council Asian Institute for Economic Development Council ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement ASEAN-India Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement ASEAN Ministerial Meeting ASEAN-New Delhi Committee Agreement and establish a Promotional Chapter for Tourism Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asian Productivity Organisation ASEAN Political and Security Community APT ASEAN Plus Three(ASEAN member countries + China, Japan and South Korea) ARF ASEAN Regional Forum vi
ARF-ISG ARO ASA ASC ASC ASCC ASEAN ARF-Inter-Sessional Support Group Asian Relations Organization Association of South-East Asia ASEAN Standing Committee ASEAN Security Community ASEAN Social Cultural Community Association of South-East Asian Nations ASEAN ten Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. ASEM ASPAC Asia-Europe Meetings Asian and Pacific Council BIMST-EC Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand-Economic Cooperation BRO CBMs CEPEA CEPT CLMV CTBT CWC CSCAP EAS Border Roads Organisation Confidence-Building Measures Comprehensive Economic Partnership Common Preferential Effective Tariff Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Chemical Weapons Convention Council for Security Co-operation in Asia Pacific East Asia Summit vii
ECAFE EEZ ERIA EU FDI FTA GDP GMS GTs IA IAEA IAI ICC ICT ICWA IMB IMF IONS IOR Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Exclusive Economic Zone Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia European Union Foreign Direct Investment Free Trade Agreement Gross Domestic Product Greater Mekong Sub region Growth Triangles Air India/India Airlines International Atomic Energy Agency Initiative for ASEAN Integration International Control Committee Information and Communication Technology Indian Council of World Affairs International Maritime Bureau International Monetary Fund Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Indian Ocean Region IOR-ARC Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation ITEC India Technical and Economic Cooperation viii
JBC JCC LEP MADC MCEDSEA MEMS MFN MGC MOU NAFTA NAM NEP NER NIE's NPT NWFZ PD PDR PIB PLAN PMC ASEAN-India Joint Business Council ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee Look East policy Maharastra Airport Development Company Ministerial Conference for the Economic Development of Southeast Asia Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Most Favoured Nation Mekong Ganga Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding North American Free Trade Area Non-Aligned Movement New Economic Policy North East Region Newly Industrializing Economies Non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Preventive Diplomacy Lao People s Democratic Republic Press Information Bureau Chinese People's Liberal Army Navy ASEAN-Post Ministerial Conferences ix
PPP PRC PSC PTA RAS RIATS RITA ROO S&T SAARC SAR SEACBG People's Party of Pakistan People s Republic of China Part State Control Preferential Trading Arrangement Replenishment of Sea Roadmap for Integration of Air Travel Sector India-ASEAN Regional trade and Investment Area Rules of Origin Science & Technology South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Search and Rescue Southeast Asian Central Group SEAMEO South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation SEANWFZ SEATO SKRL SLOC SMEs SOM SPDC TAC South-East Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone South Asian Treaty Organization Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Sea Lanes of Communications Small and Medium Enterprises ASEAN-Senior Officials Meeting State Peace Development Council Treaty of Amity and Cooperation x
TAR UN UNCLOS UNTAET VAP WTO ZOPFAN Trans Asian Railways United Nations United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea UN Transitional Authority in East Timor Vientiane Action Programme/Plan World Trade Organization Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality xi