Bücher der Reihe Proceedings of International Conferences

In late 2004, Myanmar's best known general and long-serving leader of the military regime, General Khin Nyunt, was suddenly dismissed. This shock development. Would nascent civil society groups be able to play a role in national reconciliation? How would the new leadership deal with the flagging economy? This book addresses these issues.

With the rise of India and China, the rest of Asia is feeling the great impact of socio-economic changes. However, Russia's interaction with ASEAN is limited to dialogue between both parties. This book sets out to help explain these anomalies and puzzles, by examining the state of relations between Russia and selected individual ASEAN countries.