Sarinda Singh has an interesting piece on Laos and regional integration in the latest issue of Asian Analysis. Her conclusion provides a nice balance to many of the more ambitious claims about the erasure of national borders:
Regional integration – the aspiration of the ASEAN Charter and World Bank alike – may benefit national economies and sustainable development in [...]
Regionalisation and regulation
May 8th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
Tags: Laos · Trans-Border Issues
Seminar on Thailand’s southern crisis
May 8th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 5 Comments
New Mandala readers in Canberra may be interested in Friday’s seminar on “The Crisis in Southern Thailand: Cultural Policy, Gender Issues and Reconciliation Prospects” The seminar will be held Friday May 11, 2007 9.30-11am in Seminar Room D, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (Coombs Building), The Australian National University. I will attend and write a brief summary post. [...]
Tags: Conferences · Southern Thailand