TY - BOOK AU - ROLFE Jim TI - The Asia-Pacific: a region in transition SN - 0971941653 (pbk.) PY - 2004/// CY - Honolulu PB - The Asia-Pacific Center For Security Studies KW - ASIA PACIFIC KW - REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT KW - ASEAN KW - CHINA KW - REGIONAL HEGEMONY KW - INDONESIA KW - DEMOCRACY KW - MALAYSIA KW - OPEN SOCIETY N2 - A collection of twenty papers arranged in 4 main sections: Hegemonic power, especially the rise of China; Sub-regions specifically the Pacific islands, ASEAN, SAARC, regional rivalry; Transitions to democracy in Korea, Indonesia and Pakistan; Transitions to market economies in New Zealand, India, and Vietnam; amd transition to open societies as experienced by Malaysia, Mongolia, and Tonga ER -