The author examines the economic and political aspects of the complementary and conflictual relations of Singapore, the cosmopolitan but Chinese-dominated city-state, with its two large neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia and with the other developing countries of the region. The author argues that this provides a key to understanding the tensions and movements which have affected ASEAN since the 1960s. The nature of Singapore's functions in the region, combined with the lessons of history, help to define the remarkable cohesion and development of the city-state. The author has pursued his research in the Asia-Pacific region in banking and at the universities of Paris and Geneva. He was on the staff of the French embassy in Djakarta in 1984-5.
- ISBN10 0824814061
- ISBN13 9780824814069
- Publish Date 31 December 1991 (first published 7 November 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 301
- Language English