Launched in 1992, ""Regional Outlook"" is an annual publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, published every January. Designed for the busy executive, professional, diplomat, journalist, or interested observer, ""Regional Outlook"" aims to provide a succinct analysis of current political and economic trends shaping the region, and the outlook for the forthcoming two years. This forward-looking book contains focused political commentaries and economic forecasts on all ten countries in Southeast Asia, as well as a select number of topical pieces of significance to the region.
Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2009-2010; Preliminary pages; POLITICAL OUTLOOK; THEMATIC ESSAYS: Southeast Asia's Security Outlook; ASEAN: New Charter, New Optimism; United States-Southeast Asia Relations; Southeast Asia's Quest for Energy Security: Cooperation and Tensions, by Tim J Huxley Rodolfo C Severino Satu P Limaye Andrew Symon; POLITICAL OUTLOOK; The ASEAN-10, by Pushpa Thambipillai Sophal Ear Bernhard Platzdasch Martin Stuart-Fox Johan Saravanamuttu Felipe B Miranda Terence Chong Supinya Klangnarong David Koh Wee Hock; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; THEMATIC ESSAYS: Regional Economic Outlook; The World Trading System and Southeast Asia: Emerging Protectionism and Post-Doha Challenges; APEC at 20: Reprospect and Prospect; Food Crisis in Southeast Asia: What Caused? What Next?; Income Inequalities in Southeast Asia: Potential for Microfinance, by Sanchita Basu Das Omkar Lal Shrestha Razeen Sally Melanie R S Milo Aekapol Chongvilaivan Aparna Bhagirathy Krishnan; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; The ASEAN-10, by Lee Poh Onn Jayant Menon Reza Yamora Siregar Kyophilavong Phouphet Kwek Kian Teng Mya Than Aladdin D Rillo Manu Bhaskaran Sakulrat Montreevat Nick J Freeman.
