Bandung revisited : the legacy of the 1955 Asian-African Conference for international order / edited by See Seng Tan and Amitav Acharya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tan, See Seng, 1965-

Acharya, Amitav

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian-African Conference--(1st : 1955 : Bandung, Indonesia).

Asian-African Conference.

Asia--Foreign relations.

Asia.

International relations.

Regionalism--Asia.

Regionalism.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Legacy of the 1955 Asian-African Conference for international order

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2008]

Summary:

The 1955 Asian-African conference (the "Bandung Conference") was a meeting of 29 Asian and African nations that sought to draw on Asian and African nationalism and religious traditions to forge a new international order that was neither communist nor capitalist. It led six years later to the non-aligned movement. Few would dispute the notion that the inaugural meeting in 1955 was a watershed in international history, but there is much disagreement about its long-term legacy and its significance for present-day international affairs. Determining the what, why and how of this monumental event remains a challenge for students of the Conference and of Third World international politics. Was it a post-colonial ideological reaction to the passing of the age of empire or an innovative effort to promote a new regionalism based on mutual goodwill and strong regional ties? Were its principles of peaceful coexistence a rhetorical flourish or a substantive policy initiative? Did the Conference help define North-South relations? And in what way did the Conference contribute to the regional order of contemporary Asia?

The authors in the present volume argue that the Bandung Conference had a lasting normative influence on the contemporary regional order of Asia, and that it underlies the diplomatic principles and loosely defined normative framework that characterize present-day Asian international relations. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Bandung Conference and Southeast Asian regionalism / Anthony Reid

The Bandung Conference and the Cold War international history of Southeast Asia / Ang Cheng Guan

Bandung and state formation in post-colonial Asia / Itty Abraham

Bandung and the political economy of North-South relations, sowing the seeds for re-visioning international society / Helen E.S. Nesadurai

From Bandung to Durban, whither the Afro-Asian coalition? / Adekeye Adebajo

China and the Bandung Conference, changing perceptions and representations / Chen Jian

Appraising the legacy of Bandung, a view from India / Rahul Mukherji

Indonesia and the Bandung Conference, then an now / Dewi Fortuna Anwar

Bandung 1955 and Washington's Southeast Asia / Michael J. Montesano.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789971693930

9971693933

OCLC:

191658776