Southeast Asia and New Zealand

Download or read book Southeast Asia and New Zealand written by Anthony L Smith and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history is an account of Southeast Asia–New Zealand relations as they have emerged since the end of World War II. Drawing together the most prominent scholars of New Zealand’s relations with Southeast Asia, this study examines the overall military, multilateral, and commercial relationships and those that assess individual bilateral relationships and diplomatic controversies. Southeast Asia remains a region of considerable importance for New Zealand, and has remained so through the course of decolonization, internal instability, external security, Cold War tensions, peacekeeping efforts, rapidly expanding economic growth (and crisis), and, increasingly, transitional security challenges such as terrorism.