Title: Bad times, good friends : Australia and East Asia in 1998 /
Authors: Fletcher, Christine, 1944-; Australian National University.
Publisher: North Australia Research Unit, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Southeast Asia Economic conditions; Southeast Asia Foreign relations Australia.; Australia Foreign relations Southeast Asia.; Australia Foreign economic relations East Asia.; East Asia Foreign economic relations Australia.
Contents: Introduction -- bad times, good friends -- The Territory's good neighbour policy -- Good neighbourhood scenarios-facing the future -- Good neighbourliness in the post-Soeharto era -- An Indonesian perspective on Australia, regional institutiions and AIDA -- Business as usual? -- Thailand and Malaysia -- stable institutions in the midst of a crisis? -- Economic and social impacts of the East Asian crisis on the Philippines -- what can be done? -- Regional institutions -- an economic perspective on the current position of ASEAN and APEC -- The state of state relations with South East Asia -- Current regional relationships between governments, peoples and economies -- The MoU as a framework for regional and international agreements -- BIMP-EAGA & AIDA -- a Northern Territory perspective -- The memborandum of understanding between south australia and the Northern Territory -- Australia -- a good neighbour in all weathers.