It established a board of 22 trustees, people picked largely from the Singapore government, the National University of Singapore, and also from professional organizations like the Singapore-Malay Chamber of Commerce. Located in Singapore, it has compiled an impressive array of academics, public officials, and business leaders. It produces a wealth of books, monographs, and papers on the region as a whole and on the individual countries that make up Southeast Asia.
Books fall into several categories.
Sojourn is published twice a year. It also critiques new books, mostly from academic presses. Like the other two journals, it also offers a book review section. Virtually all of the contributors are from the region and tend to reflect its viewpoints. The burgeoning of think tanks representing different shades of opinion throughout most Southeast Asian countries attest to government recognition of the critical importance of this role.