Preface
Exposition
The Rise of Asia in a Global Context: Implications for Regional Community Building
Hyun-Chin Lim and Suk-Man Hwang

PART I. The Rise of Asia
1. Asia Rising: Welcome to the Multipolar World
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
2. China-US Relations and the Power Transition in East Asia
Debin Liu
3. New Development Model for the East Asian Community
Jong Won Lee
4. Pangaea II: The Project of the Global Age
Wolf Scha?fer

PART II. State, Civil Society, and Democracy in Asia
5. Social Welfare, Globalization and Democracy in South Korea
Hyug Baeg Im
6.Is ASEAN People-Oriented or People-Centered?: The Evolution of Regionalism between Governments and Civil Society, and the Effect of Differing Concepts on the Drafting of the ASEAN Charter
Toru Oga
7. The Impact of Globalization on Higher Education in China
Lixin Hao and Yuan Li
8. Migration, Multicultural Crises and Asia
Hideki Tarumoto

PART III. Climate, Energy, and Environment in Comparative Contexts
9. Environment and Climate Change as Geopolitical Issues in the Asias: What Can Be Learned from the European Experience?
Branko Bo?njakovi?
10. Changing Water Resources and the Demographics of Vulnerability
Caroline A. Sullivan
11.Global and Regional Energy Challenges to 2050 and Beyond: Experiences from Assessing Energy Pathways for Europe
Filip Johnsson
12. Asian Societies and Climate Change: The Variable Diffusion of Global Norms
Jeffrey Broadbent et al.

Postscript
Contributors
Index