Movement of People in the ASEAN Region: Nomenclature and Concepts In times of increased ASEAN economic integration the official rhetoric around migration is one of free labour markets, opportunities and exchange. However, there are indications that ASEAN's migration management is in fact a "politics of return". By Sverre Molland
The Political Economy of the ASEAN Regionalisation Process The tension between the imperatives of “market sovereignty” and the entrenched principle of “state sovereignty” of authoritarian oligarchies will define the open-ended tendencies and outcomes of the ongoing regionalisation process in Southeast Asia. By Bonn Juego