Includes bibliographical references.

Issues and concerns for Asian leadership in policy and governance / Evan Berman, M. Haque -- Chinas new leadership and global role / Lowell Dittmer -- Collective hedging: what drives regional institution-building in the Asia-Pacific? / Tsutomu Kikuchi -- ASEAN centrality: a quest for leadership role in East Asian economic integration / Kristy Hsu -- Cross-strait economic cooperation and Asian regional integration: why joint participation of China and Taiwan is good for them and the region? / Yih Chyi Chunag -- South Korea's leadership in East Asia: a middle power advancing regionalism / Joseph Guerra Vio -- The evolution of leadership styles in the South China Sea: contextual factors and shifting approaches in China and the United States / Jonathan Spangler -- Envisioning Burma: legitimacy, leadership, and political reform / Tsai-Wei Sun -- The role of leadership in political and economic transition in China / Kerry Brown -- Political leadership and public administration in Thailand / Ploy Suebvises -- Public managers must also be leaders: the hollowing-out of leadership and public management reform in Hong Kong / Wilson Wong -- A female leader in executive service: the case of Mayor Risma of Surabaya / Dita Diliani, Dwi Siska Susanti -- The reluctant leader: the Philippine journey from labor export to championing a rights-based approach to overseas employment / Jenina Joy Chavez, Nicola Piper -- Political systems and financial reform process: a comparative study of China, Taiwan, and New Zealand / Ian Tsung-yen Chen -- Engaged buddhism: social transformation in India and Taiwan / David Blundell, Mangesh Dahiwale -- A problem of tomorrow: leadership in the field of emergency management in Taiwan / Dean Karalekas, Gregory Coutaz -- Transformation of policy entrepreneurship in East Asian higher education: a case study in Taiwan / Yu-ching Hsu.

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