Analyzing the ASEM process

  As a leading civil servant behind the ASEM process, one would expect that Dr. Reiterer would reveal more of what was and is actually happening in the ASEM process among participants and hence in the position of making insightful analysis. He is making an analysis from close quarters which is different from that of Ms. Yeo who is analyzing ASEM as an outsider. It is however also evident that Ms. Yeo had much access to the actors of ASEM and its documents and to a certain extent is close to the ASEM process. An insider's position and that of an outsider can result in different assessments but this is not the case with these two volumes. Rather both books complement each other well. Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Senior Research Associate of the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIASOA) in Brussels. He is also Overseas Research Fellow of Sungkonghoe University in Seoul.