1. China's rise and the East Asian community -- Seeking security, the East Asian way -- There is room at the top for both India and China -- 2. A historical legacy -- Myths and realities about Bandung -- 3. Transnational dangers -- 4. ASEAN: regressing or reinventing? -- ASEAN needs new tools for new threats -- Strengthening ASEAN as a security community -- Challenges for an ASEAN charter -- Regionalism in Singapore's foreign policy -- How ASEAN can tackle crises -- ASEAN and the GCC: so similar, yet so different -- A more ambitious ASEAN faces crucial test -- 5. Democracy and regional order -- Between Conducius and Kant: democracy and security -- Democracy in Burma: does anyone really care? -- 6. The changing world order: implications for Asia -- Regional security groups in a multipolar world