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2005 marks the tenth year since the ten countries of Southeast Asia declared the region a nuclear weapon-free zone. Under the new and fast evolving strategic environment, is the original purpose of establishing the zone still valid? This article will suggest that SEANWFZ remains strategically relevant because it conveys a message of peace, contributes to the global campaign against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, adds pressure to the Nuclear Weapon States to pursue nuclear disarmament and contributes to building the confidence of Southeast Asian countries in managing their common security and exercising a good measure of control over their destiny. It is also relevant to todays counter-terrorism efforts by ensuring that WMD materials, and technology from which nuclear weapons could be developed, do not fall into the hands of terrorists or be transmitted through the Zone. (Contemp Southeast Asia/DÜI)

According to the author, Southeast Asia today enjoys a state of relative stability and sustained economic growth. The ASEAN is at the forefront of these developments. Global and regional changes have served as imperatives for ASEAN to undertake a continuing review of its outlook and ways of realizing its outlook. Management experts refer to this process as "re-engineering". Borrowing this concept of change management, he explores how far ASEAN has re-engineered itself in terms of policy redirection and organizational change. (DÜI-Sen)