The ASEAN Miracle review: Does the grouping deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

The proposition forwarded in this book is intriguing but the editors may be overstating the case

Marking 25 years of their relationship, India hosted heads of state of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as chief guests for the Republic Day parade this year. Although this creative diplomacy rightfully deserves praise, it is indicative of a larger logic of strategy that China has inadvertently accelerated — its arrogance is causing some of its neighbours to coalesce. And this is happening regardless of the inertial cultural impediments, ideological fixations and political hesitations of these countries.

The ASEAN Miracle is the story of one such group in China’s neighbourhood. Written by two former diplomats from Singapore