14 Through the Lens of ‘Simplicity’
Introducing Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness:
Development Guided by Human Values
Modernisation and political change have raised the individual’s freedom, but it has also led to a less desirable and unconscious freeing of the individual from his obligations to society and the greater good, said HM the King of Bhutan in a lecture last December.   Sample

24 AseanTalk
SIZE MATTERS FOR ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) entered the year 2010 with the launches of multiple FTAs as the first of the five-year countdown to the Asean Economic Community, or the single market, in 2015 started.  Sample

36 EU Perspective
Europe has a telephone number – but can it answer the calls?
The pro and con camps remain irreconcilable until a nine-year long frustrating struggle came finally to an end on December 1, 2009: the Treaty of Lisbon, better known as the EU Reform Treaty, entered into force, wrote Dr. Hanns Schumacher, the Ambassador of Germany to Thailand.   Sample

38 Horasis Annual Meeting
STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
The inaugural Horasis Annual Meeting, held at a critical time, provided the platform for the world to discuss the implications of the global economic crisis and to shape the post-crisis environment.  Sample

44 Asean Environment
The mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
Seldom has an international conference been met with such high hopes and great expectations and rarely have its results been met with such unanimous criticism, noted Dr Michael Nobel, on the Cop15 meeting.   Sample

46 Asean Investment
PUTTING YOUR MONEY IN ASEAN  Sample

47 Asean is More than Just Cheap Labour
In his interview with AseanAffairs, Turan Caglayan, First Vice President and Head of New Business Asia, of DEG – German Investment and Development Company, shares his impressions of the 10-nation bloc, among others, the strength and weaknesses as an investment destination for German businesses.

50 Asean Traveller
Conquering the Mountain of Fire
Literally meaning "Mountain of Fire", Mount Merapi has erupted 68 times since 1548, and remains active and keeps fascinating trekkers and hikers from around the world.   Sample

54 Book Review
“BOARDROOM SECRETS”
DR. ARGÜDEN REVEALS THE SECRETS TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN HIS NEW BOOK
Palgrave Macmillan has just published “Boardroom Secrets: Corporate Governance for Quality of Life” by Dr. Argüden, Chairman of ARGE Consulting, a leading strategy boutique based in Istanbul, and investment bank Rothschild in Istanbul.   Sample

56 Opinion
“…and to the Banana Republic
for which it stands….”
The US dollar as the world’s reserve currency is in peril as it steadily falls in the wake of perpetual printing by The Fed to fund illegitimate wars and lifestyles of excess … wrote an anonymous American.   Sample