Using the lens of the "commons" this book highlights the key development interests and challenges that members of ASEAN collectively recognize. The concept of "regional commons" involves three dimensions: the management of common resources; cooperation in the production of common goods; and cooperation in overcoming common challenges. Contributors to the collection discuss the ways in which the Plus Three arrangements that ASEAN has with China, Japan and South Korea address or complicate these three dimensions.

Siriporn Wajjwalku is Associate Professor of Political Science at Thammasat University, Thailand.

Kong Chong Ho is Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

Osamu Yoshida is Professor of Political Science at Hiroshima University, Japan.

1. Introduction: Advancing the Regional Commons in the New East Asia Siriporn Wajjwalku, Kong Chong Ho and Osamu Yoshida 2. ASEAN and Food Security: A Critical Path for Regional Integration Siriporn Wajjwalku 3. Illicit Drugs as a Human Security Threat in East Asia Zarina Othman and Nor Azizan Idris 4. Regional Mobility from East Asia to Southeast Asia: The Case of Education and Retirement Migration Hyung Jun Kim and Leng Leng Thang 5. Transnational Migration in East Asia: the Evolving Migration Policy in South Korea and Its Implications Pan Suk Kim and Heung Ju Kim 6. Regional Cooperation in Education in ASEAN and East Asia: Past, Present and Future Azmi Mat Akhir 7. ASEAN and APT Regionalization and Economic Development Nguyen Hong Son and Nguyen Anh Thu 8. Energy Security in ASEAN and ASEAN Plus Three: Cooperation through Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) Harit Intakanok 8. ASEAN Cooperation on Marine Environment Soparatana Jarusombat