... different interpretations of ASEAN's November 1971 declaration to create a Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality in Southeast Asia (ZOPFAN). Haas accented the concept of neutrality in his interpretation; Leifer saw a plan for broader and more complex kinds of regional cooperation in the language...

... and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) proposal. Sheldon Simon concludes his review of great power interests in the region with a gradually evolving scenario ("most optimistic," not necessarily most likely) in which Khmer Rouge influence wanes, the Indochinese states associate with Asean, and foreign military presence is so...

.... It should be pointed out, in addition, that Haas has confused a commitment in principle to neutralization by the governments of that Association with their declared corporate policy of promoting a so-called Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN). If ever made operational, ZOPFAN would provide a very...

... to such issues as Vietnam's role in Cambodia and the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) proposal. Sheldon Simon concludes his review of great power interests in the region with a gradually evolving scenario ("most optimistic," not necessarily most likely) in which Khmer Rouge influence wanes...

... after the communique was issued from Kuala Lumpur in November 1971. Moreover, it supports his interpretation that ZOPFAN encompassed conceptions quite beyond the standard meaning of neutrality. For ASEAN documents, the best policy would seem to be "caveat lector." Communication to the Editor...

... Studies (52.1 [February 19931:216-18) strangely claims that ASEAN'S Kuala Lumpur of 1971 differs sharply from ASEAN'S goal to achieve a Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality (ZOPFAN). Perhaps he should reread the text of the 1971 communique, which states that ASEAN countries "are determined to exert...

... (ZOPFAN). A brief attempt to establish the relevance of the Nixon Doctrine is unconvincing and symptomatic of the book's overall lack of coherent analysis. This deficiency is especially evident in three chapters that employ a country-bycountry format for descriptions so sketchy as to be mere adumbrations...

... and security cooperation. The Asia-Pacific security cooperation must begin with such institution-building efforts for the regional security as activating the now-defunct ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, and U.S the loosely-arranged ASEAN initiative on the ZOPFAN (Zone of Peace, Friendship, and Neutrality...

... (ZOPFAN). A brief attempt to establish the relevance of the Nixon Doctrine is unconvincing and symptomatic of the book's overall lack of coherent analysis. This deficiency is especially evident in three chapters that employ a country-bycountry format for descriptions so sketchy as to be mere adumbrations...