Just in Case you Missed the Emergence of Regional Poles...
The recent signing by the Czechs of the Lisbon Treaty means that the EU will from 2010 become a more formidable force, with what it calls "The European External Action Service", or a super EU Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The UK's CHATHAM HOUSE has a paper on this *

ARTICLE--ASEAN: "ASEAN can take a leaf out of African Union"
ASEAN can take a leaf out of African Unionby Dominic J NardiWednesday, 16 September 2009 11:59 from: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/commentary/2769-asean-can-take-a-leaf-out-of-african-union-.html Mizzima News - ASEAN still has much to learn about establishing aneffective human rights body from – of all places – Africa. As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prepares to appoint itsfirst set of human rights commissioners to the new ASEAN Human RightsBody at the 1

East Asian Community--Come Again, Japan!
I always get worried when new leaders debut their politics with what some might consider bombastic claims to practicalise regional integration. I use "bombastic" to explain away wild claims that might not be founded on reality. I cannot help but wonder whether every economic community has to be predi