Issues and concerns for Asian leadership in policy and governance / Evan Berman and M. Shamsul Haque -- China's new leadership and global role / Lowell Dittmer -- Collective hedging : what drives regional institution-building in the Asia-Pacific? / Tsutomu Kikuchi -- ASEAN centrality : a quest for leadership role in East Asian economic integration / Kristy Hsu -- Cross-strait economic cooperation and Asian regional integration : why joint participation of China and Taiwan is good for them and the region? / Yih-chyi Chuang -- South Korea's leadership in East Asia : a middle power advancing regionalism / Jose Guerra Vio -- The evolution of leadership styles in the South China Sea : contextual factors and shifting approaches in China and the United States / Jonathan Spangler -- Envisioning Burma : legitimacy, leadership, and political reform / Tsai-wei Sun -- The role of leadership in political and economic transition in China / Kerry Brown -- Political leadership and public administration in Thailand / Ploy Suebvises -- Public managers must also be leaders : the hollowing-out of leadership and public management reform in Hong Kong / Wilson Wong -- A female leader in executive service : the case of Mayor Risma of Surabaya / Dita S.N.A. Diliani and Dwi Siska Susanti -- The reluctant leader : the Philippine journey from labor export to championing a rights-based approach to overseas employment / Jenina Joy Chavez and Nicola Piper -- Political systems and financial reform process : a comparative study of China, Taiwan, and New Zealand / Ian Tsung-yen Chen -- Engaged Buddhism : social transformation in India and Taiwan / David Blundell and Mangesh Dahiwale -- A problem of tomorrow : leadership in the field of emergency management in Taiwan / Dean Karalekas and Gregory Coutaz -- Transformation of policy entrepreneurship in East Asian higher education : a case study in Taiwan / Yu-Ching Flora Hsu.