First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Professor Ashok Swain is the Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, at Uppsala University, Sweden, where he also directs the university's Program of International Studies and coordinates the university's Southeast Asian Program. Professor Swain teaches on and researches into new challenges to global security; environmental politics; population migration issues; conflict and cooperation over resource sharing; democratic consolidation and security in Asia, and has written widely on these subjects. Professor Swain is the Coordinator for the Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research, and has been a Visiting Researcher, Fellow and Professor at universities around the world.

Chapter 1 Violent Separatism in Southeast Asia: Old Conflicts, New Challenges, Ashok Swain; Chapter 2 Present Challenges to Conflict Resolution in Southern Thailand, Suwit Laohasiriwong, Ming Chee; Chapter 3 The Philippines: Challenges to Peacebuilding in the GRP-MILF Peace Process, Ayesah Uy Abubakar; Chapter 4 The Aceh Conflict and the Roles of Civil Society, Kamarulzaman Askandar; Chapter 5 Terror and Insurgency in the New Democracies of Southeast Asia, Jonathan Hall;