Richard Robison is Professor of Asian and International Politics, and Director of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia; he is the author and editor of many books, including, most recently, The Political Economy of Southeast Asia. Mark Beeson is Lecturer in International Politics at Griffith University, Australia. Kanishka Jayasuriya is Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University; Routledge recently published his Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The rule of law and legal institutions. Hyuk-Rae Kim is Professor in the Department of Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Korea.