In memoriam: Corazon Aquino & Kim Dae-jung -- Cover story: in the national interest: economics, security and foreign affairs in Southeast Asia -- The debate: is an Asian community really possible? -- New multilateralism in East Asia -- Envisioning a new world order in the digital age -- Time for Asi to step forward -- One bank's lessons from the financial crisis -- Asia after the global financial crisis -- Battling protectionism in the current crisis -- China, trade protectionism and economic growth -- Toiling with potential: educating Asia's migrant women -- China's peaceful rise -- Letter from a reader: all god's creatures