For example, several small islands in eastern Indonesia were once the world’s only ... The islands of maritime Southeast Asia can range from the very large (for instance, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Luzon) ...

Australia’s place as part of Asia is clear on the map, but not so, it seems ... in the global order to re-emerge as a growth engine for the world. In the past two decades, South-East Asia averaged 8.5 ...