The 2012 Pla (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and the Pla during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant o…
A comprehensive history of African Americans in the mass media--music, film, radio, television, advertising, and print and broadcast news--makes this volume a unique contribution to communications studies.
September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives focuses on political developments in the region following 9/11. In this new volume, arising from a conference of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats on globalisation, thinkers and observers of the region review the impact of 9/11on the development of democracy and freedom in Asia Collecuvely, these 11 essays reflect the after-shocks…
In this book, the authors offer clear, convinient information on the most significant literature published since 2980 covering such important areas as the growth and development of the student services profession and its literature, academic advising, recruitment and administrations, financial aid, conseling centers, residence life and career development.
In Terrorism, Freedom, and Security, Philip Heymann continues the discussion of responses to terrorism that he began in his widely read Terrorism and America. He argues that diplomacy, intelligence, and international law should play a larger role than military action in our counterterrorism policy; instead of waging war against terrorism, the United States needs a broader range of policies. Hey…
Contents: 1. Definitions for lonely atoms. 2. Justifications: Self-defense. 3. Justifications: Policy and choice. 4. Justifications: Fate. 5. Evaluations. etc.
This rich collection of essays explores the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations in Southeast Asia since 1945. Academics and practitioners trace three themes - transformations within Southeast Asian countries, the actors and processes that contributed to these changes, and new dynamics in foreign relations. These diachronic essays examine how engagement among Southeast Asian…
For the first 45 years, the United Nations lived in the grip of the Cold War and was prevented from fulfilling some of its core missions. Now, the Millennium Summit offers the world's leaders an unparalleled chance to reshape the United Nations enabling it to make a real and measurable difference in the lives of the world's people. This book, written by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the Unit…
This purpose of this book is not to whitewash Indonesia society and gloss over its differences from other societies. This purpose is to try to explain Indonesian society so that foreigners can have a better understanding of it.
This book contains: 1. Inter-Arab relations in the post-peace era 2. Shifts in Inter-Arab power: Five periods 3. Ideological warfare in the 1950s and 1960s 4. The onset if pragmatism in Inter-Arab relations in 1970s 5. Fragmentation and renewed conflict in the 1980s 6. Deceptive stability, 1988-1990 7. The Gulf War and its aftermath 8. Options for the future 9. Continued dual containm…