It is not often that a participant in a world crisis steps back from it to view its causes, and possible cure, with the clinical eye of a detached commentator. But this is what Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan has done. So convinced is he of the imminent threat of Armageddon that he has taken the unusual step of writing a book, not just to urge his country's cause (though Jordan speaks with a uniq…
De vrede die niet kwam is een journalistieke neerslag van lange en intensieve gesprekken die de journalist Jan Keulen had met de diplomaat Nikolaos van Dam over zijn werk als diplomaat en over de centrale thema's in het Midden-Oosten: de Palestijnse kwestie. Irak, Syrië, Libanon. democratie en mensenrechten. fundamentalisme en de Arabische verhouding met het Westen.
We as a nation, have often tended to see problems as opportunities. In the face of conflicting demands, proliferating information, and rapid technological change, many of us would agree that imagination and integrity in the use of knowledge are essential if we are to make hard choices and move ahead.
Set up under the Labour Government in 1948 and clandestinely financed from the Secret Intelligence Service budget, the Information Research Department waged a vigorous covert propaganda campaign against Communism around the world. IRD was a large organization with close links to Ml6 with whom it shared many personnel. Parliament, had it known of the true purpose of IRD's existence, may well hav…
A collection of speeches by the former President of the Phillippines outlines the political and social philosophy behind his leadership during a remarkable six-year economic recovery in the island nation, from the brink of disaster to a new era of prosperity and stability.
Can the current vitality of islamic revivalism be attributed primarily to the religious characteristics of islam? or do political, social, and economic factors play a more fundamental role?leading authorities on islam and the muslim world analyze the success of revivalist movement in a wide range of islamic countries in the middle east, africa and asia from a comparative perspective.
Over 400 alphabetically-organized entries cover Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia (Kampuchia), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Individual entries provide detailed information and authoritative commentary for the central figures, political parties and organizations, political systems and structures, major events, and key documents, including constituti…
Dengan mendasarkan penelitiannya pada puluhan jurnal dan lebih dari lima ratus buku, Ricklefs mengisahkan perjalanan bangsa Indonesia dari zaman ke zaman yang penuh warna, lengkap dengan aneka persoalan dan pertikaian baik internal maupun eksternalnya. Di balik struktur narasinya, buku ini menjawab pertanyaan bagaimana komunitas-komunitas dari berbagai kepulauan Indonesia, dengan rupa-rupa etni…
Mikhail Gorbachev's The August Coup is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat that began on 18 August. The book tells how profound social transformations in the Soviet Union inevitably were accompanied by popular discontent over the hardships of daily life, of which the coup plotters sought to take advantage.
On 12 November 1995 CSIS in conjunction with Australian Defence Studies Centre (ADSC), Canberra organised a workshop on "Potential Linkages between Economic and Regional Security Fora". The papers presented at the workshop have been edited and compiled in this volume entitled The Role of Security and Economic Cooperation Structures in the Asia Pacific Region Indonesian and Australian Views This…