This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else. So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling "The Future of Freedom", Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm…
Melalui buku ini, Fareed Zakaria-salah seorang dari 100 Intelektual Publik Terkemuka di Dunia versi Foreign Policy and Prospect-menelaah pergeseran peran Amerika Serikat di percaturan dunia yang berubah dengan cepat. Pergeseran kekuatan tersebut, yang disebut oleh Zakaria sebagai "kebangkitan 'yang lain"", dipicu oleh krisis keuangan serta pertumbuhan sejumlah pasar berkembang seperti Brasil, T…
Economic Hit Man (EHM) adalah profesional berpenghasilan sangat tinggi yang menipu negara-negara di seluruh dunia triliunan dolar. Mereka menyalurkan uang dari Bank Dunia, USAID, dan organisasi "bantuan" luar negeri lainnya menjadi dana korporasi-korporasi raksasa dan pendapatan beberapa keluarga kaya yang mengendalikan sumber-sumber daya alam planet bumi ini. Sarana mereka meliputi laporan ke…
The book provides Perkins' account of his career with engineering consulting firm Chas. T. Main in Boston. Perkins claims that the NSA arranged for him to be hired by the firm, and that he was subsequently seduced and trained as an "economic hitman" by a businesswoman named Claudine Martin, who worked for Chas. T. Main. Perkins writes that his primary role at Chas T. Main was to convince leader…
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the story of one man's experiences inside the intrigue, greed, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since World War II, and which have dire consequences for the future of democracy and the world.
Buku ini menguraikan pemahaman keadaan perkembangan demokrasi di negara-negara Asia. Penjelasan-penjelasan di dalam buku ini bukan hanya berdasarkan hasil penelitian-penelitian ilmiah dan penilaian-penilaian dari lembaga-lembaga politik seperti" freedom house"' tetapi juga berdasar pada pengalaman pribadi penulis ketika bekerja selama bertahun-tahun di bagian urusan politik Friendrich-Ebert-Sti…
America has a problem and the world has a problem. America's problem is that it has lost its way in recent years-partly because of 9/11 and partly because of the bad habits that we have let build up over the last three decades, bad habits that have weakened our society's ability and willingness to take on big challenges. The world also has a problem: It is getting hot, flat, and crowded. Tha…
Alien Winds have blown across Sri Lanka for several millennia a land dubbed as 'Paradise' by the 14th century Papal delegate to China, Marignolli, who was shipwrecked at Beruwala. These Alien Winds have changed their destiny. But they have resisted been blown off their feet. Their feet have been firmly planted on the bedrock of continuity- their culture of respect. love and compassion. The stor…
This book collection of essays by Indonesian and India writers. It covers interesting observations among other on foreign policy, bilateral relations, history, economic cooperation, people-to-people contact, shared vulnerability and the promise of information and communication technology.
This books (Volume 3) contains: 1. International situatuin 2. Neighbouring countries 3. Super powers 4. West Asia 5. Other countries 6. Miscellaneous