A Plastic Nation examines the immense role of Thai nationhood in domestic and international politics. Although in fact ill-defined, Thainess, or khwampenthai, has been consistently used by Thai leaders to legitimize their power and to defend their economic interests. Not only has the assertion of Thainess been deeply rooted in the private interests of those in power, it has been deployed as par…
The government of Myanmar, considering the many "distortions" contained in foreign accounts, in recuperating its history set up the Myanmar historical commision in the 1950s to delve into the past by way of what is commonly know in Myanmar as "living history".
This history is an account of Southeast Asia-New Zealand relations as they have emerged since the end of World War II. Drawing together the most prominent scholars of New Zealand's relations with Southeast Asia, this study examines the overall military, multilateral, and commercial relationships and those that assess individual bilateral relationships and diplomatic controversies. Southeast Asi…
Rusia dan Indonesia adalah sahabat lama. Dua negara ini telah melewati kenangan-kenangan kebersamaan yang begitu banyak. Tahukah kita: Uni Soviet termasuk negara pertama yang mengakui kedaulatan NKRI, Soekarno dan Kruschev adalah duo harmonis yang akrab berkirim ucapan, bahwa karya Rendra begitu populer di Rusia, dan tentang orang-orang Rusia yang ternyata suka dengan lagu Rayuan Pulau Kelapa.
Assesses the importance of enhanced ASEAN-Japan cooperation as a step toward a greater East Asian regional community. Fifteen international relations experts review the history and current status of this bilateral relationship and propose how it can be strengthened.
This book is an edited volume about China-ASEAN relations with contributions from experts based in China and Singapore. The book includes a few excellent papers that were presented at a conference the editor organized in October 2009 and also two other research papers. They examine China-ASEAN relations from a sub-regional cooperation perspective. The book discusses and analyzes China-ASEAN coo…
Buku ini adalah hasil penulisan laporan penelitian ASEAN pada 2007, yang bukan hanya mengkaji konsep dan teori komunikasi dan komunitas keamanan, melainkan juga menggambarkan dan menganalisis perjalanan ASEAN menuju satu komunitas, apakah hambatannya dan bagaimanakah peluangnya
Presents selected works of Michael Leifer, the doyen of Southeast Asia Studies, who died in 2001. This book includes works on the Southeast Asia region - ASEAN, regional order and conflict, great power policies towards the region, maritime security in Southeast Asia, and studies of the domestic policies of individual Southeast Asia countries.
This book, The Philippines in ASEAN: Reflections from the Listening Room, is essentially about the Philippine role in ASEAN, particularly in terms of human rights, regional security, and economic integration. However, it is also a veritable mini-history of ASEAN-from the Philippine point of view, but also from the standpoint of a fifteen-year veteran of the ASEAN Secretariat. It is thus a valua…
For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world's ills. The une…