Since the NATO military intervention in Kosovo in 1999, the issue of whether and when it is acceptable for states to intervene forcefully to halt human rights violations in another state has become one of the most contentious subjects in managing contemporary international relations. With chapters on China, India, Japan, South Korea, and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Natio…
This Foreign Affairs bestseller from MSNBC terrorism expert Walid Phares allows a frightening look into the future of jihad. Phares--who has served as an expert with the Justice Department, briefed the Defense and State Departments, and testified to Congress--shows that ther has been a fundamental misunderstanding about al Qaeda's ultimate goal in the West and what victory means to jihadists. F…
Buku ini mengedepankan gagasan-gagasan penulis mengenai mengapa reformasi politik dilaksanakan sebagai suatu keharusan dan apa muatan reformasi politik itu. Buku ini berisi tentang : 1. Mengikis tuntas kesalahpahaman 2. Pemberontakan politik bersenjata G.30 S/PKI tahun 1965 3. Umat islam, pemerintah, dan ABRI : Dinamisator dan stabilistor kehidupan politik bangsa 4. Reformasi politik 5. …
Terrorism in the twenty-first century helps readers understand terrorism, responses to it, and current trends that affect the future of this phenomenon. putting terrorism into historical perspective and analyzing it as a form of political violence, this text presents the most essential concepts, the latest data, and numerous case studies to promote effective analysis of terrorist acts. terrori…
Tulisan ini merupakan telaah mengenai peran militer dalam politik Muangthai sejak jatuhnya kelompok Turki muda dalam bulan April 1981 sampai pembubaran Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat pada bulan Mei 1986. Kurun waktu itu menampilkan suatu perubahan menarik dalam persepsi golongan militer mengenai politik, ketika mereka mulai memperluas peran mereka dalam urusan sipil. Ekspansi ini mencakup beberapa p…
Buku ini mengungkap Praktik bisnis Tentara Nasional Indonesia serta kalangan individu militer. Penyimpangan-penyimpangan berbisnis di lingkungan ABRI inilah yang diajarkan dalam buku ini. Hampir seluruh sektor institusional maupun individu berada pada jaringan bisnis Tentara. Buku ini bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran dalam memahami hubungan antara bisnis dan ABRI
Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), present a serious danger in today’s world. This pertinent and topical volume takes a hard-headed look at the threat that India could face from these weapons. A great deal of literature exists on international regimes and their attempts to curb the proliferation of WMD. For a number of years the national effort …
This is an examination of the writings of the philosophers featured in the author's book "The Worldly philosophers". Heilbroner guides the reader through works culled from the history of economic thought, and considers the core arguments of works seldom read, but often referred to. The works introduced range from the earliest economic thought found in the Bible and Aquinas, to major works such …
In that monograph, the focus was on China's advance in Africa, while Africa's development was a sub-theme. This monograph reverses this emphasis, with the primary focus being Africa, specifically its oil and natural gas exploration and production, while China is a sub-theme, specifically the investment of its national oil companies (NOCs) in Africa and the implications of African energy develop…
Book Summary of United Nations : Multilateralism And International Security The Iraq war in 2003 raised fundamental questions on the practice of 'might is right' and the principle of cooperation and multilateralism in addressing perceived global security challenges. It also placed the United Nations at a critical juncture or, "a fork in the road" as referred to by UNSG Kolf Annan. This book is …