This book is the second in a series Issues in Southeast Asian Security and deals with armed separatism in Southeast Asia. The situation differs markedly in the several countries studied. Besides the analyses of the politics of separatism and its military aspects, the questions of development, of culture and ethnicity are centrally relevant to the growth of separatist tendencies. All these are e…
This book is a generalitation from the whole span of modern history. It gives an account of economic growth, based on a dynamic theory of production and interpreted in terms of actual societies. It helps to explain historical changes and to predict major political and economic trends: and it provides the significant links between economic and non-economic behavior which Karl Marx failed to discern
The Asia Pacific Security Outlook seeks to contribute to this search by monitoring perceptions of threats to national security, national defense doctrines and issues, and national contributions to regional and global security. It differs from other current annual security overviews in that it has been developed on the basis of background papers prepared by analysts from the region itself, each …
In recent decades a transformation has occurred in the relations between the states of Western Europe. The European Community has been central to this process of change. The importance of the Community is no more clearly seen than in the range of its policy interests and responsibilities. Agriculture, external trade, competition and, more recently, the drive to complete the internal market are …
This book is concerned with such strategic linkages and the political and military interdependencies between great powers and regional powers as evident on the continent of Asia. Specific chapters illustrate two basic themes: (1) the changing nature of the great-power-triangular relationship among Washington, Beijing, and Moscow and its security consequences for the regional states in Asia; and…
In Threats to Security in East Asia-Pacific, this more comprehensive analysis is provided. The outgrowth of a Pacific Forum symposium, the book reports the results of Interviews and discussions with area political and academic leaders on their nations' threat perceptions and security policies. U.S. and Asian scholars then 7 examine these reports and determine how foreign governments ought to ch…
Illusions of triumph challenges the conventional view that the gulf war was a crushing victory for international cooperations over a brutal dictator.
This book contains Porter's findings which have many implications for companies and governments. He explained how a company can exploit and expand its nation's advantages in international competition. It provides a blueprint for government policies to enhance national competitive advantage and also outlines the agenda for the coming years for the countries studied.
This book examines the nature of Australia's emerging militarism and its implications for the future of this country and our neighbours. It argues that Australia's forces should confine themselves to the defence of this continent and its maritime resource zone. It urges a cooperative approach to regional security which would use dialogue, negotiation and conflict resolution as tools for resolvi…
The first two editions of ideals and realities got a response from the readers that showed the book to be a tour de force. In the meantime, Professor Abdul Salam had made some more valuable presentations like "Notes on science, technology and science educations in the development of the South"--a document he had prepared for the 4th and 5th meetings of the South commission.