Indonesian and US political scholars explore the impact of economic growth on twelve major Indonesian institutions, including private and public enterprises, formal political institutions, the armed forces, the bureaucracy, non-governmental organizations, the media, and trade unions. They find that the growing gap between a governing structure that is slow to change and a dynamic broader societ…
ASEAN Connectivity in the Indonesian Context: A Preliminary Study on the Geopolitics of Hydropower and Maritime Transport is a research focusing on the concept of ASEAN Connectivity in the context of Indonesia, with a specific emphasis on the geopolitical aspects of hydropower and maritime transport. This abstract provides an overview of how ASEAN Connectivity efforts can impact geopolitical dy…
Indonesian Quarterly is a peer-reviewed policy-oriented journal published by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia. It is a medium for research findings, evaluations, and views of scholars, statesmen and thinkers on issues related to Indonesia and its political, economic, and strategic challenges. The opinions expressed in Indonesian Quarterly are those of their a…
Mengisahkan tentang perjuangan Dubes Safzen Noerdin bersama jajaran KBRI Baghdad, dalam menjalankan tugas negara di bawah bayang-bayang ancaman bom, serangan ISIS, stres, kebosanan, kesepian, dan terpisah jauh dari keluarga. Berbagai suka duka dan duka mereka alami, demi membela kepentingan Indonesia di Irak.
In The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher gave her own account of her prime ministership from 1979 to 1990. Now, in The Path to Power, she writes for the first time about her personal life, about the formation of her character and values, and about the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory.
This book is for all the people who make the pilgrimage to their Capitol, who I see coming in the thousands to learn about the goverment of which they're such an integral part. It's for everyone who feels strongly enogh to write a letter to register an opinion, or pick up the phone or send an e-mail to the members of thr most powerful parliament in the world.
These are the central questions that a group of China specialists address in China Review. The subject matters discussed in the book edited by Kuan Hsin-chi and Maurice Brosseau include major developments in the following areas: political leadership, national reunification, the armed forces, the dissidents' movement, law and order, China and the world, China-Hong Kong relation, the economy, the…
For over two decades Harris was at the centre, alongside or just adrift of political power in the wealthy Malaysian state of Sabah. Paul Raffaele has written a wide-ranging biography that reveals many little-known but important incidents in Harris's life.
Now thoroughly updated, this widely praised book provides a thoughtful and balanced examination of the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. This edition also places developments of the past two decades into the broader sweep of Russian history. Presenting an even-handed treatment of controversial issues, Jeffrey Mankoff analyzes Russia's interactions with major g…
The modest, white-walled Noor Al-Ihsan mosque on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh was one of the two oldest buildings in the Cambodian capital. When the city, supposedly founded in 1434, celebrated its 550th anniversary in 1984, few if any Phnom Penh buildings predated the nineteenth century. A sign in Arabic and Khmer above the old mosque's entrance dated its foundation to 1813. That was j…