Policy making in China leaders, structures, and processes

This volume revises a study done under a contract with the United States Department of Commerce: Bureaucratic Politics and Chinese Energy Development (Washington: Government Printing Office, August 1986). The Commerce Department felt that a deeper understanding of the bu- reaucratic structures and the policy processes of energy development in China would enable American firms to work more effec…

The ruler's imperative: Strategies for political survival in Asia and Africa

This book on political leadership in underdeveloped Africa and Asia as- sumes that a ruler's first desire is to retain his position at the apex of government while others press to displace him. THE RULER'S IMPERATIVE asks: Once positioned at the apex, what must a ruler do to remain in power and pursue more effectively the nation- building goals he sets for himself and his polity? How can he act…

The Eurasians of Indonesia: A political-historical bibliography

The bulky Volksraad material contains a wealth of information on political, social and economic matters, including speeches by Eurasians representatives and the Dutch and/or Indonesian reactions to them.

Vulnerability: Small states in the global society: Report of a commonwealth c…

This study is the result of a decision by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their 1983 Meeting in New Delhi. It was conceived in the framework of the Commonwealth's long-standing concern with the economic problems of its very many small member states. The 'vulnerability' of small states is the essential concept informing the enquiry and it is considered in Previous page.

Voluntary peer review of competition law and policy: Armenia

This report was prepared for UNCTAD by William Kovacic, Commissioner, United States Federal Trade Commission, and David Lewis, Gordon Institute of Business Science, former Chairman of the South African Competition Tribunal. The substantive backstopping and review of the report was the responsibility of Ulla Schwager. Carl Buik provided valuable feedback. UNCTAD would like to acknowledge the val…

Rice of the Vulcans: The history of bush's war cabinet

When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the Vulcans—an inner circle of advisers with a long, shared experience in government, dating back to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and first Bush adminis…

The Post-American World

For Fareed Zakaria, the great story of our times is ‘the rise of the rest’–the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya, which is generating a New global landscape. Global power is shifting, and wealth and innovation are bubbling up in unexpected places: the tallest buildings, biggest dams, top-selling movies and most advanced mobile phones are all bei…

Toward a stronger US-indonesia security relationship

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Political Islam in Southeast Asia: Moderates, radicals and terrorists

Events since 11 September 2001 have dramatically altered the security environment in the Muslim world and in Southeast Asia in particular. With the uncovering of an extensive terrorist network in Southeast Asia, the region has emerged as a major battleground in the global war on terrorism. Yet the issues raised by political Islam in Southeast Asia are much broader than the problem of terrorism.…

Cambodia: The lost decade

The cold war period is one that has been unique in the development of international relations and the main feature that dominated the politics at this time was the polarisation of groups on the basis of ideology. When one looks at the various kinds of conflicts which emerged during this period it is evident that the ideological factors were deeply grounded and there was a clear divide between t…