Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos by Phongsavath Boupha provides a comprehensive historical analysis of the emergence and evolution of the communist movement in Laos from its early stages to its consolidation in the late twentieth century. The book examines the socio-political and economic conditions that facilitated revolutionary activism, the role of local and interna…
Buku Cerocok Budaya Brunei ini merupakan himpunan 13 buah kertas kerja Profesor Madya Dr. Haji Hashim bin Haji Abd. Hamid, salah seorang tenaga akademik di Akademi Pengajian Brunei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam yang dibentangkannya dalam beberapa seminar/kongres/pertemuan, sama ada di peringkat kebangsaan, serantau, dan antarabangsa. Buku ini memfokuskan perbincangannya dalam bidang sosiobudaya…
Ever since the ascendancy of critical theory and multicultural studies in the 1960s and 1970s, traditional humanistic education has been under assault. Often condemned as the intolerant voice of the masculine establishment and regularly associated with Eurocentrism and even imperialism, the once-sacred literary canon is now more likely to be ridiculed than revered. While this seismic shift--bro…
Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ di surprisingly well. These factors, which inculde self-awareness, self-dicipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart, and they aren't fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experience, emotional intelligence can be nurtured a…
The paper addresses three key issues raised by the G-7 in its proposals in 2001 to reform the multilateral banks: (i) the restructuring of the International Development Association (IDA), with a part of its lending in the form of grants rather than loans; (ii) the harmonization of procedures, policies and overlapping mandates among Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs;) and (iii) the volume of …
For more than a decade as Indonesia's foremost diplomat, Ali Alatas in his speeches dissected and explore many issues: disarmament, reform of the United Nations, global and regional security, the imbalances in international economic relations, globalization, liberalization and a host of other. But always the theme was durable peace and the only way to reach it-by way of justice. As he propounds…
Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power - the ability to coerce - grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiv…
This book wrestles with fundamental questions of practical disarmament and peace building in Sierra Leone. Although they were written prior to the May-June 2000 upsurge of violence in Freetown that led to the arrest of Foday Sankoh, these incidents underline the relevance of the authors analyses. The various research papers published in this volume have been written by civic leaders from Sierra…
Peran aktif Indonesia dalam Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) selama periode tiga tahun kunci dari 2015 hingga 2017. Dalam periode ini, Indonesia memainkan peran sentral dalam mempromosikan kerjasama di kawasan Samudra Hindia. Buku ini akan membahas peluang-peluang yang muncul dalam kerangka IORA, termasuk peningkatan perdagangan, diplomasi maritim, keamanan regional, dan pembangunan berkelan…
Chaos in Yemen challenges recent interpretations of Yemen's complex social, political and economic transformations since 1990. It offers a new perspective to the violence afflicting the region, and explains why the Ali Abdullah Salih regime has become the principal beneficiary of this violence.