For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers. Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best practices in many areas: from free-market economics to modern science and technology, from meritocracy to rule of law. They have also become innovative in their own way, creating …
The book provides a wide-ranging discussion of the key themes in the international relations of Southeast Asia. These themes include the impact of super-power rivalry on the region; the relationship between insurgency, separatism and regional stability; the strengths and limitations of ASEAN's approach to regional order; conflict and conflict-management in Cambodia; the emergence and evolution …
Southwest Pacific Dialogue (SPD) merupakan forum kerjasama regional yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan stabilitas, perkembangan ekonomi, dan hubungan antar-negara di kawasan Pasifik Barat Daya. SPD adalah inisiatif penting dalam konteks kerjasama regional di kawasan ini, yang mencakup negara-negara seperti Australia, Selandia Baru, kepulauan Pasifik, dan negara-negara di sekitarnya.
Blowback, a term invented by the CIA, refers to the uninted consequences of American policies. In this sure-to-be-controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms. From …
The South in an Era of Globalization, Cultural Globalization: Living on a Frontierless Land, Globalization of Mass Media: Opportunities and Challenges for the South, Knowledge Networking for Technology "Leapfrogging", Repositioning Developing Countries in the World Trade Organization, Technological Implications of New Growth Theory for the South, Expanding Lateral Partnerships, Latin American P…
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states," Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themse…
At the outset, we need to express our deep gratitude to the Pretoria based Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia for having initiated this project
The soviet union conducts a consistent policy of peace based on the respect of the equality and independence of the peoples off all states. Its concreate proposals, directed at a reduction of arnaments and the armed forces of all states, and also at benning atomi, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction, meets with the support and sympathy of the whole of progressive humanity.
This book is about the proposition of the theory of the new emerging forces expounded during the last few years by Indonesia.
In this book, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad provides an incisive critique of the main aspects of globalization and an explanation for this changing tide of opinion against the concept of globalization. Globalization, deregulation and liberalization in a borderless world must be handled with care as they are means to an end - not ends in themselves. Globalization must result in a better life for all. Tho…