The ASEAN Regional Forum by Rodolfo C. Severino provides an in-depth analysis of the origins, development, and role of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) as a key platform for dialogue and cooperation on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The book examines the ARF’s objectives, mechanisms, and evolution in addressing regional peace and stability, including discussions on confidence-build…
In this book, Gordon Brown offers an inside perspective on the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 and outlines strategies for overcoming what he calls the first crisis of globalization. Drawing on his experience as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and former chancellor of the exchequer, Brown analyzes the structural weaknesses of the international financial system, the failures of glob…
This book provides an in-depth examination of subregional security cooperation among developing countries in the Third World. William T. Tow analyzes how regional actors respond to security challenges, form cooperative mechanisms, and navigate geopolitical pressures. The study highlights patterns of regionalism, power dynamics, and institutional development, offering insights into how emerging …
The book Indonesia and Korea: Policy Issues for Long Term Development Cooperation is a collection of papers presented at the Third Indonesia‑Korea Conference, held in Sanur, Bali on December 14–16, 1981. This book discusses various aspects of long-term development cooperation between Indonesia and South Korea, especially in the context of international economic relations, investment, techno…
Each of us has been grappling with the question of Asia's emerging multilateral- ism for well more than a decade as a matter of both policy and scholarship. In 2006, we decided it was time for a rigorous analysis of exactly what is happening in the region and what the prospects for multilateral cooperation really are. We approached the Stanley Foundation because of its previous work on multilat…
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 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.
For more than half a century, Papua's place in Indonesia has caused serious strains and the occasional crisis in Australia-Indonesia relations. This Lowy Institute Paper provides an in-depth history of Papua's troubled integration into the Indonesian state and Australia's Papua policies. The Paper looks at what the Australian government can best do to assist Papuan development, support good rel…
Engagement is Paul Keating's account of his involvement in Australia's foreign affairs, and his reflections on Australia's place in the world. It is a detailed look at the development of APEC; Australia's relationship with its largest neighbour, Indonesia; the role of the United States in the Asia-Pacific; China's re-entry into the world community; and the particular problems of Australia's sma…
This book is an edited volume about China-ASEAN relations with contributions from experts based in China and Singapore. The book includes a few excellent papers that were presented at a conference the editor organized in October 2009 and also two other research papers. They examine China-ASEAN relations from a sub-regional cooperation perspective. The book discusses and analyzes China-ASEAN coo…