Iran dan Afganistan karya J. F. Sluimers menyajikan gambaran menyeluruh mengenai dinamika sejarah, politik, dan budaya yang membentuk hubungan antara Iran dan Afganistan. Buku ini membahas warisan budaya yang sama, interaksi regional, serta pengaruh geopolitik yang turut menentukan perkembangan kedua negara. Melalui kajian terhadap peristiwa-peristiwa penting, ikatan etnis dan sosial, serta tan…
Kashmir is arguably one of the most contentious and complex issues in South Asia today. This book focuses on the genesis of the problem and examines the consequences of the often ignored fact that British officers commanded the armed forces of both India and Pakistan at that time.
In August 2008, Pervez Musharraf stood down as Pakistan's president after having already resigned the posts of Chief of Army Staff and Prime Minister. It was a final end to a dictorial rule that started when he seized power in a military coup in 1999, and seemed to many to be the inevitable conclusion to a government that had started in idealism but had ended in corruption - another example of …
This book examines the complex international relations of Laos during the Cold War era, focusing on the competing influence of major global powers. It explores how the United States, the Soviet Union, and regional actors sought to shape Laos’s political direction through diplomatic pressure, military involvement, and ideological competition. The author analyzes internal conflicts, foreign int…
Buah pikiran yang dikomilasikan dalam buku "Dari Kyiv Menulis Indonesia" merupakan salah satu buktii ahwa prof yuddy menaruh perhatian yang sangat besar pada Ibu Pertiwi : sejarah masa lalunya, kondisi masa kini dan harapan masa depan.
The present volume is a revised version of Dino Patti Dialal's thesis which was written in 1990. It undertakes to examine Indonesia's maritime territorial behaviour from a geopolitical perspective. More specifically, it aims to identify the geopolitical factors which have shaped the development of Indonesia's Archipelagic Doctrine. Promulgated in 1957, this doctrine revoked the colonial three-m…
After the Empire is a provocative and sobering look at America's changing role on the global stage. Emmanuel Todd uses demographic and economic factors to diagnose America's waning hegemony. Burdened by enormous domestic and foreign trade deficits, the declining value of the US dollar, the bankruptcy of several prominent companies, and the fact that it can no longer subsist on its own productio…
This global tour of the 21st century world shows how America's dominance has been suddenly replaced by a geopolitical marketplace wherein the European Union and China compete with the United States to shape world order. This contest is hottest in the Second World: pivotal regions in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia. International affairs expert Khanna …
A provocative account of the state of Asian geopolitics and US foreign policy in Asia. Drawing on decades of business and political experience, William H. Overholt argues that there is a tension between America's continuing Cold War attitudes and its national interests that poses severe problems for US policy.
The heart of The Grand Chessboard is Brzezinski's analysis of the four critical regions of Eurasia and of the stakes for America in each arena - Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The crucial fault lines may seem familiar, but the implosion of the Soviet Union has created new rivalries and new relationships, and Brzezinski maps out the strategic ramifications of the new geopolitical r…