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…
This is a book that written too soon after the tragic developments in East Timor in 1999, it could have become part of a burning debate, one that had been generating more heat than light.
The Imperial Mantle traces the upheavals in the post-war era as the peoples of British, Dutch, Belgian, and Portuguese empires demanded and gained independence. As the most powerful leader of the free world, despite its anti-colonial heritage, the United States tended to inherit the imperial mantle in this period, becoming the focus of both expectations and demands from the new nations. How the…
This book examines the wide range of factors and approaches that are involved in meeting the bilateral and regional challenges, including government links, public images and mutual perceptions, regional organizations, the role of Islam, the aid relationship, security and counterterrorism, economic and business relations, and the student market. The articles by the authors in this book reflect a…
When we went to bed on the night of September 10, 2001, the world was already going through a historic transition. The Cold War had ended, raising hopes for the future. War, though, had not ended, as the 1990s bore tragic witness in Bosnia, Rwanda, and all too many other places. New forces of globalization were sweeping the world, bringing their own combination of progress and problems. Democra…
An assessment of how the United States dominant position may be effectively reconciled with the urgent need, in the 21st century, to achieve a new world order. Kissinger examines America's present and future relations with Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, and other areas in the world. He covers areas such as globilization, military intervention, free trade and the eroding of the planet's…
This book assesses the profound influence on Singapore's foreign policy of its government's perception of the island-state's innate vulnerability
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 …
This book gathers the proceedings of the International conference "Indonesia-Portugal: 500 years", gathering Portuguese and European historians to Indonesian historians from Java to Kalimantan. The book studies in-depth political, trade and cultural encounters from the first arrival of Portuguese to Indonesia, in 1512, up to the split between the two countries due to the East-Timor problem from…
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 …