Offers a cogent overview of the historical context and enduring patterns of U.S. relations with Asia ... Robert G. Sutter provides a balanced analysis of post-Cold War dynamics in Asia, which involve interrelated questions of security, economics, national identity, and regional institution building. He demonstrates how these critical concerns manifest a complex mix of realist, liberal, and cons…
100 tahun hubungan Brunei-British (1906-2006) : kumpulan kertas kerja seminar sejarah Brunei lll menyorot kembali hubungan Brunei-British yang terjalin dari tahun 1905-2006. Buku ini mengimbas era pasca perjanjian tambahan 1905/1906 yang menjadikan Brunei sebuah negara di bawah naungan kepada sebuah negara yang merdeka dan mendasari jalur-jalur persejarahan melalui hasil kajian dan penyelidikan…
The past decade has witnessed rapid development in ASEAN-China relations. Both sides now have more in common than before, though differences still exist. ASEAN and China have established a promising strategic partnership ensuring peace, stability, co-operation as well as prosperity for the region. New challenges will, however, continue to emerge to test the resolve of the partnership. This book…
Some of the most formidable names in international history focus on the themes: the League of Nations and collective security, problems in British foreign policy, and European/international security in the interwar years.
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 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