The region around the Paracel Islands and the South China Sea is important to the economies of the surrounding states in terms of the fish resources and potential for energy reserves, which result in diplomatic and physical clashes. The large flow of maritime commerce around the Paracel Islands is also crucial to the economic well-being of the region and the world, and occupation of the islands…
The ABCs of political economy is an accessible introduction to modern political economy. While informed by the work of Marx, Keynes, Veblen, Kalecki, Robinson and other great political economists. ABCs teaches readers the essential tools necessary to understand economic issues today from a modern perspective. Dispelling myths about markets, macroeconomic policies, and globalization, ABCs offers…
In many developing countries the presence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can no longer be ignored. They are engaged in an extensive array of activities, including philanthropic work to people left out of the developmental process as well as efforts at addressing problems of environmental destruction and other negative consequences of economic development, and efforts to institutionali…
International criminal networks mainly from Latin America and Africa -- some with links to terrorism -- are turning West Africa into a key global hub for the distribution, wholesaling, and production of illicit drugs. These groups represent an existential threat to democratic governance of already fragile states in the sub-region because they are using narco-corruption to stage coups d'état, h…
Economic regionalization and economic regionalism have become an important item in the national, regional and international agenda of almost alla countries in the Asia Pacific region. Economic regionalism has many forms, as it may be driven by different kinds of forces. The ASEAN countries are engaged in a growing number of regional economic cooperation arrangements.
In The Tempting of America, one of our most distinguished legal minds offers a brilliant argument for the wisdom and necessity of interpreting the Constitution according to the "original understand- ing" of the Framers and the people for whom it was written. Widely hailed as the most important critique of the nation's intellectual climate since The Closing of the American Mind, The Tempting …
This is an assessment of the transformation that took place in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The book addresses two central questions: how is the state socialist system of party monopoly and centralized planning dissolving? And how do these societies recreate the communist opposite - civil society and free markets? The contributors attribute the collapse of state socialism to ideological…
Assessing all aspects of security in the Gulf region, the authors consider the impact of the new superpower relationship, the problem of the regional arms race, the political and economic situation in each of the Gulf countries, the role of the EC and Japan in Gulf energy relations, and the seriousness of potential future energy insecurity for the West.
Jeffrey D. Sachs has shown himself to be one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development in his groundbreaking books, including The End of Poverty and Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Now, in this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persist…
Mengisahkan tentang perjuangan Dubes Safzen Noerdin bersama jajaran KBRI Baghdad, dalam menjalankan tugas negara di bawah bayang-bayang ancaman bom, serangan ISIS, stres, kebosanan, kesepian, dan terpisah jauh dari keluarga. Berbagai suka duka dan duka mereka alami, demi membela kepentingan Indonesia di Irak.