Through research, conferences, consultations, and publications, the centre seeks to illuminate ways of promoting ASEAN's purposes--political solidarity, economic integration and regional cooperation--and the obstacles on the path to achieving them. The centre aims to conduct studies and make policy recommendations on issues and events that call for collective ASEAN actions and responses.
The Silk Road Trap is the first book to expose just how risky this uneven partnership is for Europe. In it, leading expert on Asian affairs Jonathan Holslag, argues that Europe must reduce its reliance on China and work on building a stronger and more sustainable European economic model. By revealing the political aspirations and economic strategy behind the new Silk Road, he lays out its impli…
The vision of the founders of the United Nations, the World Bank and the IMF some fifty years ago contrasts sharply with the often weak and limited performance of the institutions they created. The 15 papers in this volume critically assess this record in order to set out proposals for strengthening and restructuring the institutions to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. The changes p…
The contents of this book: Part 1 Intermediate States, Regional Leadership and Security: Analytical Frameworks Part 2 IBSA in the Context of Global Security: National Perspective Part 3 Regional Security Contexts Part 4 Defence Policies and Prospects for Cooperation
This book tells the story of China's emergence as a major economic power and the huge impact this will have on world business. Over the last five years Peter Nolan has conducted a major investigation into Chinese industry, its economic structure, and the opportunities for growth in the future. As one of just four world experts invited by the Chinese Government to consult on their application to…
The United States policy for dealing with a nuclear North Korea has been a combination of containment, deterrence, and limited engagement since 1994. While this policy has prevented war on the Korean peninsula, it has not prevented North Korea from developing a nuclear program and proliferating this technology, as well as missile technology, to numerous countries not friendly to the United States.
Excerpt from Security Implications of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement With North Korea: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, January 26, 1995 Committee staff members present: Richard L. Reynard, staff di rector, George W. Lauffer, deputy staff director, and Christine K. Cimko, press secretary. About the Publish…
In humanitarian Hypocrisy, Andrea L. Everett maps the often glaring differences between declared ambitions to protect civillians in conflict zones and the resources committed for doing so. Examining how powerful governments contribute to peace operations and determine how they are designed, Everett argues that ambitions-resources gaps are a form of organized hypocrisy. Her book shows how politi…
This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.
Changing Fortunes is based on a series of lectures given at the Woodrow Wilson School, gives an inside view of all the significant economic events of the last four decades, including the formation of the new monetary system that was negotiated at Bretton Woods in 1944, the Latin American debt crisis of the 1970s, and the interest rate shocks of the late '70s and early '80s.