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…
This Book containing in exercising preventive diplomacy and promoting dialogue, cooperation and confidence building process, Indonesia has also been able to promote cooperation in ASEAN and ARF. In this context, Indonesian efforts, initiated by Pusat Studi Kawasan Asia Tenggara, together with other South China Sea authorities, to manage potential conflicts in the South China Sea and to convert …
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 …
Southwest Pacific Dialogue (SPD) merupakan forum kerjasama regional yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan stabilitas, perkembangan ekonomi, dan hubungan antar-negara di kawasan Pasifik Barat Daya. SPD adalah inisiatif penting dalam konteks kerjasama regional di kawasan ini, yang mencakup negara-negara seperti Australia, Selandia Baru, kepulauan Pasifik, dan negara-negara di sekitarnya.
Buku ini dibuat dalam rangka merajut hubungan diplomatik Indonesia dan China ke-26 tahun dengan maksud menyadap pemikiran dan pegalaman para pelaku sejarah dan tokoh - tokoh kebijakan luar negeri di Indonesia dan China terkait arah kerjasama Indonesia-China yang saat ini dihadapkan menjadi mitra strategis komprehensif.