Our main purpose is to encourage a focussed debate and discussion on such issues so that the peoples of South Asia as well as the policy community put them high on their agenda. That step by itself could provide hope for the Individual citizen in South Asia whose quality of life evokes a sense of despair in the region
In India, politics has become utterly debased. It is politics and the political power which have become an obsession with most of the Indian politicians. Principles have been cast to the winds. There is no political will to ensure unpleasant measures, in the interest of the general weal. This book have ventured dispassionately to delve into the various common issues raised by various politic…
this book is essential reading for anyone with a vested interest in the future of Hong Kong and China and its impact on global business
During the ascendency of European colonial power, the single word "Asia" was casually employed to encompass the vast area stretching from Pakistan to Japan, from Mongolia to Borneo. Only recently has the Western mind begun to comprehend the myriad variations in culture, religion, race, and political structure that exist within Asia, and their sharp differences in approaching the universal chall…
Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust and inequality are fuelling political and economic uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the global order is fragile, and the checks and balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested, maybe to destruction. Tom Fletcher, the youngest senior British ambassador for two hundred years, …
In War Made Easy, Norman Solomon cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. In addition to documenting a long series of deliberate misdeeds at the highest levels of power, it lays out important guidelines to help us distinguish elements in a propaganda camp…
The age of turbulence is Alan Greenspan's incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure.
Ahmed Rashid is the voice of reason amid the chaos of Central Asia today. His unique knowledge of this complex, war-torn region gives him a panoramic vision and grasp of nuance that no Western writer can emulate. In Descent Into Chaos, Rashid reviews the regional conditions since 9/11 and the catastrophic aftermath of America’s failed war on terror. The underlying theme is clear, devastating …
The contents of this book: 1. Demography and Development 2. Education 3. Political System and Constitutions 4. Governance 5. Economy
Rather unexpectedly, a new phenomenon called the Taliban was sprung on an unsuspecting world in late 1994. Even those who knew about it earlier, looked upon it as just another Islamic fundamentalist faction ridden Afghan politics. But the Taliban's captures of Kabul in September 1996 and their claim to governance in the war-torn country introduces a new complexion on this band of mostly young A…