South-East Asia's economic success since the 1950s has placed very heavy demands on its natural resources and on the capacity of its environment to sustain continued development. By the end of the 1980s, there was growing concern that present forms of development are unsustainable. The United Nations University organized a conference, held at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 1991, which brought togeth…
The contents of this book; 1. Political Outlook 1995-96 2. Economic Outlook 1995-96
The contens of this book: 1. opening Addres - Lee Kuan Yew 2. U.S Policy in the Asia-Pacific region: meeting the challeges of the post cold-war era - George Bush 3, Discussion 4. CLosing Remarks - K.S Sandhu
The Asia-Pacific Security Lexicon focuses on the vocabulary of Asia-Pacific security, mainly as it developed in the creative decade of the 1990s. The goals is to dissect thirty-four ideas and concepts that have been at the core of debates about multilateral security co-operation.
Assessing trends toward creating innovative forms of political, economic and security co-operation in Southeast Asia, this text discusses the international dynamics of Southeast Asian security, and its impact on such external factors as the US, China and Japan.
Comprising papers presented at an international symposium on the Growth Triangle, this book analyses (a) the development of the Southern Growth Triangle - which consists of Singapore, Johor in Malaysia and the Riau Islands in Indonesia; (b) the potential of a Northern Growth Triangle; and (c) external views of the Growth Triangle. The economic and political implications to establish similar int…
Maritime piracy continues to persist as a significant phenomenon manifesting a range of social, historical, geo-political, security and economic issues. Today, the waters of Southeast Asia serve as the dominant region for the occurrence of piracy and the challenges it poses to regional security and Malacca Straits security. As a second installment within the Series on Maritime Issues and Piracy…
This book examines the impact of China's rise on the strategic dimension in East Asian international politics and security. We attempt to address and analyze the following set of questions. First , how has China's strategic approach to its international relations in East Asia evolved? How successful has China been able to consolidate its strategic position in the region? How have other regional…
Over the course of the half century from 1865 to 1915, the British and the Dutch delineated colonial spheres in the process of creating new frontiers. This book analyzes the development of these frontiers in Insular Southeast Asia as well as the accompanying smuggling activities of the opium traders, currency runners and human traffickers who pierced such newly drawn borders with growing succes…
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…