Buku ini adalah hasil penulisan laporan penelitian ASEAN pada 2007, yang bukan hanya mengkaji konsep dan teori komunikasi dan komunitas keamanan, melainkan juga menggambarkan dan menganalisis perjalanan ASEAN menuju satu komunitas, apakah hambatannya dan bagaimanakah peluangnya
Presents selected works of Michael Leifer, the doyen of Southeast Asia Studies, who died in 2001. This book includes works on the Southeast Asia region - ASEAN, regional order and conflict, great power policies towards the region, maritime security in Southeast Asia, and studies of the domestic policies of individual Southeast Asia countries.
This book, The Philippines in ASEAN: Reflections from the Listening Room, is essentially about the Philippine role in ASEAN, particularly in terms of human rights, regional security, and economic integration. However, it is also a veritable mini-history of ASEAN-from the Philippine point of view, but also from the standpoint of a fifteen-year veteran of the ASEAN Secretariat. It is thus a valua…
For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world's ills. The une…
Examines Iran and the nature of its relations with neighbouring states. The author argues that certain characteristics of Iranian society have persistently affected Iran's view of the surrounding world. The book analyzes the impact of historical events, regional demography and past conflicts.
Any change in the social, cultural, economic or political development in one side of the Nepal-India border immediately affects the life in the other side of the border. However, not much information has been available about the impact of such relations, though this is one of the major factors in the friendly relations between Nepal and India.
In spite of Nepal's heavy dependence on India in economic matters, it has been trying to maintain equidistance from India and China, which has been an irritant some times in Indo-Nepal relations. With the introduction of multi-party democracy in Nepal with Indian support, things are now changing in foreign policy matters of Nepal.
The book is built around three themes: Historical backgrounds as well as the domestic and international setting, the foreign policy making-process, the principal actors in formulating foreign policy, the country's strengths and weaknesses and impact of changes in international politics.
This book discusses Pakistan's foreign policy over the last three decades. Pakistan's relations with the major powers, with its neighbours and the Muslim world have been examined. The book also deals with important issues of foreign policy, such as, Kashmir, nuclear issues, and security imperatives. The post cold war challenges and the impact of unipolar world on foreign policy are also discussed.
In this collection distinguished scholars from India and Nepal have analysed different aspects of Indo- Nepal relations, viz. politico-strategic, economic and socio-cultural. The contributions have focussed upon these aspects from the points of view of the perception of the two countries. Some tension areas have also been analysed and new interpretations have been advanced.