This monograph seeks to assess the role that Indonesia has played in ASEAN following the serious economic and political crisis that engulfed the state from late 1997. The paper gives an overview of Indonesian foreign policy since independence, and its subsequent relation to ASEAN.
A Plastic Nation examines the immense role of Thai nationhood in domestic and international politics. Although in fact ill-defined, Thainess, or khwampenthai, has been consistently used by Thai leaders to legitimize their power and to defend their economic interests. Not only has the assertion of Thainess been deeply rooted in the private interests of those in power, it has been deployed as par…
This history is an account of Southeast Asia-New Zealand relations as they have emerged since the end of World War II. Drawing together the most prominent scholars of New Zealand's relations with Southeast Asia, this study examines the overall military, multilateral, and commercial relationships and those that assess individual bilateral relationships and diplomatic controversies. Southeast Asi…
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.