The book explains the paradox that is Sri Lanka. If the island nation has not lived up to the promise of its early years of independence, it is because of the assault made on the fundamentals of a stable political order with its emphasis on pluralism and secularism by those emphasising an ethnic identity based on language and religion. The problems of governance have been complicated by the per…
Awalnya, Robert Baer iseng-iseng saja ketika melamar menjadi anggota CIA (Dinas Intelijen Amerika). Tetapi ketika lamarannya diterima, dengan sepenuh hati ia mengikuti pelatihan dan akhirnya ditugaskan menjadi agen lapangan di berbagai belahan dunia, yang tidak semua lokasinya dengan mudah bisa kita jumpai di Atlas Dunia.
This volume focuses on minority discourse (be it based on region, religion, caste, gender or culture) in contemporary India; and its interaction with the state and society at large. Centrally concerned with the refractions of class rather than class per se, the basic themes have been selected to show how different identifiers of social groups combine, overlap and interpenetrate in politics. At …
Roy challenges the idea that only experts can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the tolls of privatization of India's power supply by U.S.-based energy companies, and the construction of monumental dams in India, which promises the dislocation of hundreds of thousands of people. In Power Politics, she takes us to the frontlines of struggle for social justice and a humane, de…
The present study attempts to examine the attitudes of the South- East Asian and the South Pacific Countries towards the Indian Ocean Power Politics. Though the major thrust is on South-East Asian and South Pacific countries, the study of Indian Ocean power politics will be incomplete without the understanding of the major powers who are involved in it Hence the big powers" involvement in the I…
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
Strategies for Asia Pacific has established itself as the leading book on strategic analysis related to firms, markets, business cultures and logic in the Asia Pacific region. Recommended by The Economist as one of the five books on Asia that need to be read, this revised and updated edition will be essential reading for managers in Asia and companies doing business in Asia as well as students …
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, which is in three parts, represents a synthesis of the findings, conclusion and recommedations of the 23 studies carried out on various aspects of politic impediments to trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India by the institute
This is a study of the intimate connctions between the defence and foreign policies of india with in the scurity environment of the country as it has emerged in the last four decades