Assessing all aspects of security in the Gulf region, the authors consider the impact of the new superpower relationship, the problem of the regional arms race, the political and economic situation in each of the Gulf countries, the role of the EC and Japan in Gulf energy relations, and the seriousness of potential future energy insecurity for the West.
Without neglecting political history, it contains more social history than any other book of similar size. It treats of popular sports and pastimes, such as shooting, fishing, horse racing, and sail- ing: eating and drinking customs; devel- opments in fine arts, music, and medicine; deals with the revolution in sexual mores, and pays particular attention to the American Indian. The parallel his…
A sixth collection of speeches by the President of the Republic of the Philippines." Includes bibliographical references and index. ASEAN Recourses Centre copy signed by author."
This fourth volume of Fidel V. Ramos's -the 12th president of the Philippines (1992 to 1998)- speeches focuses on the theme of Philippines modernization.
The Islamic world stretches from North America to Shoutheast Asia and includes some forty independent states in which Muslims constitute a majority of the population.
This book containing selected of collection speeches and artwork of former President of Philippine Corazon C. Aquino.
Assassinations, abductions, racketeering, black markets, corruption, religious persecution, mass executions, and war have been the daily lot of the Iranian people since they overthrew the Shah. But according to this former Iranian leader - forced to flee because he opposed the despotism of the mullahs the revolution's original goal really was a democratic system in which "Islam would only play …
Saudi Arabia: A case study in development is a completely revised and updated edition that includes new sections namely, Focus on Achieving the Three Five Year Plan, Strategy Five Fourth Ventilation Plan - National Industry - Efforts and Evaluation, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Policies and Projects, Higher education, Oil Pricing, New Ministry Organizational Chart.
When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the Vulcans—an inner circle of advisers with a long, shared experience in government, dating back to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and first Bush adminis…