Neither India nor Indonesia may yet be categorized as a super- power, rather, they are both developing countries within the total spectrum of nations in this single world. This reality can not be denied. However, even though neither of us are superpowers, both In- dia and Indonesia have definite roles to play in international relations. There can be no doubt that the roles of India and Indonesi…
The ASEAN Documents Series is a compilation of Documents emanating from the Association of South East Asian Nations during the period 8 August 1967 to May 1985, beginning with the ASEAN DECLARATION in Bangkok, 8 August 1967, which established the Association
The book provides an acute and sustained analysis of the very idea of fear of the role of fear as an instrument of political rule and of its unac knowledged prevalence within our liberal democratic institutions. He makes a powerful case against those who defend a liberalism of fear and who contend that fear can be a source of moral and political regeneration
For more than forty years, the United States has played an indispensable role helping the Chinese government build a booming economy, develop its scientific and military capabilities, and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that China's rise will bring us cooperation, diplomacy, and free trade. Contents: 1. The China dream 2. Warring state 3. Only China could go to Nixon 4. M…
Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power - the ability to coerce - grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiv…
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states," Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themse…
Cyber security is a challenge to development in economic, social and political sectors for the conduct of contemporary diplomacy. Within the Indonesian context, cyber conflicts base on race, ethnicity and religion are increasingly occurring, which affect national security both in online and offline spaces.
The present volume is a revised version of Dino Patti Dialal's thesis which was written in 1990. It undertakes to examine Indonesia's maritime territorial behaviour from a geopolitical perspective. More specifically, it aims to identify the geopolitical factors which have shaped the development of Indonesia's Archipelagic Doctrine. Promulgated in 1957, this doctrine revoked the colonial three-m…
The G30S/PKI, also known as the 30th September Movement of the Indonesian Communist Party, was a failed coup attempt that occurred in Indonesia in 1965. This event had a significant impact on Indonesian history and led to a series of government policies and actions in response
This book contains about the preparation and implementation of the Asia-Africa conference in Bandung 25 years ago. Confidential minutes of closed sessions of the conference.