Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and th…
Chaos in Yemen challenges recent interpretations of Yemen's complex social, political and economic transformations since 1990. It offers a new perspective to the violence afflicting the region, and explains why the Ali Abdullah Salih regime has become the principal beneficiary of this violence.
Nama dan sosok Ali Moertopo memang misterius. Tak banyak sumber yang mengulas tentang dirinya. Padahal ia adalah tokoh utama di balik layar zaman Orde Baru. Perannya sungguh penting bagi Republik, khususnya bagi dunia intelijen Indonesia. Ia juga yang merancang agar Soeharto dan kendaraan politiknya, Golkar, dapat bertahan lama di pucuk pimpinan pemerintahan. Beberapa pengamat menjulukinya seba…
Longer pieces then started appearing, and more recently books. What almost all of this analysis and imagining revealed was a sense not only that one historical era had ended, but that some- thing of truly epic significance had occurred which would affect the human international political consciousness with the same impact as the dropping of the atomic bombs, the First World War or the Thirty Ye…
This book considerably improves our understanding of the multifaceted dimensions of India's relations with the Islamic world. It will prove extremely useful for students and scholars of political science, international relations, and Indian foreign policy.
The Making of a Nation is a collection of essays that center on the emergence of Filipino national consciousness in the second half of the nineteenth century. They range from the first beginnings of Filipino national awareness with Father Jose Burgos to its full flowering in the Revolution and the war in defense of national independence against the Americans. The fruit of thirty-five years of r…
For observers outside of Southeast Asia, this book opens up a world of conflicts, rivalries, and reconciliations that is terra incognita. It is easy to assume that all is well under the consensual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) umbrella. These expert authors detail the sometimes stormy and often tense bilateral relationships in the region. In doing so they delineate the profound…
In Getting Back in the Game, Heinbecker presents his compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy, a future in which Canada can work both with the United Nations and apart from it; in which our government can take a stand and effect change on issues of the day from climate change to the Middle East; in which this country has a key role to play in the rehabilitation of global gove…
A critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush reveals how the current administration has used misstatements, half-truths, distortions, and other deceptions to mislead Americans and how this manipulation has led to failed policies, hindered homeland security, damaged foreign relations, and undermined efforts to improve the economy.
Like it or not, most Americans take it for granted that deception is entrenched in the highest levels of government. Up until now most of the arguments about lying have been moral. But in this groundbreak- ing and closely reasoned book, bestselling political commentator Eric Alterman lays bare the disastrous practical consequences of presidential duplicity since World War II.