Exploding with culture, Kyiv has become a hot travel destination. Across Kyiv’s numerous squares, locals debate politics, play chess and gossip. Its layered history, lush parks and hidden islands along the wide Dnipro provide for endless exploration. Its tree-lined promenades entice lovers to stroll, and revelers to gawk. It’s a city of flaneurs, of poets, of politics. Our Kyiv travel guide…
Leading global strategist Parag Khanna explains how Asia is reshaping the entire planet and setting a new template for our collective future Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive tec…
This book, a project of the ASEAN-China Study Programme of ISEAS, examines the rapidly expanding economic relations between ASEAN and China in recent years. The fifteen chapters discuss in considerable detail these relations in terms of many important topics such as trade, the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA), investments, services trade, energy cooperation, cooperation in developing th…
Buku ini, berjudul Perspektif Baru Keamanan Nasional dan ditulis oleh staf peneliti CSIS, membahas keamanan nasional Indonesia dari berbagai sudut pandang. Dasar pemikiran lagu ini adalah bahwa pada level nasional dibutuhkan semacam visi strategi (well thought out vision) dan perspektif baru untuk mengenali dan mengatasi tantangan dan masalah-masalah keamanan nasional baik yang muncul sekarang …
This book comprises articles written by CEOs and chief representatives of foreign commercial organizations in China. They predict changes to China¡¦s law, accounting, finance and information fields in relation to its WTO accession, and give personal impressions gained from engaging in commercial activities in China. The book is appended with economical data, charts and sample contracts and ca…
Buku ini sangat komprehensif dalam menggambarkan kondisi ketahanan pangan kini dan yang akan datang. Di dalam buku ini diuraikan bagaimana Pemerintah Indonesia menyelenggarakan pembangunan ketahanan pangan untuk memenuhi pangan bagi masyarakat yang digambarkan dalam setiap periode pemerintah. Di samping itu, buku ini juga berisi analisis berbagai skenario dalam mengantisipasi ketahanan pangan k…
Innovation is a key to corporate success, particularly in times of rapid technological change. This book sheds new light on the introduction of technology in the manufacturing sector. The author considers the use of innovative technology in both Britain and Japan by examining nine firms in each country. He focuses on computerized machine tools (CNC) and shows how the various firms have risen to…
Kelangkaan energi merupakan salah satu potensi ancaman non-militer. Perebutan sumber energi dapat memicu konflik yang mengancam keamanan dan perdamaian pada lingkup global, regional dan nasional. Ketahanan energi nasional sangat dibutuhkan dalam menghadapi potensi kelangkaan energi. Buku Ketahanan Energi Indonesia 2015-2025: Tantangan dan Harapan yang diprakarsai Dewan Analis Strategis BIN meng…
The Silk Road Trap is the first book to expose just how risky this uneven partnership is for Europe. In it, leading expert on Asian affairs Jonathan Holslag, argues that Europe must reduce its reliance on China and work on building a stronger and more sustainable European economic model. By revealing the political aspirations and economic strategy behind the new Silk Road, he lays out its impli…
Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Professor and acclaimed author of Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the ar…