The years of 2000-2004 were presumably very challenging period in conducting 'the final stage' of my work on 'Rethinking the Indonesian Crisis'. Since August 2000 I conducted several in-depth interviews in Jakarta with key people who provided important information. Most of these in-depth interviews have greatly influenced this work, and con- sistently made me rethink and re-evaluate the Indones…
In Dirty Politics, campaign analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson provides an eye-opening look at political ads and speeches, showing us how to read, listen to, and watch political campaigns. Jamieson provides a sophisticated (and often humorous) analysis of advertising technique, describing how television ads use soft focus, slow motion, lyrical or patriotic music (Reagan used "I'm Proud to be an Ame…
After a decade of uneasy peace between the Islamic Northern Sudanese and the non-Muslim Southern Sudanese, the traditional antagonism once again erupted into violent conflict in 1983. In the ensuing civil war Arab militias and government troops repressed and devastated much of the southern populace. This man-made disaster was made worse by a series of natural disasters in the form of several pe…
The godfather of Japanese revisionism, author of MITI and the Japanese Miracle and president of the Japan Policy Research Institute explains how--and why--Japan has become a world power in the past 25 years. Johnson lucidly explains here how the Japanese economy will thrive as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-oriented headquarters for all of East Asia.
Clinton Fernandes traces the history of West Papua from the colonial era to its incorporation and full-scale transformation under Indonesian rule, and offers a penetrating analysis of the problems posed by the rise of the West Papuan independence movement for Australia's relations with Indonesia. Reluctant Indonesians issues a timely, provocative, and profound chattenge to the orthodox views o…
This book contains: 1. More turbulence in Sudan: A new politics this time? 2. War of visions for the nation 3. Sudan's foreign policy: In search of arms, aid, and allies 4. Islamization in Sudan: A critical assessment 5. The Sharia in Sudah: Implementation and repercussions 6. A missed opportunity? Sudan's stabilization program, 1979-1982 7. Refugees and development: Dissonance in Sudan …
This thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and…
Assessing trends toward creating innovative forms of political, economic and security co-operation in Southeast Asia, this text discusses the international dynamics of Southeast Asian security, and its impact on such external factors as the US, China and Japan.
Second Editions Highlights - Reflects how the end of the cold war gives us an opportunity to redefine the way the nuclear world operates - Examines how the nuclear age will never be over because humanity will never be able to rid itself of the knowledge of how to make these instruments of destruction - Discusses how nuclear weapons can produce catastrophic damage, and how there is no defens…
The ISIS Apocalypse by William McCants explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophesy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.