The modest, white-walled Noor Al-Ihsan mosque on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh was one of the two oldest buildings in the Cambodian capital. When the city, supposedly founded in 1434, celebrated its 550th anniversary in 1984, few if any Phnom Penh buildings predated the nineteenth century. A sign in Arabic and Khmer above the old mosque's entrance dated its foundation to 1813. That was j…
"I have attempted to take the high ground," writes George F. Kennan in the foreword to this illuminating work, "trying to stick to the broader dimensions of things--the ones that would still be visible and significant in future decades." Against the background of a century of wars, revolution, and uneasy peace, Mr. Kennan advances his thoughts on a broad front: how the individual's quest for po…
Examines the Caribbean experience from slavery through to the post-independence period. Divided into 4 broad thematic areas, the articles demonstrate the impact of colonialism and the plantation system on Caribbean Life and highlight the efforts that Caribbean peoples have made to uplift themselves from the trammels of colonialism.
Apakah gencatan senjata yang tercapai pada akhir 1972 betul- betul akan membawa perdamaian di Asia Tenggara pada umumnya, dan apakah semenanjung Indo-Cina tidak lagi merupakan sumber ke-tidak stabilan politik di wilayah ini? Karangan pertama menyo- roti masalah ini yang, bagaimanapun juga, akan mempengaruhi perkembangan Asia Tenggara dalam tahun-tahun mendatang ini.
This book analyzes U.S. international economic policy and the interactions involved in its formulation. It discusses, among other issues, the effects of U.S. policy on Latin American economies and trade relations and the policies of international financial agencies.
"In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts a devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger, whose ambitions and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter."
The book is an attempt to analyse recent trends in the nuclear non-proliferation diplomacy after the Gulf crisis, with a focus on efforts to strengthen the nuclear export control regime, IAEA 'Special Inspections hased on satellite intelligence, and US policy of establishing regional nuclear nonproliferation regimes. An attempt has been made to examine how the nuclear nonproliferation regime ha…
Memoirs of an Indian ambassador to China and the United States, about India's relations with those countries
After reviewing the historical forces and human agencies which have shaped contemporary Myanmar, this book addresses healthcare and public policy provision, with suggestions as to what potential roles the international community might have in assisting Myanmar's future socioeconomic development.
Assembled here at this Conference, we are conscious, that we are taking upon ourselves a great responsability before the peace-loving world, which rightly hopes that we shall do every thing in our power here in order to remove the danger which is hovering over mankind. The peoples of all the world are expecting to hear an unanimous and resolute call against all that hampers the peaceful creativ…