Paul Keating, Prime Minister tells a story which culminates in the most compelling episode in recent Australian political history. Keating's elevation to the prime ministership capped a period of bitter struggle and dissension in the Labor Government. By early 1992 Labor had been in office nine years and for eight-and-a-half of those years Keating was federal treasurer. The changed image that t…
Buku ini berisikan kritik dari penulis yang merupakan mantan anggota DPR-GR tentang kondisi politik Indonesia pada masa itu. Buku ini diharapkan dapat dibaca oleh generasi muda dan pejabat pemerintahan sebagai pembelajaran dan pemecahan solusi untuk permasalahan kedepannya.
Contents: The New World in the Pacific (pp. 1-7) by James W. Morley; The Pacific Basin and Its Economic Vitality (pp. 11-22), by Peter Drysdale; Pacific Development and Its Implications for the World Economy (pp. 23-34) by Saburo Okita; The Moderation of Politics (pp. 35-45) by William H. Overholt; Regional Cooperation and the Tilt to the West (pp. 46-56) by Evelyn Colbert; The Burgeoni…
In November 1982, I was appointed representive of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Officein USA. This was three months after the publication of the Joint Communiqué by the United States Government that would limit arms sales to my country. Our people at home were exceedingly worried about our relations with the United States; and my assignment seemed a "mission impossible."…
The 1980s have been a decade of upheaval for the European Community and its member states. Internal and external factors have made rapid change imperative. The member states have seen themselves to be under threat from outside competition which has impelled them to seek closer cooperation over an ever-increasing range of issues. A deep-seated uneasiness persists, however, over both the EC's cap…
This book gets to the marrow of the matter in East Asia. It is free of the distortions, misrepresentations, and irrelevancies which have so marred the debate on Vietnam and so filled most of the current literature on crises in Asia. In the author seeks to find out how the Asians can take over the primary responsibility for security while the United States decreases its involvement. Thus, he add…
In this elegantly written book Brian Urquhart, a renowned international figure and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, gives a dramatic account of world affairs during his forty years at the United Nations.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies was founded in 1985 as a centre for the provision of information on and research into the problems of international security, defence and arms control in the nuclear age.
In Head to Head, one of America's most influential economists provides his dynamic assessment of the emerging economic landscape: the rules of this new three-way competition; the strengths and weaknesses of the players; the information we need to win. Head to Head is full of surprises; one attribute of the new competition is that radical new skills and radical new ways of thinking are vital to …
This is the second of three volumes of documents on Australian policy toward Indonesia in the years 1947-49. It begins with the negotiation of the Renville Agreement in January 1948 and ends with the launching of the second Dutch police action against the Republic in December 1948, Episodes and issues covered include the efforts of Justice R. C. Kirby, Australia's representative on the Committe…