Illusions of triumph challenges the conventional view that the gulf war was a crushing victory for international cooperations over a brutal dictator.
This book contains Porter's findings which have many implications for companies and governments. He explained how a company can exploit and expand its nation's advantages in international competition. It provides a blueprint for government policies to enhance national competitive advantage and also outlines the agenda for the coming years for the countries studied.
This book examines the nature of Australia's emerging militarism and its implications for the future of this country and our neighbours. It argues that Australia's forces should confine themselves to the defence of this continent and its maritime resource zone. It urges a cooperative approach to regional security which would use dialogue, negotiation and conflict resolution as tools for resolvi…
The first two editions of ideals and realities got a response from the readers that showed the book to be a tour de force. In the meantime, Professor Abdul Salam had made some more valuable presentations like "Notes on science, technology and science educations in the development of the South"--a document he had prepared for the 4th and 5th meetings of the South commission.
This book exemplifies biography in its fullest sense. Sir John Monash was one of Australia's greatest men and probably the greatest of its soldiers, but this book is much more than a military study. Monash was a graduate of the University of Melbourne in three Faculties - Arts, Law and Engineering; he was a man of wide-ranging intellect, especially devoted to literature, music, theatre, languag…
Joel Kotkin reveals the shared traits that have helped certain dispersed ethnic groups-among them the Jews, British, Japanese, Indians, and Chinese-to triumph in the international arenas of business, technology, and communications. Kotkin shows how the end of the Cold War and the erosion of national trade barriers have made the impact of these "global tribes" greater than ever, and he offers st…
"In this important, engaging memoir Sadako Ogata recounts the experiences and lessons of her tenure as United Nations high commissioner for refugees during the "turbulent decade" of the 1990s. A tireless advocate for the victims of war, Ogata tells the on-the-ground story of four volatile regions in which she directed relief: Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region, and Afghanistan. S…
This collection of essays and speeches by Professor Tommy Koh were delivered and written in his capacity as the Executive Director of ASEF. It contains his thoughts on the three pillars of Asia-Europe relations: politics, economics, and civil society. Readers will find in this book his assessment of some of the key trends shaping the emerging world order and some crucial events affecting the tr…
In the years ahead Japan and the United States will face challenges to their interests and to their partnership in the Asian regional setting. How the two nations respond to changing conditions in the region will have significant consequences for other nations as well. The challenge is especially evident in Northeast Asia, where vital security interests of both nations are at stake and where ec…
Even before the terrorist networks are neutralized, the global coalition should confront the economic, political and cultural problems in the international arena that cry out for collective action.