In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major combat operations, Saddam Hussein was captured in a farmhouse in Al-Dawr. And yet neither peace nor democracy has taken hold in Iraq; instead …
Southeast Asian Affairs 2006 provides an informed and readable analysis of the events and developments in the region in 2005. The first four articles present the political and economic overview of the region, a nuanced analysis on terrorism, and the role of Japan in East Asian community-building efforts. Eleven country reviews as well as five special theme articles follow, delving into domestic…
The Singapore Lecture is designed to provide the opportunity for distinguished statesmen, scholars, and writers and other similarly highly qualified individuals specializing in banking, commerce, international economics and finance, and philosophical and world strategic affairs to visit Singapore. The presence of such eminent personalities will allow Singaporeans, especially the younger executi…
The Prophetic and the Political presents a selection of speeches and writings of Mr. S. Rajaratnam, the Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Singapore. Mr. Rajaratnam has given so many speeches in the course of his distinguished political career and the range of topics covered has been so wide that the selection of his major and significant speeches and writings posed a problem. We h…
This book examines the areas of comprehensive security and the growing understanding between India and Southeast Asia where there less divergence and greater convergence. The author argues that India-Southeast Asia security convergence is not and should not be aimed at any particular country. On an optimistic note he concludes that such convergence will contribute to creating harmony among the …
This book, the first comprehensive survey of traditional Malay literature in English since 1939, embraces more than a millennium of Malay letters from the vague data of the seventh century up to the early beginnings of the modern literatures in the late nineteenth century. The long path trodden by traditional Malay literature is viewed in historical and theoretical perspectives as a development…
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-Pacific wide forum for consultations and dialogue on political and security issues. This book presented the forum comprehensively and from the standpoint of the region itself. It traces the ARF's origins, the efforts to move it from confidence building to "preventive diplomacy", and the forces that hold them back, analysing the strategic environme…
Hubungan Australia dengan Indonesia: Faktor Geografi, Politik dan Strategi Keamanan yang diangkat dari disertasinya untuk memperoleh gelar Doktor itu meneliti secara historis dan ilmiah hubungan kedua negara tetangga, sejak awal kemerdekaan Indonesia, timbulnya masalah Iran Barat, dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi hubungan tersebut: Buku ini penting bagi politisi, pengamat politik luar neger…
Jawaharlal Nehru adalah salah seorang tokoh besar dari generasi kami, seorang negarawan terkemuka yang jasanya terhadap masalah kebebasan manusia tidak dapat dilupakan. Sebagai seorang pejuang kemerdekaan ia amat dikenal, dan sebagai pencetus India moden. jasanya tak tertandingi. Hidup dan karyanya telah berpengaruh secara mendalam terhadap pembinaan mental, struktur sosial, serta perkem bangan…
Onder de titel het oude Nederlands-Indië" verscheen 13 september 1971 het eerste deel van mijn memoires. Dit behelsde herinneringen uit mijn Indische loopbaan als rechterlijk ambtenaar van 1919-1939, laatstelijk officier van justitie te Makassar en te Semarang, en als par lementariër van 1927-1931 lid van de Volksraad en van 1939-1942 zijn laatste voorzitter. Dat deel loopt tot de capitulatie…