The future of Indonesia-EU FLEGT VPA: Rethinking EU's commitment toward susta…

In an effort to combat deforestation and promote sustainable forest development, FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade) has become one of the most prominent initiatives. Indonesia is among the first partner countries to sign a FLEGT VPA with the EU. It is important to note that Indonesia is the first country in the world to successfully implement and issue FLEGT licenses through th…

Reassessment of the principle of reciprocity in the provision of diplomatic f…

The principle of reciprocity serves as the guiding principle in diplomatic relations, including those involving socio-cultural affairs. Japan is one of the few countries with schools in Indonesia, and vice versa. However, there is a difference between the treatment of Indonesian teachers in Japan and Japanese teachers in Indonesia in terms of the facilitation of ID Card, which is critical for …

Legitimacy crisis in Thailand

The book brings together essays by Thai specialists as well as Western scholars on pivotal topics connected to Thailand's current legitimacy crisis. It begins with a lively narrative of major events and in subsequent chapters covers the politicization of the Khao Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear) temple issue. The People's Alliance for Democracy and its "New Politics". The politicization of the Thai me…

Rice of the Vulcans: The history of bush's war cabinet

When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the Vulcans—an inner circle of advisers with a long, shared experience in government, dating back to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and first Bush adminis…

The Post-American World

For Fareed Zakaria, the great story of our times is ‘the rise of the rest’–the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya, which is generating a New global landscape. Global power is shifting, and wealth and innovation are bubbling up in unexpected places: the tallest buildings, biggest dams, top-selling movies and most advanced mobile phones are all bei…

Toward a stronger US-indonesia security relationship

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America's role in Asia: Asian views

In the post-Cold War world, U.S. Asian relations remain central to U.S. policy. Fault lines in the Taiwan Straits and on the Korean peninsula require the daily vigilance of U.S. and Asian policymakers. Asia's continued recovery from the 1997 financial crisis depends in part upon the health of the American economy. And as domestic political change accelerates across Asia, relations must be recal…

Indonesia; Malaysia-Singapore; Philippines

The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions an significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government.

Non-traditional security issues: In South East Asia

The regional economic crisis of 1997 greatly affected Southeast Asia, with Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia grappling with economic and currencies. In Indonesia, in particular, the consequences of the crisis have been far-reaching and traumatic. Indeed, the aftermath of the crisis has placed into focus such issues as the impact of globalisation on security, the subject of gover…

Political Islam in Southeast Asia: Moderates, radicals and terrorists

Events since 11 September 2001 have dramatically altered the security environment in the Muslim world and in Southeast Asia in particular. With the uncovering of an extensive terrorist network in Southeast Asia, the region has emerged as a major battleground in the global war on terrorism. Yet the issues raised by political Islam in Southeast Asia are much broader than the problem of terrorism.…