The Continuing Debt Crisis of the Developing Countries is the official report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Experts on Debt under the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). This report comprehensively examines the debt crisis experienced by many developing countries, primarily due to global economic policies, fluctuations in international interest rates, and dependence on multilateral financial institut…
Sinai Victory presents a detailed military analysis of the 1956 Suez Crisis, focusing on Israel’s rapid and decisive campaign against Egyptian forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Written by military historian and former U.S. Army brigadier general S.L.A. Marshall, the book examines command decisions, battlefield conditions, troop movements, and the strategic context surrounding what became known a…
Drawing on the Indonesian experience in 1997, this paper demonstrates the complexity of managing banking crises deals. It aims at deriving conclusions from this experience for other developing countries facing similar problems. The paper also refers to comparative experiences of other countries, in particular Malaysia and Thailand, examines the IMF programme and reveals its shortcomings. Th…
The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global economy, and our entire way of life. In Confronting Collapse, author Michael C. Ruppert's, a former LAPD narcotics officer turned investigative journalist, details the intricate connections between money and energy, including…
After the Storm discusses restructuring and growth strategies adopted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea after the currency and financial crisis of 1997-98, These four Asian economies were the most adversely affected despite achieving rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, with low inflation and current account surpluses. The book offers fresh insights into the causes of the cri…
The aftereffects of the February 2014 Uprising in Ukraine are still reverberating around the world. The consequences of the popular rebellion and Russian President Putin’s attempt to strangle it remain uncertain. In this book, Andrew Wilson combines a spellbinding, on-the-scene account of the Kiev Uprising with a deeply informed analysis of what precipitated the events, what has developed in …
This book contains: 1. The 1990 Gulf crisis: Precursors, development and dimensions 2. Kuwait: Historical status 3. International Law vis-a-vis the Iraqi aggression on Kuwait 4. Economic effects of the Iraqi aggression on Kuwait
The years of 2000-2004 were presumably very challenging period in conducting 'the final stage' of my work on 'Rethinking the Indonesian Crisis'. Since August 2000 I conducted several in-depth interviews in Jakarta with key people who provided important information. Most of these in-depth interviews have greatly influenced this work, and con- sistently made me rethink and re-evaluate the Indones…
In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and pointed out that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression were making a comeback. In the years that followed, as Wall Street boomed and financi…
By framing the problem of terrorism in an innovative way and by focusing on the potential for strengthening collaborative networks among legitimate organizations as a primary strategy for reducing the frequency, cost, and consequences of terrorism, author has altered the discourse on terrorism. This book offers a fresh perspective on the persistent problem of terrorism relevant to decision make…