Contemporary Southeast Asia articles from April 2002

Contemporary Southeast Asia archives from April 2002

Ethno-religious conflicts: rise or decline? Recent developments in Southeast Asia.
April 1, 2002... Introduction In the 1960s, the renowned American anthropologist, Clifford Geertz, in his seminal work, "The Integrative Revolution" concluded: "The havoc wreaked both upon themselves and others by those modern (or semi-modern) states that...

Laskar Jihad and the political position of conservative Islam in Indonesia.
April 1, 2002... Introduction The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States have focused unprecedented attention on militant Muslim groups across the world and prompted strategists and commentators alike to scour the globe for possible...

The continuation of civil unrest and poverty in Mindanao.
April 1, 2002... Introduction Ever since Spain colonized the Philippines in the sixteenth century, Manila has struggled to bring the Muslim population of Mindanao into the predominantly Catholic nation's fold. More than 400 years on, Muslim separatists in...

Security, development and political participation in Thailand: alternative currencies of legitimacy.
April 1, 2002... Introduction In October 1997, faced with a huge economic crisis that had brought Thailand to its knees, elected premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh sought a meeting with military chiefs in an apparent bid to stage a coup against himself....

Challenges for Japanese diplomacy after the end of the Cold War.
April 1, 2002... Introduction Two prominent and interrelated traits of Japanese foreign policy during the COLD WAR were close relations with Western democracies and a minimalist approach. Japan did not need to take bold initiatives on the international...

Japan's post-Cold War security policy: bringing back the normal state.
April 1, 2002... Introduction Japan's security role in both regional and international affairs has experienced a marked shift from that which it used to play during the COLD WAR. During the Cold War, Japan adopted an isolationist regional strategy of...

Vietnam-ASEAN Co-operation after the Cold War and the continued search for a theoretical framework.
April 1, 2002... The Background and the Puzzle Following its open-door reforms programme (widely known as doi moi) introduced in 1986, Vietnam began to develop all-sided relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The process of...

The lessons of Le Kha Phieu: changing rules in Vietnamese politics.
April 1, 2002... Introduction In the run-up to the Vietnam Communist Party's (VCP) Ninth Congress, in April 2001, General Secretary LE KHA PHIEU lost in his bid to be either re-elected for a full five-year term or, alternatively, be elected to serve out a...

Reconciling multiple economic multilateralisms: the case of Singapore.
April 1, 2002... Introduction Although small in size, the Singapore city-state maintains a high profile foreign economic policy (FEP). This may be generally attributed to its impressive technocratic capabilities as well as the highly internationalized...

Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia. By Angel Rabasa and Peter Chalk. Santa Monica, California, USA: Rand, 2001. 115pp. This little book, just over a hundred pages, published earlier in 2001 before the events of...

Malaysia: Mahathirism, Hegemony and the New Opposition. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Malaysia: Mahathirism, Hegemony and the New Opposition. By John Hilley. London & New York: Zed Books, 2001. 305pp. John Hilley's book on Mahathir and the Malaysian leader's construction of a number of hegemonic identities in the course of...

Self-Determination in East Timor: The United Nations, the Ballot, and International Intervention. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Self-Determination in East Timor: The United Nations, the Ballot, and International Intervention. By Ian Martin. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. l7lpp. Ian Martin, former Special Representative of the United Nations (UN)...

The Many Faces of Asian Security. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... The Many Faces of Asian Security. Edited by Sheldon W. Simon. New York: Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001. 259pp. Once again, Sheldon W. Simon and his colleagues at the National Bureau of Asian Research have brought together a...

Twenty-First Century World Order and the Asia-Pacific: Value Change, Exigencies, and Power Realignment. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Twenty-First Century World Order and the Asia-Pacific: Value Change, Exigencies, and Power Realignment. Edited by James C. Hsiung. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 390pp. This book aims to provide an alternative way of explaining inter-state...

Soldiers of Fortune: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Military-Business Complex, 1978-1998. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Soldiers of Fortune: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Military-Business Complex, 1978-1998. By James Mulvenon. Armonk, NY: M.S. Sharpe, 2001. 283pp. Few people know the Chinese military as well as James Mulvenon, and one immediately senses...