Contemporary Southeast Asia articles from April 2007

Contemporary Southeast Asia archives from April 2007

Embedding security into free trade: the case of the United States--Singapore Free Trade Agreement.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2007... Nations have no permanent alliances, just permanent interests. --Castlereagh The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) is the result of the overlapping interests of the two countries seeking to embed security into trade...

The 1990 elections in Myanmar: broken promises or a failure of communication?
April 1, 2007... Whoever is elected will first have to draw up a constitution that will have to be adopted before the transfer of power. They haven't said how the constitution will be adopted. It could be through a referendum, but that could be months and...

Karen nationalist communities: the "problem" of diversity.
April 1, 2007... Introduction: What's in a Name? The Signification of "Burma" and "Myanmar" In June 1989 the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) re-named the state Myanmar Naing-ngan. At the same time, a number of other place names were...

Party politics and the media in Indonesia: creating a new dual identity for Golkar.(Author abstract)
April 1, 2007... In 2004 the Golkar Party (hereafter: Golkar) emerged as the strongest party in Indonesia's second legislative election of the post-Soeharto era. With 21.58 per cent of the vote the party, which between 1971 and 1998 had served as the electoral...

China's performance in international resource politics: lessons from the Mekong.
April 1, 2007... The chemical accident in the northern Chinese industrial province Jilin on 13 November 2005 brought the environmental and information policy of the People's Republic into the spotlight. Set flee by an explosion in a petrochemical plant, an 80...

India and China: rivals or partners in Southeast Asia?
April 1, 2007... In the 1950s and 1960s, India was an enthusiastic promoter of Asian regionalism. As the second largest country in Asia, in 1967 India even suggested the formation of an Asian Council, believing such "a broad based economic organization of all...

Maritime claims and energy cooperation in the South China Sea.
April 1, 2007... The South China Sea is an area comprising over 200 islands, rocks, and reefs and includes the Paracels and Spratly groups. The unresolved maritime claims of China, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines overlap; China and...

The case of Agent Orange.(term given to a herbicide and defoliant used during the Vietnam war by the U.S. military)
April 1, 2007... The war in Vietnam saw the first full-scale use of herbicides in warfare. Inspired by tactics of the British in Malaya, the US military developed an expansive spray-system (comprising aircraft, handsprayers, trucks, helicopters, and boats)...

Laskar Jihad: Islam, Militancy, and the Quest for Identity in Post-New Order Indonesia.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Laskar Jihad: Islam, Militancy, and the Quest for Identity in Post-New Order Indonesia. By Noorhaidi Hasan. New York: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2006. Softcover: 266pp. The first time that I met Umar Jafaar Thalib, the...

Ensuring Interests: Dynamics of China-Taiwan Relations and Southeast Asia.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Ensuring Interests: Dynamics of China-Taiwan Relations and Southeast Asia. Edited by Ho Khai Leong and Hou Kok Chung. Kuala Lumpur: Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, 2006. Softcover: 305pp. The Taiwan Strait confrontation...

Religious Pluralism in Democratic Societies: Challenges and Prospects for Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States in the New Millennium.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Religious Pluralism in Democratic Societies: Challenges and Prospects for Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States in the New Millennium. Edited by K.S. Nathan. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Malaysian Association...

Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia. Edited by Tun-Jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006. Softcover: 306pp. There has been a wide variety of studies documenting how...

Japan in a Dynamic Asia: Coping with the New Security Challenges.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Japan in a Dynamic Asia: Coping with the New Security Challenges. Edited by Yoichiro Sato and Satu Limaye. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006. Softcover: 271pp. Japan's increasing activism in international politics presents...

Asia Pacific in World Politics.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... Asia Pacific in World Politics. By Derek McDougall. Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007. Softcover: 370pp. As the global "centre of gravity" shifts from the Euro-Atlantic to the Asia Pacific, the need to comprehend...