Contemporary Southeast Asia articles from August 2004

Contemporary Southeast Asia archives from August 2004

Addressing international terrorism in Southeast Asia: a matter of strategic or functional approach?
August 1, 2004... Introduction The destruction of the World Trade Centre twin towers in New York and the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 resurrected America's penchant for international crusades and global activism. Shortly after, the United...

International criminal court: reservations of non-state parties in Southeast Asia.
August 1, 2004... Introduction Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998, followed by its entry into force on 1 July 2002, reactions from Southeast Asia have been lukewarm. The Statute, which exercises...

Political transition in Myanmar: a new model for democratization.
August 1, 2004... Introduction Despite appearances to the contrary, the outlook for political transition in Myanmar is not entirely bleak. However, observers and activists must consider a broader range of strategies for democratization. The past year...

The paradox of Indonesian democracy.
August 1, 2004... Introduction On 5 April 2004 Indonesia held its second democratic general election in the post-Soeharto era, inaugurating what will be the first leg of a series of elections utilizing a new system, which most Indonesians hope will breathe...

Local elections and party politics in post-reformasi Indonesia: a view from Yogyakarta.
August 1, 2004... Introduction Changes since 1998 have certainly transformed Indonesia's political life at both national and local levels to be more democratic and lively. Four sets of constitutional amendments during the period 1999-2002 and the...

Sino-Thai strategic economic development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (1992-2003).
August 1, 2004... Introduction The Greater Mekong Subregional Economic Zone (GMS), so-called "hexagonal economic cooperation", was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1992. According to the subregional economic zone concept, the GMS is...

Assessing Sino-Vietnamese relations through the management of contentious issues.
August 1, 2004... The China-Vietnam Relationship since 1975--an Overview Sino-Vietnamese relations 1975 to 1991 Following the end of the war in Vietnam in late April 1975, relations between China and Vietnam went through a dramatic change from seemingly...

Pakistan, SAARC and ASEAN relations.
August 1, 2004... Introduction The inability of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to broker a multilateral trading system acceptable to all its members has sparked a rising interest in regionalism. The first wave of regionalism in the 1960s was divided...

Security and Southeast Asia: Domestic, Regional, and Global Issues.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Security and Southeast Asia: Domestic, Regional, and Global Issues. By Alan Collins. Colorado, USA: Lynne Rienner, 2003. 245pp. This study by Alan Collins offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of Southeast Asia's international relations...

The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia. By Denise Leith. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. 347pp. Indonesia's mining industry is at the centre of much of the political drama in the archipelago. Large...

Wooing the Generals: India's New Burma Policy.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Wooing the Generals: India's New Burma Policy. By Renaud Egreteau. New Delhi, India: Authorspress and Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, 2003. 234pp. This book starts with the premise that Indian foreign policy, until recently,...

Making Enemies: War and State Building in Burma.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Making Enemies: War and State Building in Burma. By Mary P Callahan. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2003. 268pp. On 2 March 1962 the Burmese military (tatmadaw) led by General Ne Win seized power and went on to rule Burma for...

Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: the Dynamics of Securitisation.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: The Dynamics of Securitisation. By Ralf Emmers. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press [Marshall Cavendish International (Singapore)], 2004. 84pp. In a region marred by comprehensive and...