Contemporary Southeast Asia articles from August 2007

Contemporary Southeast Asia archives from August 2007

The United States and its allies: the problem of Burma/Myanmar policy.(Report)
August 1, 2007... The debate on appropriate policies towards Myanmar amongst the United States and its allies is, at best, sotto voce. (1) It is a virtual murmur, heard in quiet circles but overpowered by peripheral and an acutely urgent and insistent policy...

Party financing in post-Soeharto Indonesia: between state subsidies and political corruption.
August 1, 2007... Ever since the reintroduction of democratic rule in 1998, Indonesia's political parties have been the target of harsh criticism by the media, academic observers and the electorate. In opinion surveys, voters have invariably ranked parties among...

Climate change, weak states and the "War on Terrorism" in South and Southeast Asia.(Report)
August 1, 2007... On 29 April 1991, Cyclone Marian struck 110 miles off the southeast coast of Bangladesh. Over 139,000 people died, while millions were left homeless. The storm, described by a prominent Bangladeshi politician as "his country's Hiroshima and...

Unlocking the seabed resources of the Gulf of Thailand.(Report)
August 1, 2007... The Gulf of Thailand is a semi-enclosed arm of the South China Sea bounded by Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. In additional to 12 nautical mile (nm) breadth territorial seas, all the Gulf of Thailand littoral states have made claims...

Shipping patterns in the Malacca and Singapore Straits: an assessment of the risks to different types of vessel.(Report)
August 1, 2007... Introduction Some media reports and even academic papers use incorrect or distorted information to support perceptions of threats from piracy and maritime terrorism in the Malacca and Singapore Straits. (1) A notorious example is the case...

The decline of the hegemonic party system in Indonesia: Golkar after the fall of Soeharto.(Author abstract)(Report)
August 1, 2007... Golkar, or Golongan Karya (Functional Group) was the "state party" during the Soeharto era (1966-98). It dominated Indonesian politics, making the political system a "hegemonic party system". Two other parties, namely the Partai Persatuan...

Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar: a review of the lady's biographies.(Author abstract)(Report)
August 1, 2007... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, popularly known in Myanmar as "the lady" or "Daw Suu", is considered the leader of the Myanmar pro-democracy movement by locals and foreigners alike. An Iraqi taxi driver I met in Gothenburg, Sweden, did not know where...

Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. By Mark Beeson. New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Softcover: 324pp. Mark Beeson has delivered a masterly overview of the place of East Asia...

Initiating a Peace Process in Papua: Actors, Issues, Process, and the Role of the International Community.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Initiating a Peace Process in Papua: Actors, Issues, Process, and the Role of the International Community. By Timo Kivimaki. Policy Studies 25, Washington: East-West Center, 2006. Softcover: 83pp. The August 2005 Helsinki Peace Agreement...

Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia. By Zachary Abuza. New York: Routledge, 2007. Hardcover, 162pp. Zachary Abuza's latest book is arguably his best work so far. Whereas his ground-breaking Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible...

Rethinking Thailand's Southern Violence.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Rethinking Thailand's Southern Violence. Edited by Duncan McCargo. Singapore: NUS Press, 2007. Softcover: 225pp. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Thai politics. Though all of the seven contributors focus...

The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics. By Jorn Dosch. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2007. Hardcover: 269pp. Jorn Dosch, a reader at the University of Leeds and frequent visitor to Southeast Asia, declares in the opening...

Maritime Security in Southeast Asia.(Book review)
August 1, 2007... Maritime Security in Southeast Asia. Edited by Kwa Chong Guan and John K. Skogan. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. Hardcover: 224 pp. Historically, Southeast Asian waters have been a strategic space of maritime enterprise. The Straits...