Contemporary Southeast Asia articles from December 1999

Contemporary Southeast Asia archives from December 1999

Is There a U.S. Strategy for East Asia?
December 1, 1999... There is a general consensus in East Asia that the United States is a benign hegemon but not necessarily a reliable one. In the absence of a specific adversary, U.S. security policy is frequently at the mercy of special interests and the...

The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Evolution of China's Strategic Thinking.
December 1, 1999... The revolution in military affairs has inspired the People's Liberation Army to formulate its long-term modernization guidelines. To the PLA, RMA is the world standard and future trend for a powerful military. The very fact that China has...

Paradigms Lost: Japan's Asia Policy in a Time of Growing Chinese Power.
December 1, 1999... China's rise is forcing a reassessment of Japan's post-Cold War Asia policy. After 1985, a variety of factors pushed Tokyo to pursue closer ties with its regional neighbours. Deepening economic ties with the region, frustration with the...

International Law and the Dispute over the Spratly Islands: Whither UNCLOS?
December 1, 1999... Where does the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sit vis-a-vis the ongoing disputes over the Spratly Islands? The present row between the Philippines, China, and Malaysia over their respective claims to the Spratly...

The Political Economy of Taiwan's Relations with Vietnam.
December 1, 1999... Taiwan and Vietnam did not have any links from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s, but since the early 1990s both sides have improved their political and economic relations. Economists contend that Taiwan's expanding investments in Vietnam play a...

What Will Become of Reformasi? Ethnicity and Changing Political Norms in Malaysia.
December 1, 1999... Malaysia's economic difficulties and political unrest have stimulated political parties and non-governmental organizations to re-assess efforts in shaping and responding to popular demands and attitudes. The governing Barisan Nasional coalition...

Singapore's Defence: Capabilities, Trends, and Implications.
December 1, 1999... Singapore's economic importance and military capability rank it among Southeast Asia's middle powers despite its small land area and population. Trends indicate that Singapore is determined to maintain an advanced military capability utilizing...

East Asian Challenge for Human Rights.(Review)
December 1, 1999... The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights. Edited by Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 394pp. How the ideological expedition named "Asian values" ended up in the geopolitical...

Malaysian Politics Under Mahathir.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Malaysian Politics Under Mahathir. By R.S. Milne and Diane Mauzy. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. 225pp. The first book on Malaysian politics that this reviewer read was R.S. Milne's Government and Politics in Malaysia, published...

Peace, Power and Resistance in Cambodia: Global Governance and the Failure of Conflict Resolution.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Peace, Power and Resistance in Cambodia: Global Governance and the Failure of Conflict Resolution. By Pierre P. Lizee. London: Macmillan, 1999. 2O3pp. Pierre Lizee's Peace, Power and Resistance in Cambodia is one of the most innovative and...

A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958.(Review)
December 1, 1999... A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958. By Daniel Fineman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. 357pp. "Intrigue" and "tragedy" best epitomize this absorbing analysis of how the...