Contemporary Southeast Asia back issues from December 1999:
Is There a U.S. Strategy for East Asia?
Dec 01, 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 pulling and hauling of domestic politics between the ...
The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Evolution of China's Strategic Thinking.
Dec 01, 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 little capability to cope with an RMA-type of war ...
Paradigms Lost: Japan's Asia Policy in a Time of Growing Chinese Power.
Dec 01, 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 dominance of American power, and fear of a weakening ...
International Law and the Dispute over the Spratly Islands: Whither UNCLOS?
Dec 01, 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 archipelago highlights the tendency of policy ...
The Political Economy of Taiwan's Relations with Vietnam.
Dec 01, 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 key role behind this change. This article ...
What Will Become of Reformasi? Ethnicity and Changing Political Norms in Malaysia.
Dec 01, 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 faces a stiff challenge from the Barisan ...
Singapore's Defence: Capabilities, Trends, and Implications.
Dec 01, 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 the latest military and information ...
East Asian Challenge for Human Rights.(Review)
Dec 01, 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 wilderness can be seen in this book, which ...
Malaysian Politics Under Mahathir.(Review)
Dec 01, 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 in 1966, when the author was ...
Peace, Power and Resistance in Cambodia: Global Governance and the Failure of Conflict Resolution.(Review)
Dec 01, 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 thought-provoking books among the many ...
A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958.(Review)
Dec 01, 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 United States, in an evolutionary manner, ...