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ASEAN's Myanmar crisis : challenges to the pursuit of a security community -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. A Contemporary Application of Security Community Frameworks -- 2. Developing a Defendable Framework: The Processes behind the Emergence of a Security Community -- 3. The Evolution of Domestic Instability and Its Extent in Myanmar -- 4. Asean Security in Myanmar's Shadow -- 5. Myanmar's Membership in Asean: Historical and Contemporary Implications -- 6. Myanmar and Elite-Level Cohesion: A Case of Irreconcilable Dichotomies? -- 7. Integration Absent Community?: Regional Challenges, Collective Responses and Domestic Opportunities -- 8. Asean'S Myanmar Crisis: The Road Ahead and the Prospects for a Security Community -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Islamism and democracy in Indonesia : piety and pragmatism -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Islam and democracy re-examining the intricate relationship -- 3 Islam and discourses on democracy in Indonesia definition, historical account, and Muslims' approaches to democracy -- 4 Islamism in post-new order Indonesia explaining the contexts -- 5 Theology of resistance on the utopian Islamist rejection of democracy -- 6 Towards a home-grown democracy? on the Meliorist Islamist acceptance of democracy -- 7 Intersection and rupture piety, pragmatism, and power contests among the Islamists -- 8 Conclusion findings and theoretical reflection -- Appendix 1: full text of the Madinah charter (622 c.e.) -- Appendix 2: Yogyakarta charter -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

Torn between America and China : elite perceptions and Indonesian foreign policy -- Contents -- Forword -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: The Context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Power of Perceptions -- 3. The Foreign Policy Elite and Indonesia's National Interest -- Part II: The Perceptions "Antara Dua Karang" -- 4. Elite Perceptions of the United States -- 5. Elite Perceptions of China -- Part III: Elite Consensus and Policy Outcomes -- 6. The Bigger Picture: Elite Perceptions of Other Power -- 7. The Indonesian Elite Facing a Changing World -- 8. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Note on the Author.

Malaysia's foreign policy : the first fifty years : alignment, neutralism, Islamism -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbrevations and Glossary -- 1. Introduction: Framing the Study of Foreign Policy -- 2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- 3. Engaging the Cold War 1957-63 -- 4. Transition to Neutralism 1964-69 -- 5. Constituting Change with Innovation 1970-75 -- 6. Consolidating Regionalism in a Changing World, 1976–77 -- 7. Confronting Globalization with Iconoclasm, 1981-96 -- 8. Crisis, Recovery, and Denouement of an Era, 1997-2003 -- 9. Embedding Islam, Embracing Globalization, 2004-08 -- 10. Explaining Relations with Neighbours: Antipathies of History, Ethnicty, and Initimacy -- 11. The Political Economy of Foreign Policy: Dilemmas of a Developmental State -- 12. Postscript: The Leadership Change 2009 -- 13. Conclusion: Middlepowermanship in Foreign Policy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Curbing the global economic downturn: southeast asian macroeconomic policy -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Economic Fluctuations: Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Responses -- 1. Macroeconomic Impacts of a Financial Crisis, by Iwan J. Azis and Yuri Mansury -- 2. Capital Inflow Reversals, Current Account Adjustments, and Macroeconomic Performance, by Gan Wee Beng and Soon Lee Ying -- 3. Supply-side Causes of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in a Small Open Economy, by Choy Keen Meng -- 4. Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimuli, by Tsangyao Chang, Wen Rong Liu, and Henry Thompson -- 5. Public Debt Sustainability and Its Macroeconomic Impacts, by Anthony J. Makin -- Part II: Economic Co-Operation in Southeast Asia -- 6. Gains From Intra- and Inter-Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation, by Sasatra Sudsawasd and Prasopchoke Mongsawad -- 7. From Economic Reform to Closer Economic Ties: Regional- and National-Level Issues, by Jenny D. Balboa, Erlinda M. Medalla, and Josef T. Yap -- 8. Macroeconomic Surveillance and Financial Co-operation, by Worapot Manupipatpong -- Index.

Political reform in Indonesia after Soeharto -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The fall of the new order and the reformasi governments -- 3. Reforming the constitution and the electoral system -- 4. Struggles over regional government -- 5.Military reform: withdrawing from "practical politics" and steps toward civilian control -- 6. Politics, corruption and the courts -- 7. Resolving communal violence in Maluku -- 8. Resolving the separatist challenge in ACEH -- 9. Reform in unpromising circumstances -- Bibliography -- Index.

This work focuses on how less developed economies in Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), can establish links with neighbouring countries and participate in production networks. It also takes a look at links between Singapore and the Batam-Bintan-Karimun (BBK) Special Economic Zone in Indonesia. Leading Southeast Asian economies have achieved rapid economic growth by participating in production networks organized by multinational enterprises. It is thus crucial for less developed economies in Southeast Asia to improve their investment climate, attract foreign direct investment, and form competitive industrial clusters. Service link costs must also be reduced substantially to make production fragmentation economically feasible. The authors in this book discuss these issues and provide policy recommendations

On 28 July 2008, the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Regional Economic Studies Programme, both of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized a roundtable on 'The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint'. The brainstorming session gathered Southeast Asian experts from the region to discuss the AEC Blueprint, which ASEAN's leaders had adopted at their summit meeting in November 2007, and the prospects of any obstacles to its implementation by the target year, 2015. The roundtable started with a progress report on the AEC Blueprint given by S. Pushpanathan, Principal Director of Economic Integration and Finance, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. Thereafter, the sessions examined the various aspects of the Blueprint - tackling the non-tariff barriers, designing a comprehensive ASEAN Investment Agreement, a regional framework for competition policy, the role of infrastructure development in economic integration, the importance of international production networks in economic integration, etc

Ever since Myanmar regained her independence in January 1948, the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) has been crucial in restoring and maintaining law and order. It is one of the most important institutions in Myanmar politics. Various aspects of the Tatmadaw have been studied. The most notable area of study has been the political role of the military. This study looks at the organizational development of the Myanmar armed forces. It analyses four different aspects of the Tatmadaw: military doctrine and strategy, organization and force structure, armament and force modernization, and military training and officer education. It sets out security perceptions and policies, charting developments in each phase against the situation at the time, and also notes the contributions of the leading actors in the process. Since early 1990s, the Tatmadaw has implemented a force modernization programme. This work studies rationales and strategy behind the force modernization programme and examines the military capabilities of the Tatmadaw. Drawing extensively from archival sources and existing literature, this empirically grounded research argues that, while the internal armed security threat to the state continues to play an important role, it is the external security threat that gives more weight to the expansion and modernization of the Tatmadaw since 1988. It also argues that, despite its imperfections, the Tatmadaw has transformed from a force essentially for counter-insurgency operations into a force capable of fighting in limited conventional warfare

This book considers Malaysia-Singapore relations from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Geographical proximity, historical linkages, material flows, and movements have long connected the peoples and territories of Malaysia and Singapore in various ways and with varying degrees of intensity. Relations between the two countries have been shaped not only by competing visions of the nation and the different trajectories taken by these countries' nation-building projects, but also by the reality of economic interdependence and competition, security cooperation, and increasing embeddedness in the market-created East Asian region. The thirteen essays on history, politics, regional security, law, and economy collectively aim at a multi-dimensional study that seeks to convey the density and complexity of connections "across the Causeway

Singapore is America's closest security partner in Southeast Asia. The United States has decided to help India become a major world power in the twenty-first century, an objective that is furthered by the nuclear agreement between them. Singapore's relationship with India is an increasingly pertinent feature of Southeast Asia's political and strategic landscape. Whether these three realities, taken together, lay the basis of a triangular relationship among Singapore, America, and India is the question that this book seeks to answer. The book begins with a review of the notion of Pax Americana and goes on to describe the state of bilateral relations among the three countries as they have evolved since the end of the Cold War. Subsequently, it analyses three core issues – the Global War on Terror, the rise of China, and the agency of democracy in international relations – that play a defining role in relations among Singapore, the United States, and India. The book concludes by suggesting some directions in which these relations might move

This book traces the beginning of the process of nation-formation, the struggle for independence, the hopeful beginning of the new nation-state of Indonesia only to be followed by hard and difficult ways to remain true to the ideals of independence. In the process Indonesia with its sprawling archipelago and its multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation has to undergo various types of crisis and internal conflicts, but the ideals that have been nurtured since the beginning when a new nation began to be visualized remain intact. Some changes in the interpretation may have taken place and some deviations here and there can be noticed but the literal meaning of the ideals continues to be the guiding light. In short this is a history of a nation in the continuing effort to retain the ideals of its existence

Agricultural demand linkages and growth multipliers in rural Indonesia / Asep Suryahadi ... [et al.] -- Trends and contrainsts associated with labour faced by non-farm enterprises / Armida S. Alisjahbana and Chris Manning -- The constraints in accessing credit faced by rural non-farm enterprises / Andi Ikhwan and Don Edwin Johnston -- The constraints associated with infrastructure faced by non-farm level enterprises at the kabupaten level / John Gibson -- Technology/knowledge transfer and diffusion in Indonesian non-farm enterprises / Tulus Tambunan and Thee Kian Wie -- Marketing and competition in the new Indonesia / Hal Hill and Pantjar Simatupang -- Local tax effects on the business climate / Blane D. Lewis and Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir -- Leadership and voice in local governance / Christian von Luebke -- Insecurity and business development in rural Indonesia / Jonathan Haughton and John M. MacDougall