Books from Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition
By Ramses AmerSee the concluding chapter in Ross , The Indochina Tangle , op . cit . , pp . 239-66 . 175. Carlyle A. Thayer , " United States Policy Towards Revolutionary Regimes : Vietnam ( 1975-1983 ) " , in Dick Clark , ed . , U.S. Foreign Policy ...
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One Degree, Many Choices: A Glimpse Into the Career Choices of the NTI Pioneer Engineering Class of 85
By Liu Fook Thim... President of the ntu alumni Club. a key mover behind the book, he sees the timeliness of this endeavour. a member of the board of several tertiary institutions, he is aware that engineering is no longer the degree of choice.
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Global Economic Uncertainties and Southeast Asian Economies
By Suthiphand Chirathivat, Chayodom Sabhasri, Aekapol Chongvilaivanregional exchange rate adjustments, 200 regional financial integration, 229 regional financial safety net, ... 78 Straits Times Index and Trends in Currency (SGD) Movement, 86 total factor productivity, 95–97 tourism growth, 83, ...
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Development in Vietnam: Policy Reforms and Economic Growth
By Vu Tuan AnhBased largely on Vietnamese sources of data and information, this book presents an analysis of the main features of economic policy reforms in Vietnam, their socioeconomic impact, and several major theoretical and practical problems Vietnam ...
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Indonesia's Technological Challenge
By Hal Hill, Thee Kian WieIf Batam is to succeed, it must start off with labourintensive industries. ... away from the technocrats' target of broad-based industrialisation, towards intermediate, high-technology and capital-intensive industries.
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Laos' Dilemmas and Options: The Challenge of Economic Transition in the 1990s
By Mya Than, Loong-Hoe TanThe contributors to this volume identify the major economic issues of the New Economic Mechanism concerning the restructuring of the economy, the role of the state and economic management, financial restructuring, the new directions in ...
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Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia
By Hal HillHow this significantly increased regional autonomy works will have a crucial bearing on the future of the Indonesian nation-state. This volume features contributions by over 40 writers with deep expertise on Indonesia.
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State and Uncivil Society in Thailand at the Temple of Preah Vihear
By Puangthong R. PawakapanBut the ultra-nationalist movement derailed this essay in cooperation. Instead, the temple became a symbol of hatred between the two countries.
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Of Palm Wine, Women and War: The Mongolian Naval Expedition to Java in the 13th Century
By David BadeBut what happens if the women and the narratives about them are taken seriously rather than dismissed? Of Palm Wine, Women and War offers just such a reading.
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The Population of Peninsular Malaysia
By Saw Swee HockPresents a comprehensive study of the multiracial population of the region from the time when data was first available up to the early eighties.
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Malaysia: The Making of a Nation
By Boon Kheng CheahFocuses on Malaysia's four Prime Ministers as nation-builders, observing that each one of them when he became Prime Minister was transformed from being the head of the Malay party, UMNO, to that of the leader of a multi-ethnic nation.
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Southeast Asian Perspectives on Security
By Derek Da CunhaIn that connection, this volume is partly intended to serve as an antidote to much of the Western commentary on Asia-Pacific security issues by providing a range of perspectives on those issues from the Southeast Asian point of view.
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Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India
By Sunanda K. Datta-RayThis book traces the process from the earliest mention of Suvarnadbhumi in the Ramayana to Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Lal Bahadur Shastri within moments of declaring independence on 9 August 1965, from the Tata's pioneering industrial ...
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The Crescent Arises Over the Banyan Tree: A Study of the Muhammadiyah Movement in a Central Javanese Town, C. 1910-2010
By Mitsuo NakamuraA 16th centuryfavanese Muslim text attributed to the Saint Bonan, re-edited and translated With an introduction. Blibliotheca Indonesia, No. 4. ... An Indonesian-English Dictionary. 2nd. 384 The Crescent Arises over the Banyan Tree.
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Offshore Asia: Maritime Interactions in Eastern Asia Before Steamships
By Anthony Reid, Shiro Momoki, Fujita KayokoThis exemplary work of international collaboration takes a comparative approach to the histories of Northeast and Southeast Asia, with contributions from scholars from Japan, Korea and the Englishspeaking academic world.
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Mega-cities in the Tropics: Towards an Architectural Agenda for the Future
By Kheng Soon TayMega-cities in the Tropics: Towards an Architectural Agenda for the Future
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Myanmar's Transition: Openings, Obstacles, and Opportunities
By Trevor Wilson, Monique Skidmore, Nick CheesmanINTERPRETING. THE. TRANSITION. IN. MYANMAR. Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson The first elections in Myanmar since 1990, held on 7 November 2010, were a significant moment in the country's political life. Admittedly, the elections were ...
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Southeast Asia in a New Era: Ten Countries, One Region in ASEAN
By Elspeth Thomson, Rodolfo C Severino, Mark Hong"This book is about Southeast Asia in a new era. This new era began with a new century and a new millennium posing great challenges to the region and to each country in it.
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Korea's Changing Roles in Southeast Asia: Expanding Influence and Relations
By David I SteinbergThis volume explores various aspects of these new relationships and their importance to all concerned parties.
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Assessing APEC's Progress: Trade, Ecotech and Institutions
By Richard E. Feinberg, Ye ZhaoToday, you would classify your country's openness to short-term capital flows to be: Highly-Open Open Somewhat-Closed ... COMMENTS What role do you feel that APEC has played in promoting “safe, sustainable capital flows” in the region?