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The Origins of the US War on Terror
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00The war on terror did not start after 9/11, rather its origins must be traced back much further to the Reagan administration and the 1980s. Utilizing recently declassified archival resources, Toaldo offers an in-depth analysis of how ideas and threat perceptions were shaped both by traditional US policy in the Middle East during the Cold War and by... more...
Autonomy & Disintegration Indonesia
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Fragmentation in Indonesia is by far the most critical issue now facing the state. This book analyses social unrest, autonomy and separatism in the wake of the Indonesian economic crisis, placing them in the context of state evolution, and looking at the competing aims of economic and political globalization with local agendas. Topics covered include... more...
Scripting Middle East Leaders
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 19.99Both the US and the UK seemed caught off-guard by the uprisings in Libya and Egypt and policymakers had to deal with leaders that switched from being allies to "pariahs." This collection of essays, written by leading scholars, examines the evolution of British and American perceptions of "adversaries" in the Middle East since the... more...
Indonesian Politics Under Suharto
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95This revised third edition provides an analysis of Suharto's New Order from its inception to the emergence of B.J. Habibie as President. The author reassesses the New Order's origins and its military roots and evaluates the considerable economic changes that have taken place since the 1960s. He examines Suharto's politics and, in a new chapter, the... more...
United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This book examines the role of the international community in the handover of the Dutch colony of West Papua/Irian Jaya to Indonesia in the 1960s and questions whether or not the West Papuan people ever genuinely exercised the right to self-determination guaranteed to them in the UN-brokered Dutch/Indonesian agreement of 1962. Indonesian, Dutch, US,... more...
Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years. It argues that the political relationship between the two countries has been largely defined by rivalry, despite the fact that the processes of national self-determination... more...
From Subjects to Citizens
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 130.00This book analyses the processes by which conservative and introverted Balinese villagers have been incorporated into the Indonesian nation-state. It explores the changing social relations of villagers in their transformation from being subjects of their local 'king' to anonymous citizens of the Republic of Indonesia. Although the national unity of... more...
Regional Security in the Middle East
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95This is an accessible yet critical analysis of regional security in the Middle East. Using a non-realist approach, Bilgin provides a comprehensive study of the past, present and future of security in the region. She also considers the question of identity formation, explaining how and why various regional representations came into being, and explores... more...
Indonesia and China
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00Indonesia broke off relations with China in 1967 and resumed them only in 1990. Rizal Sukma asks why. His answers shed light on Indonesia's foreign policy, the nature of the New Order's domestic politics, the mixed functions of diplomatic ties, the legitimacy of the new regime, and the role of President Suharto. Rizal Sukma argues that the matter... more...
Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 22.95Conflicts in the Middle East analyses the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious studies and economic factors. more...









