.... The Dragon and the Tigers China and Asian Regionalism Hugh De Santis Among the many costs of the Bush adminis­ The evolution of China’s relationship tration’s obsession with the “war on terror” with a s e a n and with its other neighbors in is the diversion of policymaking...

...Forrest D. Colburn Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has a distinguished history in the politics of what has long been known as the “Third World,” most of which were once beleaguered colonies of Europe. After the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955—the first coming together...

... day in November 1998, six­ affectionately as the “Big Mango.” (The teen months into the Asian economic cri­ Thai capital is home to 10-15 percent of sis, Bangkok’s new Emporium Mall seemed the country’s population and three-quarters more like a mortuary than a commercial cen­ of its...

... the region as fertile ousies and rivalries rooted in the Commu­ territory for new holy wars, and with leaders nist past, have been unable to unite to form of a hundred or more ethnic groups striving a common Central Asian market that could to carve out new fiefdoms. All competitors jointly improve...

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.... It’s With these questions as a point of de­ not merely the growth statistics— gross do­ parture, let me describe three things far too mestic product (g d p ) in Asian economies briefly: what was supposed to be happening other than Japan’s is currently forecast to ex­ in Asia during...

... the greatest threats to the Central exile. With the democratic and nationalist Asian regimes and stability in the region. opposition effectively crushed, the survi­ Well armed and financed, highly motivated, vors have moved underground and become and with extensive support from the wider armed...

... three most serious financial crises of the Mexico told its creditors it was broke. The past 30 years: the African and Latin Ameri­ cessation of lending that resulted meant no can debt crisis that commenced in 1982, countries in Latin America or sub-Saharan the East Asian economic...

.... Central effective method of maintaining stability, Asian women, in particular, have historical but it is just as likely to promote instability. reasons to oppose religious extremism. Au­ Since September 11, the five culturally thoritarian Central Asian leaders, mean­ Islamic former Soviet...

...% WHITE 63.7% BLACK 39.4% UNITED STATES UNITED In 2010, the U.S. imprisoned black men at 10.5 times the rate South Africa did in 1984 during apartheid. ASIAN 2.5...

... that Malaysian ernment interventions than had the first Eclipse edited by Jomo K. S., the Malaysian generation of East Asian NlCs, especially political economist and long-time critic of South Korea.2 Kuala Lumpur officialdom, would appear Second, Malaysia was a favorite destina­...

... Council. A key significant financial contribution to the question is how China, the only Asian U.N. budget. India has asserted for more member of the P-5 club, perceives bids for than a decade that its claim is “natural” and permanent membership by its Asian ri­ “legitimate” since...

... supplied the anti-Taliban United Front and heroin abusers in the five Central Asian (Northern Alliance). The Uzbekistan gov­ states. Pakistan is home to approximately ernment supported a militia of Uzbeks from 800,000 chronic heroin and opium users. Tajikistan and Afghanistan that had bases Iran...

... businessman spent more than 10 years importing iron ore from India, Brazil, and Australia. “Brazilians are like Europeans in their sense of law, and Australians would be meticulous in drafting a contract and obeying it, but Indians tend to have the British respect of law combined with an Asian type of myopia...

... by high- eign journalists thronged to Hong Lim level policymakers. The restrictions placed Park to watch the landmark event. In this on speakers by the regime are an example of tiny Southeast Asian island country, where the familiar tactic of allowing limited liber­ public speeches to more than...

....” Perhaps stances, could easily lead to a nuclear ex­ this is partially understandable in the con­ change on the subcontinent. text of a long-term process of decolonizing There is in fact little merit to the claims South Asian political culture, but when that the nuclear weapons systems of either...

..., and five in Japan. That totals 21. 30 years (depending on the source). The sec­ All of East Asia, including China and the ond is that the current account deficit the Asian “tigers,” were equal to only two United States has run for a number of years Italys. That picture has not changed much. (about...

.... That explanation was nothing more than a pretext for a power grab—but it more than sufficed. By 2000, the fsb was becoming the dominant intelligence player in what had been the Soviet Union. That year, Russia backed the establishment of a cis Antiterrorist Center, headquartered in Moscow with a Central Asian...