Jurgen Haacke & Noel M. Morada 
Cooperative Security in the Asia-Pacific [EPUB ebook] 
The ASEAN Regional Forum

This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context – in Thailand, where over 300, 000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive …

This exciting sequel to East Asia in Crisis offers a completely up-to-date assessment of the progress of East Asian recovery, including coverage of the controversial topic of the role of the state in …

This book explores the contribution of women to the development of housing management in the 20th century. It outlines tactics and strategies of organization and factors which have seemed to help or …

Discussions on regional security were initiated in the Middle East in 1992, as part of the Middle East peace process. The collapse of the Oslo process and other regional developments in the latter ha …

As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone w …

The essays that comprise this study eschew stereotypical representations of a politicized Islam in the Mediterranean Region. The contributors consider the reality that lies behind current issues in t …

This book examines perceptions of the »China Threat», and governments» policies in response to this perceived threat in a wide range of countries, including the United States, Russia, Europe, Japa …

This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided into te …

This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at …

This book tells the story of a citizen group through the example and results of their participation in local civic life. The book draws attention to the complicated conditions under which civic parti …