Why do high Golkar officials such as Syamsul Muarif, Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, and Slamet Effendi stubbornly shield their party leader, Akbar Tandjung? Why do they try to block the possible formation of a special committee […]
The dramatic arrest of Tommy Soeharto is the latest event to rock the political scene. The current cases, which link the police with Indonesia’s political turmoil, bring to mind the work of a famous British […]
Kyoto Review recently spoke with Marites Dañguilan Vitug, prominent Philippine journalist and editor of the newsmagazine Newsbreak, who writes on issues ranging from the Philippine military and everyday politics to Islam and the Southeast Asian […]
On 20 February 2002, the University of the Philippines (UP) Library formally opened the Human Rights Reading Room containing, at present, over 900 pages of narratives by 436 victims of human rights abuses during the […]
Kyoto University has two area studies institutions, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (Asafas), with a combined faculty of fifty-seven members. Their joint library, […]
The University of the Philippines’ Asian Center held a conference-workshop last January 8-10 that examined the state of teaching and research on Southeast Asian Studies in the east Asian region. Supported by the Japan Foundation’s […]
The Orang Asli are the minority indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. Numbering 120,000 and distributed unevenly among 19 different linguistic groups, they represent the most marginalized of Malaysian society today. But the Orang Asli were […]
Bank Indonesia’s Independence in Political TurbulenceIndependensi Bank Indonesia dalam Kemelut PolitikM. Dawam RahardjoJakarta / Pustaka Cidesindo / 2000 The book about Indonesia’s central bank contains two main discussions. The first reviews the degree of autonomy […]
The Soeharto Family’s Accumulation of WealthSoeharto Family no chikuzaiMurai Yoshinori et al.Tokyo / Commons / 1999 Destiny’s Eldest Daughter: The Early Life of Soekarno’s Daughter MegawatiUnmei no chojyo—Soekarno no musume, Megawati no hanseiAkio SatokoTokyo / […]
Crimes Committed by the State: Transition in CrisisAtchayagam Rat Wigrit GarnpienpaengJi Giles Ungpakorn, Suthachai Yimprasert et al.Bangkok / The 6th October 1976 Investigating Committee / 2001 The Women of 6th October: Sifting Out the Truth […]
How to Look at Asian Politics:From Development Dictatorship to Civil Society Ajia Seiji wo Miru Me—Kaihatsu Dokusai kara Shiminsyakai eIwasaki IkuoTokyo / Chuokouron Shinsha / 2001 “The Ending of Development Dictatorship”—this was the title of a […]
The Price to be Paid: The Ethnic Chinese Encounter in IndonesiaHarga yang Harus Dibayar: Pergulatan Etnis Cina di IndonesiaI. Wibowo, editorJakarta / Gramedia Pustaka Utama dan Pusat Studi Cina / 2001 The downfall of the Soeharto […]
Aung San: The Locked Away Dream of Burmese IndependenceAung San—Fuuin Sareta Dokuritsu Biruma no YumeNemoto KeiTokyo / Iwanami Syoten / 1996 Myanmar’s Village Economy in Transition: Peasants’ Lives under the Market-Oriented EconomyGendai Myanmaa no Nooson […]
The Lumad’s Struggle in the Face of GlobalizationKarl M. Gaspar, C.Ss.R. Davao City / Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao / 2000 Lumad is the local term used to refer to indigenous ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines […]
The Philippines Under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction Ikehata Setsuho and Ricardo Trota Jose, editors Quezon City / Ateneo de Manila University Press / 1999 If understanding the past is a key to making sense of the […]
Absent History: The Untold Story of Special Branch Operations in Singapore 1915-1942Ban Kah ChoonSingapore / SNP Media Asia / 2001 Writing a history of British political intelligence activity in East and Southeast Asia is an […]
Politics and Ethnicity in Malaysia: Chinese Politics and National IntegrationMareshia no Seiji to Esunishiti—Kajin Seiji to Kokumin Togo Kaneko YoshikiKyoto / Koyoshobo / 2001 The author of this book, while studying in Malaysia, had first-hand experience […]
Democracy in Malaysia: Discourses and PracticesEdited by Francis Loh Kok Wah and Khoo Boo TeikRichmond, Surrey / Curzon / 2002 This collection of well-argued essays surveys the state of Malaysian political practice and provides insight […]
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