Issue 6 Mar. 2005

Benedict Anderson on Southeast Asia

Thank you very much, Acharn Giles. This is great. First thing I want to say is this: listening to these four excellent and stimulating presentations, I was particularly struck by one thing that came out […]

Issue 6 Mar. 2005

Wahyu Prasetyawan on Indonesia’s Presidential Election

How did Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defeat incumbent Megawati in the 2004 presidential election, given the President’s relatively successful maintenance of the economy over the last three years? Many analysts have highlighted the novel role played […]

Book Reviews

Book Review: Indonesia: The 2004 Elections and Beyond

Indonesia: The 2004 Elections and BeyondAdam Schwarz Singapore / Institute of Southeast Asian Studies / 2004 This monograph is a transcript of a lecture delivered by former Far Eastern Economic Review correspondent Adam Schwarz at the Institute of […]

Book Reviews

Book Review. Democratization in Thailand: Grappling with Realities

Democratization in Thailand: Grappling with Realities『民主化の虚像と実像-タイ現代政治変動のメカニズム』Tamada Yoshifumi玉田芳文Kyoto / Kyoto University Press / 2003 Dr. Tamada Yoshifumi, a distinguished scholar of modern Thai politics at Kyoto University, was awarded the 20th Masayashi Ohira Memorial Prize in 2004 for this […]