After the end of World War II, the United States, by far the dominant economic and military power at that time, joined with the surviving capitalist democracies to create an unprecedented institutional framework. By the 1980s many contended that these institutions--the General Agreement on...

Part I General Report -- Competition and Cooperation between Great Powers over the Bay of Bengal -- The Strategic Landscape of South Asia and Indian Ocean Region -- Part II Sub-report: Multilateral Relations and Regional Economic Cooperation -- Strategic Competition and Multilateral Relations in...

Why the concept of the third world is out-of-date -- Post-industrialism and the third world -- Goodbye third world -- The culture of idustrialism and the third world -- Whither goes globalism? -- Post-industrial education and the third world -- The third world and the popular imagination --...

"How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World. In 1979, the book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic...

This book presents a methodological framework for the analysis of intercultural issues frequently misinterpreted by existing theories. It uses a challenge-and-response theory of cultural development to examine the relationship between different natural disasters and threats and the developments...

Pt. I: The West's East. Brussels : the new Rome ; The Russian devolution ; Ukraine : from border to bridge ; The Balkans : eastern questions ; Turkey : marching east and west ; The Caucasian corridor ; Conclusion : stretching Europe -- Pt. II: Affairs of the heartland. The Silk Road and the...

Afghanistan: A Place In Between -- Bhutan: A Changing Country Eyes China with Caution -- India: Rivals and Partners -- Kazakhstan: Trade and Oil: Central Asia at Stake -- Kyrgyzstan: A Leadership Role in Central Asia -- Laos: Southeast Asia’s Poorest Gain Access to Consumer Goods -- Myanmar:...