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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


25 January 2006

Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2005

http://www.pacom.mil/publications/apeu05/index.shtml

5star
U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, HI, US

Supplied note: "The Asia-Pacific Economic Update (APEU) is a comprehensive study of the Asia-Pacific economies. Opinions are those of the author and are not to be construed as U.S. policy. The APEU consists of three volumes organized by geography and subject matter - lr."

Site contents: Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2005 [The Asia-Pacific Economic Update is published at the official Unclassified military website of the U.S. Pacific Command, and is provided in PDF format - ed.]

Volume I File size: 7.3 MB Table of Contents
Executive Summary, pg. 1 Ch. 1 Global Context: A Decade of Financial Turmoil, pg. 9 Ch. 2 Asian Context: Financial Turmoil, pg. 31 Ch. 3 The U.S. Dollar and Asia, pg. 47 Ch. 4 China's Economy: Strong or Weak? A Net Assessment, pg. 55 Ch. 5 China's Economic Interdependence in NE Asia: Threats, Opportunities and Shared Prosperity, pg. 65 Ch. 6 Sino-Australian Economic Ties, pg. 97 Ch. 7 Sino-Japanese Economic Ties, pg. 101 Ch. 8 Sino-South Korean Economic Ties, pg. 107 Ch. 9 China's Economic Update, pg. 113 Ch. 10 Japan, pg. 144 Ch. 11 S. Korea, pg. 160 Ch. 12 N. Korea - Brad Babson, Consultant, World Bank and United Nations, pg. 174 Ch. 13 Mongolia, pg. 186 Ch. 14 Russia, pg. 192

Volume II File size: 3.5 MB Table of Contents
Executive Summary, pg. 1 Ch. 1 Bangladesh, pg. 7 Ch. 2 India, pg. 15 Ch. 3 Nepal, pg. 35 Ch. 4 Sri Lanka, pg. 43 Ch. 5 Brunei, pg. 51 Ch. 6 Cambodia, pg. 57 Ch. 7 Indonesia, pg. 65 Ch. 8 Laos, pg. 79 Ch. 9 Malaysia, pg. 85 Ch. 10 Philippines, pg. 93 Ch. 11 Singapore, pg. 107 Ch. 12 Thailand, pg. 115 Ch. 13 Vietnam, pg. 123 Ch. 14 Australia, pg. 131 Ch. 15 Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island, pg. 141 Ch. 16 Guam, pg. 147

Volume III File size: 3.3 MB Table of Contents
Executive Summary, pg. 1 Ch. 1 Asia's Global Economic Role - Mark Harstad, APCSS, pg. 3 Ch. 2 The U.S. Economic Stake in Asia - Mark Harstad, APCSS, pg. 13 Ch. 3 A Socio-Economic Strategy Against Violent Extremism - Dr. Leif Rosenberger, PACOM, pg. 21 Ch. 4 Implementing the Socio-Economic Strategy - Major Miemie Winn Byrd, PACOM, pg. 29 Ch. 5 Maritime Security, Threats, and Challenges - Major Miemie Winn Byrd, PACOM, pg. 39 Ch. 6 Defense Economics - Richard Bitzinger, APCSS, pg. 45 Ch. 7 Towards Food Security - Dr. Leif Rosenberger, PACOM, pg. 52 Ch. 8 Towards Water Security - Dr. Kent Butts, U.S. Army War College, pg. 68 Ch. 9 Water Concerns in Asian Context - Delia Stoehr, PACOM, pg. 82 Ch. 10 Asia-Pacific Energy Market - Dr. James Dorian, International Energy Economist, pg. 88 * Appendix - Energy Issues and Challenges - Delia Stoehr, PACOM, pg. 106

Previous Economic Updates:
* Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2002; * Asia-Pacific Economic Update 2000.

URL
http://www.pacom.mil/publications/apeu05/index.shtml

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Dr. Leif Rosenberger (leif.rosenberger--at--pacom.mil)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Govt
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300
- under 100 - under 30]: 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

08 January 2006

First Maritime Terrorism Attack [in Sri Lanka] of 2006

http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1667.html

4star
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India

Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."

Extract: "In the first maritime terrorism incident of 2006, one or two suspected suicide naval bombers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosive-laden boat, resembling a small fishing vessel, against a Dvora fast attack vessel of Israeli design belonging to the Sri Lankan Navy outside the Tricomalee harbour in the early hours of January 7, 2006. At the time of the attack, the boat had 15 naval personnel of whom 13 were killed. Two were rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy. Two Dvora vessels of the SL Navy were patrolling the area, of which one was targeted and sunk by the Sea Tigers of the LTTE. 2. This was the third LTTE attack on Sri Lankan naval personnel since Mr. Mahinda Rajpakse assumed office as the Sri Lankan President after his election victory in November last and indicated a reversal of the commitments of his predecessors to seek a solution to the ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority based on a federal model. - b. raman."

[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai - ed.]

URL
http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1667.html

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]

(NOTE: For a number of years the SAAG site operated at its original "www.saag.org" address. In late Dec 2007 the original address was highjacked by some unknown operator(s) and thus the SAAG was forced to establish the "www.southasiaanalysis.org" address)

Link reported by:
B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 8 January 2006. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

04 January 2006

The Mansfield Asian Opinion Poll Database

http://www.mansfieldfdn.org/polls/index.htm

4star
Self-description: "[A] reference for researchers and others to help monitor key public opinion trends in Northeast Asia. We've collected and translated top-of-the line opinion polls on key policy-related issues from major media organizations and other agencies in Japan and South Korea. These polls were previously not available in English or on a central site on the Internet. Although the content of polls may vary, we will focus on issues of salient importance to policymaking and regional diplomacy, such as:
* Attitudes toward the United States and other nations in Northeast Asia
* Perceptions of China's rising power and potential North Korean threat
* Perceptions of the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea alliances
* Regional economic competition
* Domestic political trends; support for governments and administrations
We'll regularly update the polling data and archive the polls on our website. In addition, we plan to include supplemental commentary and analysis of the polls by leading experts in the Asia policy field."

List of polls published till Jan 2006: * 2005 Public Opinion Survey on Diplomacy by the Cabinet Office of Japan (Abridged) (05-12); * Nov 2005 Nikkei Special Telephone Opinion Poll on "Cabinet Reshuffle"(P05-7); * Aug 2005 Nikkei Special Telephone Opinion Poll on "Manifesto" (P05-11); * Aug 2005 Nikkei Special Telephone Opinion Poll on "Postal Dissolution" (P05-10); * Jul 2005 Monthly JoongAng Survey Research on US-Korea Alliance (P05-5); * Jul 2005 Nikkei Special Telephone Opinion Poll on Japanese Postal Privatization (P05-1); * Jun 2005 Nikkei Regular Telephone Opinion Poll (P05-9); * Apr 2005 Nikkei Regular Telephone Opinion Poll (P05-8); * Mar 2005 Dong-A Ilbo Opinion Poll on South Korean Attitudes Toward Japan and Other Nations (P05-2); * Mar 2005 Dong-A Ilbo Opinion Poll on Chinese Attitudes Toward Japan and Other Nations (P05-3); * Mar 2005 Dong-A Ilbo Opinion Poll on Japanese Attitudes Toward China and Other Nations (P05-4); * 2004 Public Opinion Survey on Diplomacy by the Cabinet Office of Japan (P05-6). URL http://www.mansfieldfdn.org/polls/index.htm

Internet Archive (web.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by:
Mindy Kotler, Japan Information Access Project (www.jiaponline.org)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 4 January 2006. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com