Strategic Asia 2007-08: Domestic Political Change and Grand Strategy

http://www.nbr.org/publications/book.aspx?id=449


24 Oct 2007

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Seattle, WA, US

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"Strategic Asia 2007-08: Domestic Political Change and Grand Strategy is the seventh volume in NBR's Strategic Asia series. This year's volume [edited by Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills and published September 2007 ISBN 978-0-9713938-8-2 - ed.] examines the varied political transitions and internal changes occurring in pivotal Asian states and evaluates the impact on Asian foreign policymaking and strategy. Through a combination of country, regional, and topical studies, the book assesses the patterns of political development, the drivers of internal change, the character of governance, and prospects for political stability in the region, and draws implications for Asia and the United States.

This year's contributors and chapters are as follows:

* Domestic Politics and Grand Strategy in Asia - Ashley J. Tellis
* How Domestic Forces Shape the PRC's Grand Strategy & International Impact - Kenneth Lieberthal
* Japan's Long Transition: The Politics of Recalibrating Grand Strategy - Mike M. Mochizuki
* The Two Koreas: Making Grand Strategy amid Changing Domestic Politics - Samuel S. Kim
* Russia: The Domestic Sources of a Less--than-Grand Strategy - Celeste A. Wallander
* Poised for Power: The Domestic Roots of India's Slow Rise - C. Raja Mohan
* Bangladesh and Pakistan: From Secession to Convergence? - Frederic Grare
* Political Change in Southeast Asia: Challenges for U.S. Strategy - Donald E. Weatherbee
* Finding Balance: The Foreign Policies of Central Asia's States - Svante E. Cornell
* Iran: Domestic Politics and Nuclear Choices - Shahram Chubin
* Asian Security Architectures - Nick Bisley
* Environmental (In)security in Asia: Challenging U.S. Interests - Lorraine Elliott
* Strategic Asia by the Numbers [An appendix with 12 tables covering: economic growth, trade and foreign investment; population size and growth; politics and international relations; energy consumption and oil supplies; and armed forces, defense expenditures, conventional military capabilities, weapons of mass destruction, and space programs. The data sets presented here summarize the critical trends in the region as well as changes underway in the balance of power in Asia. - ed.]

For more information on Strategic Asia, to view summaries of the chapters, or to order publications, please visit our website at www.nbr.org - mtj."

[Previous volumes of the Strategic Asia available from the URL www.nbr.org/publications/publicationMain.aspx are:
* Strategic Asia 2006-07: Trade, Interdependence, and Security - Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, published September 2006; * Strategic Asia 2005-06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty - Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, published September 2005; * Strategic Asia 2004-05: Confronting Terrorism in the Pursuit of Power - Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, published September 2004; * Strategic Asia 2003-04: Fragility and Crisis - Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L. Friedberg with Michael Wills, published September 2003; * Strategic Asia 2002-03: Asian Aftershocks - Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L. Friedberg with Michael Wills, published September 2002; * Strategic Asia 2001-02: Power and Purpose - Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L. Friedberg, published October 2001.

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution dedicated to informing and strengthening US policy in the Asia-Pacific. - ed.]

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[Asian Resources from the] Focus on Global Resources e-journal

http://www.crl.edu/focus/issue-index.asp


15 Oct 2007

[Asian Resources from the] Focus on Global Resources e-journal

Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Chicago, IL, US

Self-description:
"Focus on Global Resources: Critical Resources for Research and Teaching in the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences. [...] FOCUS is a publication [an electronic journal in PDF format, est. May 1998 - ed.] of the Center for Research Libraries, ISSN#0275-4924"

Site contents [Spring 2004 - Autumn 2007]:
* Fall 2007, Colonial India - In This Issue; Cartographic Resources on Colonial South Asia in the Digital South Asia Library; European Imperialism and Colonial Response; Some Sources on Early Colonial South Asia; Preserving Urdu Journals; A Library Survey Tool for South Asia; Some Recent CRL Acquisitions Related to Colonial India; ;
* Summer 2007, Religion in the Modern World - Some Primary Source Texts on Christian Missions [Christian missions to China, Africa, India, and Japan]; Some Additional Sources on Missions [in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, East Asia, and other regions.]; American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Collections on Microform; Some Resources on Islam and Judaism Held by CRL; Tibetan Language Resources;
* Spring 2007, England in Africa;
* Winter 2006/07, Eastern and Southeastern Europe;
* Fall 2006, News Preservation;
* Summer 2006, Women's Studies;
* Spring 2006, Immigration Studies;
* Winter 2005/2006, Evaluating Digital Archives and Repositories;
* Fall 2005, Southeast Asia Studies - President's Message: Ensuring Access to Southeast Asia Resources Southeast Asia Microform Project: 35 Years of International Collaboration; Preserving Khmer Rouge Archives; Southeast Asia Acquisitions for 2005; SEAM Preservation Microfilming Project in Viet Nam; A Digital Southeast Asia Library;
* Summer 2005, CRL Collections and Access;
* Spring 2005, South Asia Studies - President's Message: South Asia Studies; South Asia Microform Project--a Ghazal of Historical Resources; Digital South Asia Library; A Union Catalogue for South Asia; Rare Literary Gems: The Works of Kabir and Premchand at CRL; DSAL's Digital Jewel: The Institute of Indian Studies Center for Art and Archaeology Photo Archive; Center for South Asia Libraries; Digital Dictionaries of South Asia; SAMP Resources.;
* Winter 2004/05, Latin American Studies;
* Fall 2004, Preserving America's Print Resources Update;
* Summer 2004, Africa Studies;
* Spring 2004, Middle East Studies - Message from CRL President Bernard Reilly; The Middle East - New Acquisitions for 2004; The Middle East Microform Project: Past, Present, and Future; The Arab-American Press; Mining the Middle East Political Web for Research; The Ottoman Turkish Collection; MERJ: The Middle East Research Journals Project; Improving Access to Middle East Serials: OACIS for the Middle East.

URL http://www.crl.edu/focus/issue-index.asp

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Stereotypes of Muslim Piety in Calendar Art and Hindi Cinema

http://tasveerghar.net/mstereo


08 Oct 2007

Tasveer Ghar Network (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US - South Asia Institute at the U. of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany - Center for Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India).

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"Tasveer Ghar (the House of Pictures) invites you to visit its latest Virtual Gallery Visual Essay about the stereotypes of the Indian Muslim community as depicted in popular media such as calendar art, print advertisements and Hindi cinema. [...] Tasveer Ghar, a digital network of South Asian popular visual culture, is a trans-national virtual "home" for collecting, digitizing, and documenting various materials produced by South Asia's exciting popular visual sphere including posters, calendar art, pilgrimage maps and paraphernalia, cinema hoardings, advertisements, and other forms of street and bazaar art. We invite you to contribute to our growing archive of such art and essays.

Some of our earlier Virtual Galleries include the following:
Welcome - Swagatam - Good Morning: Welcome posters of India: by Patricia Uberoi http://tasveerghar.net/welcome/
New Year Greeting Cards with a Hindu Nationalist perspective: by Christiane Brosius http://tasveerghar.net/hgreet/ - tg."

Site contents: * An essay by Yousuf Saeed; * 38 popular posters and video clips.

URL http://tasveerghar.net/mstereo

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

Link reported by: Tasveer Ghar (tasveerghar--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

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Turkestanskii Al'bom (Photo Album of 19th Century Russian Turkistan)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/287_turkestan.html


08 Oct 2007

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC, US

Self-description:
"The Turkestanskii Al'bom (Turkestan Album) provides a visual survey of Central Asia from the perspective of the Russian imperial government that took control of the area in the 1850s and 1860s. About 1,200 photographs, with some architectural plans, watercolor drawings, and maps [now digitised and published online by the LOC - ed.] are arranged in four parts.
* The "Chast' Arkheologicheskaia" (Archaeological Part) features views of Islamic architecture, chiefly in Samarkand. (2 volumes) [view description and images]
* The "Chast' Etnograficheskaia" (Ethnographical Part) offers individual portraits and daily life scenes of Uzbeks, Tadzhiks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, and others. (2 volumes) [view description and images]
* The "Chast' Promyslovaia" (Trades Part) shows such occupations as textile production, mining, and baking. (1 volume) [view description and images]
* The "Chast' Istoricheskaia" (Historical Part) focuses on Russian military activities with battle maps and portraits of soldiers involved between 1853 and 1871. (1 volume) [view description and images] [...]

Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman (1818-1882), the first governor general of Russian Turkestan, commissioned the albums to acquaint Russians and Westerners with the region. The Russian orientalist A.L. Kun (also spelled Kuhn) compiled the first three parts, and the albums were formerly referred to as the Kun Collection. The other compilers included M.T. Brodovskii, M.A. Terentyev, N.V. Bogaevskii and photographer N.N. Nekhoroshev. The Military-Topographic Department, Military District of Tashkent printed the lithographic parts of each plate. The production work was primarily done in St. Petersburg and Tashkent in 1871-72.
To read the compilers' characterization of the project, view the foreword (English translation by Heather S. Sonntag) [PDF file, 28 kb., 1 p.]. [...]

No restrictions are known on publication or other forms of distribution of the images in the Turkestan Album. Please cite the source of the image with the credit line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [...]."

Site contents: * Introduction; * Access; * Obtaining Reproductions; * Permissions and Credits; * Related Resources; * Bibliography.

URL http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/287_turkestan.html

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

Link reported by: Jeff Spurr (spurr--at--fas.harvard.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--fas.harvard.edu

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The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition

http://www.irrawaddy.org


05 Oct 2007

Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), Chiangmai, Thailand

Self-description:
"The Irrawaddy is published by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG). IPG was established in 1992 by Burmese citizens living in exile and is not affiliated with any political party or organization. The Irrawaddy seeks to promote press freedom and access to unbiased information."

Site contents:
* SEARCH;
* ONLINE FEATURES (# Latest News [3 0ct 2007] - Overnight Arrests of Monks Continue in Rangoon, Cloud of Pessimism Hangs Over Burma [Commentary], Rangoon Is Still a Battleground, Burma's Junta Steps up Propaganda Machine, # More News [3 0ct 2007]: Christians in Burma Pray for Peace and Release of Detainees, Burma's Ethnic Minorities Endure Decades of Brutality, Demonstrators at Chinese Consulate Want Olympic Boycott, China Says UN Envoy's Meeting with Burmese Leaders Was a "Positive", China's Priority Resources Not People, Say Burma Analysts, Japanese Journalist's Body Returns from Burma, UN Chief Says Envoy's Trip to Burma Wasn't Success, Burmese Military Crackdown Shameful, Says Laura Bush, US Representatives Pass Resolution on Burma, # Article, # Business, # News Brief, # Editorial, # Commentary, # Special Feature, # Letters, # Barber's Chair, # Research Page, # Multimedia);
* CARTOON;
* OUR ARCHIVE [from 1997 onwards] (News, Article, Business, Commentary, Editorial, Barber's Chair, Multimedia, Print Edition);
* INTERVIEWS * OUR SERVICE (About Us, Advertisement, Contact Us, Join Us, Media Directory, Our Team, Subscriptions, Website Links);
* PRINT EDITION (Cover Story, Culture, Editorial, Interviews, Intelligence, News in Brief, Business).

[A website in English and Burmese - ed.]

URL http://www.irrawaddy.org

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.irrawaddy.org

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

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ResearchSEA - Asia Research News

http://researchsea.com/


05 Oct 2007

ResearchSEA Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Self-description:
"ResearchSEA is Asia's first research news portal, a one-stop centre where journalists and members of the public can gain access to news and local experts from the research world in Asia. Promoting public understanding of research encourages long term innovation and growth. The media is key to promoting public understanding. Almost everyone in the world reads newspapers, magazines, websites, watch TV or listen to the radio. The media is the ultimate gateway to the international community and a powerful medium for forging local and international links. ResearchSEA brings research news and top experts direct from universities, think tanks, journals and specialist organisations to journalists around the world."

Site contents:
* SEARCH;
* RESEARCH NEWS (# Science - Earth Sciences, Environment, Space, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biosciences... # Technology - Engineering, Computing, ICT, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics... # Medicine - Diseases, Healthcare, Mental Health, Drugs, Nutrition, Traditional, Alternative, Therapeutic... # Business - Management, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Economics, Commerce... # Culture - History, Philosophy, Linguistics, Theology, Literature, Music, Art, Design... # People - Media, International Relations, Politics, Education, Policy, Society, Law, Development... # All Latest News);
* RESOURCES (Focus On - ICT, Peace and Conflict, Women, The Environment, Bird Flu), Ask An Expert, Contributing Institutions, Events Calendar, Announcements, Archives, Media Organisations);
* GENERAL INFO (About ResearchSEA What's New, Contact Us);
* EVENTS - Details of upcoming major research conferences, meetings and events;
* ANNOUNCEMENTS - New grants, books, journals, research centres and much more.

URL http://researchsea.com/

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Link reported by: Dr Magdeline Pokar (m.pokar--at--researchsea.com)

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Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)

http://english.dvb.no/


04 Oct 2007

DVB, Oslo, Norway

Self-description:
"The Democratic Voice of Burma is a non-profit Burmese media organization committed to responsible journalism. Our mission is : - to provide accurate and unbiased news to the people of Burma, - to promote understanding and cooperation amongst the various ethnic and religious groups of Burma, - to encourage and sustain independent public opinion and enable social and political debate - to impart the ideals of democracy and human rights to the people of Burma."

Site contents:
* Front Page - DVB News [Oct 3, 2007 - Sep 30, 2007] (# Oct 3, 2007 - Monks fear government raids on monasteries; # Meikhtila USDA holds pro-government rally?; # Burmese authorities target citizen journalists; # Man arrested for shouting religious slogan; # Arakan protests continue despite threats from authorities; # Supporting DVB - DVB now accepts donations. ; # NLD representatives and party members arrested in protests; # Myitkyina authorities release 90 monks; # Detained monks could be sent to hard labour camps; # KNU Secretary offers to welcome SPDC defectors; # Demonstrations held in India and Sri Lanka; # Counter-protest staged by government supporters; # UN Special Envoy meets junta leader; # Injured monk taken from hospital by officials; # Burmese minister blames protests on "opportunists" and outsiders; # Solidarity protests held around the world; # KNU denounces government brutality; # Smaller-scale protests in Burma on Sunday; # Government organises funerals for protestors; # USDA slams public protests at rally; # Sep 30, 2007 - Government cleans up damage to raided monastery); * Latest News [Oct 3, 2007] (# US denounces Burmese regime as brutal, # ASEAN urges avoidance of violence in Burma, # Buddhist nuns join political protests # Junta Beefs Up Security Around Daw Suu's Compound To Prevent Further Protests, # Democracy icon Suu Kyi greets Myanmar monks, # ILO calls for release of detained activists, # Myanmar diplomat to make first North Korea visit since two country's normalized relations, # 88 student leader denounces government abuse of power); * Features; * Opinion Page; * Interviews; * Photos; * Let's Talk; * Advanced Search; * Keywords Index; * Email Service; * About Us; * Contact Us; * [Readers'] Comments; * DVB News Subscription; * Daily Newsletter; * Photo of the Week.

[A multi-lingual web site (est. 2004) - English, Burmese, Arakan, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Shan - ed.]

URL http://english.dvb.no/ and http://www.dvb.no

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://english.dvb.no/

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