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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.


23 February 2010

NBR Assessment Paper Series on Muslim Asia

http://www.nbr.org/research/initiative.aspx?id=4060f16e-3f57-4833-9687-2ebf78fd0ac8

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23 Feb 2010

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

Supplied note:
"This paper series reaches out to U.S. and international experts to provide new perspectives on issues of key relevance to U.S. relations with Muslim Asia. Drawing on NBR's global network of specialists, the paper series commissions think pieces that examine major political trends and security issues, and are focused on a high level of analysis with a strong emphasis on assessing key implications of emerging trends in Muslim Asia for the United States. Recent publications include the reports 'Who Speaks for Islam?' [http://www.nbr.org/Publications/issue.aspx?id=194], 'Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia' [http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=193] and 'Narco-Jihad: Drug Trafficking and Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.' [http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=192] - ttg."

Site contents:
* Who Speaks for Islam? Muslim Grassroots Leaders and Popular Preachers in South Asia - Mumtaz Ahmad, Dietrich Reetz and Thomas H. Johnson [1. Media-Based Preachers and the Creation of New Muslim Publics in Pakistan - Mumtaz Ahmad, 2. Muslim Grassroots Leaders in India: National Issues and Local Leadership - Dietrich Reetz, 3. Religious Figures, Insurgency, and Jihad in Southern Afghanistan - Thomas H. Johnson] (Feb 10);
* Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia: History and Prospects - Sumit Ganguly (Dec 09);
* Narco-Jihad: Drug Trafficking and Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Ehsan Ahrari, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Louise I. Shelley and Nazia Hussain [1. The Drug Economy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Military Conflict in the Region - Vanda Felbab-Brown, 2. Narco-trafficking in Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Areas and Implications for Security - Louise I. Shelley and Nazia Hussain, 3. The Dynamics of "Narco-Jihad" in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region - Ehsan Ahrari] (Dec 09);
* Students Islamic Movement of India and the Indian Mujahideen: An Assessment - C. Christine Fair (Jan 10);
* Development and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Agnieszka Paczynska (Nov 09);
* Related Publications (# Pakistani Partnerships with the United States: An Assessment, # Achieve Counter-insurgency Cooperation in Afghanistan by Resolving the Indo-Pakistani Rivalry, # Afghanistan and Pakistan: Difficult Neighbors, # Introduction: Emerging Trends and Developments in Pakistan's FATA--Implications for the United States, # Challenges Facing Development in Pakistan's FATA, # Challenges Facing a Counter-Militant Campaign in Pakistan's FATA, # Introduction: Islamism and U.S. Policy in South and Southeast Asia, # South Asia: Hotbed of Islamic Terrorism, # The Fluid Terrain of Islamism in Southeast Asia);
* Related Initiatives (# Transnational Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks, and Conflict Dynamics, # Islamic Education in Asia, # Approaches to "Moderate" Islam in Asia--The Dynamics among Islam, Muslim Identity, Politics, and Society in Asia);
* More on this topic (# Introduction: Islamism and U.S. Policy in South and Southeast Asia, # Islamic Finance: Sustainability and Challenges, # Middle East: Confronting Resentment in the Arc of Crisis, # Islam and Asian Security, # Enhancing Interlinkages and Opportunities: The Role of Islamic Finance, # Transnational Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks, and Conflict Dynamics, # Militant Recruitment in Pakistan: A New Look at the Militancy-Madrasah Connection, # Behind the Veil of a Public Health Crisis: HIV/AIDS in the Muslim World, # Islamic Education in Asia, # The Fluid Terrain of Islamism in Southeast Asia).

URL http://www.nbr.org/research/initiative.aspx?id=4060f16e-3f57-4833-9687-2ebf78fd0ac8

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

Link reported by: Tracy Timmons-Gray (ttimmonsgray--at--nbr.org)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [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]: under 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