Product Description: In the past three years, as the authors of this book write, the frontier of the accelerating late industrial revolution has moved beyond Japan to the rest of East and Southeast Asia. The economic take-off of this region...is of historic significance for several reasons: The pace of economic and social change is faster than for any previous area or era...read more

Europe and the Asia-Pacific is the most wide-ranging and accessible book currently available on the increasingly important relationship between these two regions. Compiled by leading experts, it covers the historical background, contemporary political setting and the vitally important economic aspects of this relationship. Moving on to deal with security considerations and policy decisions it provides valuable insights into the developing partnership between Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Rigorous and up-to-date, it is born out of the work of the Council for Asia-Europe cooperation (CAEC), a body of think tanks that supports the Asia-Europe Summit Meeting (ASEM) process.

Product Description: Am 15. August 1989 endete in Siidafrika die Ara Botha. Elf Jahre lang hatte "Pee Wee," wie er von seinen Landsleuten nach den Ini tialen seiner Vornamen (Pieter Willem) genannt wurde, die Ge schicke des Staates bestimmt - zuniichst als Premierminister, dann als Staatspriisident mit umfassenden Gewalten, die eine neue, auf ihn zugeschnittene Verfassung bereitstellte...read more