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by Peter Church |
Bangkok
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by Rawdon Dalrymple |
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A
Short History of South East Asia |
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The first edition
of "Focus on Southeast Asia" was published
in 1997 and the second edition, which was renamed
"A Short History of South East Asia",
was published in 1999. With so much change taking
place in South East Asia over the last few years
we recently decided to update the book and a third
edition was published by John Wiley and Sons (www.wiley.com)
in the first half of 2004. The cover set out is
of the third edition.
To view the online text of the second (complimentary)
edition, please click
here.
Copies of the third edition are available for
purchase in bookshops and through the Amazon website
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Added
value |
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The Life Stories of
Leading South East Asian Business People
This uplifting book provides hope and guidance
for businessmen and women of all ages as well
as for those about to embark on a business or
professional career. It details face-to-face interviews
the life stories of leading businessmen and women
throughtout the ten countries of South East Asia
(ASEAN) and their own secrets of success.
It is not a book about the rich and famous, although
many of those interviewed are both, Rather, it
is about the paths they have followed during their
lives adding value to their business and professional
sectors and, in many cases, to their nations.
Many have been badly hurt by the current economic
crisis but their life stories show that many have
faced adversity before. Indeed, many started on
their paths to success at earlier times of economic
and polical disarray and after the Great Depression,
the Second World War and the fall of national
leaders such as President Sukarno of Indonesia.
If you would like to purchase Added Value (published
1999, Hardback, 498pp, US$20 plus postage) please
contact daphne.lim@aseanfocus.com |
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Thailand
Business Guide |
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"The Thai Business and Legal Guide has been prepared and published by Asean
Focus Group's affiliate, Bangkok International Associates, under the
supervision of the firm's co-founder and senior partner, Ron Cristal
(Ronachai Krisadaolarn) and Stephen Frost. The Guide was last updated in
January 2008. The Guide provides general advice and no responsibility is
accepted for errors or omissions, nor should reliance be made nor action
taken on the basis of any information set out in this Guide without
receiving up to date Thai legal advice such as that available from Bangkok
International Associates (http://www.bia.co.th).
The Thailand Business guide can be viewed by clicking
here. |
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Continental
Drift |
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Rawdon Dalrymple A.O.
is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Asean Focus
Group. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney
and was Rhodes Scholar from NSW in 1952. During
Rawdon Dalrymple’s career in the Department
of External Affairs (now Foreign Affairs and Trade)
he was involved at one time or another in all aspects
of Australia's foreign interests and policy areas.
He was one of the architects of the Asian Development
Bank and served on its Board, spent a total of seven
years in Indonesia and was Australia's Ambassador
there from 1981 to 1985. He was subsequently ambassador
to The United States of America and then to Japan.
To learn more about Rawdon Dalrymple please visit
his site on Government and International Relations,
University of Sydney web site (http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/content.php?pageid=1076)
Original, insightful and well-organized, Rawdon
Dalrymple studies Australia's sense of vulnerability
and attachment to distant protectors which has coexisted
with tendencies of both assertiveness and complacency.
Penetrating and authoritative the book examines
the cautious development of Australian relations
with East Asia during the 1980s and 1990s, with
detailed coverage of the background to the Australian
effort and critical analysis of where Australian
forays into the politics of the region leave its
standing in East Asia and the world today.
Contents
Introduction; Living with vulnerability - from the
beginning to 1983; Approaching an independent Australian
foreign and defence policy; The persistence and
decline of dependence; Promoting Australia's Asian
future; Commitments and hesitations; Development,
values, solidarity and fault lines; Australian efforts
to qualify; Dealing with Indonesia; East Timor and
the watershed in policy; Opportunities and constraints;
Bibliography; Index.
Reviews
'... offers a very perceptive and well founded analysis
of Australia's policies towards East Asia over the
past twenty years... trenchant and sometimes discomforting
views on the consequences of Australian foreign
policy for Australia's relationship with East Asia
in particular... hard to put down before the last
page is reached.'
Prof Robert O'Neill,
University of Oxford, UK
'The story of a hundred years of ignoring and attempting
to reconcile the tension between this country's
history and geography leads into the great challenges
ahead. A splendid book in the best tradition of
the top diplomat as reflective author.'
Prof
Ross Garnaut , Australian National University
'A joy to read...The author's insights are penetrating...This
book is destined to be a CLASSIC. It really is a
piece of first-rate scholarship and writing.'
Dennis Rumley, Associate Professor, University
of Western Australia |
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