Current Situation in the Far East

Current Situation in the Far East

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13:

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Considers status of affairs in Asia, focusing on military and economic developments in Southeast Asia and problems produced by defense expenditures in the Vietnam conflict. Classified material has been deleted.


The Role of Environmental NGOs: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

The Role of Environmental NGOs: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-01-08

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0309076188

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An NRC committee was established to work with a Russian counterpart group in conducting a workshop in Moscow on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making and prepared proceedings of this workshop, highlighting the successes and difficulties faced by NGOs in Russia and the United States.


Russia's Far East

Russia's Far East

Author: Rensselaer W. Lee

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781626373891

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Solidly researched, well written ... and makes a real contribution to our understanding of this remote yet important region. --Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville The strategically located Russian Far East¿a vast expanse stretching from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean¿is notable not only for its rich natural resources, but also for the economic challenges, internal dissent, and risks of foreign encroachment that it faces. Rensselaer Lee and Artyom Lukin explore the history, economics, and politics of the RFE in the context of its geopolitical significance both regionally and internationally. Lee and Lukin address questions that have become increasingly important in current global politics: What are the implications, for example, of Russia¿s growing economic dependence on China? Could the emerging Sino-Russian entente result in the RFE becoming a de-facto appendage of the PRC? To what extent is Moscow willing, or able, to strengthen its links to its neighbors other than China? Can Russia and the US act in partnership to further their common interests in the region? As they suggest answers, the authors shed much-needed light on a previously understudied topic. Rensselaer Lee is senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. His previous books include Smuggling Armageddon: The Nuclear Black Market in the Former Soviet Union and Europe. Artyom Lukin is associate professor of international relations and deputy director for research in the School of Regional and International Studies at Russia¿s Far Eastern Federal University.


Fighting the People's War

Fighting the People's War

Author: Jonathan Fennell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 967

ISBN-13: 1107030951

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Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.


Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age, 1522–1657

Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age, 1522–1657

Author: Dr Christina H Lee

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-10-28

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1409483681

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Bringing to bear the latest developments across various areas of research and disciplines, this collection provides a broad perspective on how Western Europe made sense of a complex, multi-faceted, and by and large Sino-centered East and Southeast Asia. The volume covers the transpacific period--after Magellan's opening of the transpacific route to the Far East and before the eventual dominance of the region by the British and the Dutch. In contrast to the period of the Enlightenment, during which Orientalist discourses arose, this initial period of encounters and conquest is characterized by an enormous curiosity and a desire to seize--not only materially but intellectually--the lands and peoples of East Asia. The essays investigate European visions of the Far East--particularly of China and Japan--and examine how and why particular representations of Asians and their cultural practices were constructed, revised, and adapted. Collectively, the essays show that images of the Far East were filtered by worldviews that ranged from being, on the one hand, universalistic and relatively equitable towards cultures to the other extreme, unilaterally Eurocentric.