This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region.
Calendar of Political Events
A calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the year’s main political developments.
General Survey
Written by leading experts, this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters on each country containing:
· essays on geography, history and the economy
· an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications and education
· a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political, financial and commercial institutions
· a country-specific bibliography.
An entire section is dedicated to the Pacific islands, including specially commissioned essays examining the contemporary politics of the islands, their economies, security concerns and the environmental issues confronting them.
Regional Information
· includes all major international organizations active in the region, their aims, activities, publications and principal personnel
· a detailed survey of major commodities in Asia and the Pacific
· a directory of research institutes specializing in the region
· select bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the Asia-Pacific region
· an index of regional organizations.
PART ONE General Survey
The USA’s Turn against China: Rivalry in the Asia-Pacific Region
ROBERT SUTTER
Authoritarianism and Democratic Backsliding in South-East Asia
MARK R. THOMPSON
Environmental Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region
MARY ALICE HADDAD
Competition, Uncertainty and Mistrust: Regional Security in East Asia
NICK BISLEY
Recent Economic Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region
ROBERT E. LOONEY
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography.
AUSTRALIA
History FRANK BONGIORNO
Economy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRI
AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
BRUNEI
History STEPHEN C. DRUCE
Economy WEE CHIAN KOH
CAMBODIA
History TRUDE JACOBSEN GIDASZEWSKI
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
History KERRY BROWN
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
HONG KONG
History JAMES TANG (based on an earlier article by N. J. MINERS)
Economy LOK SANG HO
MACAO
History
Economy
INDONESIA
History JAMES R. RUSH
Economy ANNE BOOTH
JAPAN
History DEAN ASZKIELOWICZ
Economy SHIRO ARMSTRONG
KOREA
History up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE)
THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
History EDWARD HOWELL
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
History EDWARD HOWELL
Economy RANDALL S. JONES
THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
History VOLKER GRABOWKSY
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
MALAYSIA
History JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNER
Economy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAP
MONGOLIA
History LI NARANGOA
Economy CHARLES KRUSEKOPF
MYANMAR (BURMA)
History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNG
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
NEW ZEALAND
History JEANINE GRAHAM
Economy KENNETH E. JACKSON
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Background to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLEN
History of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELL
Contemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH
Security in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH
Economies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCAN
Environmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELE
China and the Pacific: A New Focus on Security MATTHEW CLARKE
AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIES
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Norfolk Island
FIJI
FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES
French Polynesia
The Wallis and Futuna Islands
OTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORY
New Caledonia
KIRIBATI
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
NAURU
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORY
Tokelau
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATES
The Cook Islands
Niue
PALAU
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAMOA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
TONGA
TUVALU
UNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORY
The Pitcairn Islands
US COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC
The Northern Mariana Islands
US EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC
American Samoa
Guam
OTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC
Baker and Howland Islands
Jarvis Island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef
Midway Island
Palmyra
Wake Island
VANUATU
THE PHILIPPINES
History JOHN T. SIDEL
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
SINGAPORE
History S. R. JOEY LONG
Economy CHAN KOK HOE
TAIWAN
History DAFYDD FELL
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
THAILAND
History NICHOLAS FARRELLY
Economy BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHA
TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR)
History MICHAEL LEACH
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
VIET NAM
History JÖRN DOSCH
Economy SUIWAH LEUNG
PART THREE Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
CALENDARS AND TIME RECKONING
RESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIA
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)
INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INDEX OF TERRITORIES
LIST OF MAPS
Biography
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Bryant J. Allen. Former Visiting Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Shiro Armstrong. Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Robert F. Ash. Emeritus Professor, China Institute, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Dean Aszkielowicz. Senior Lecturer, College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences, and Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Nick Bisley. Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia.
Frank Bongiorno. Professor, School of History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Anne Booth. Emerita Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Kerry Brown. Director of the Lau China Institute and Professor of Chinese Studies, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
Ian Campbell. Former Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Matthew Clarke. Alfred Deakin Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Development), Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
Chan Kok Hoe. Lecturer, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
James Chin. Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Jörn Dosch. Professor of International Relations and Development Co-operation, University of Rostock, Germany.
Stephen C. Druce. Deputy Director of the Academy of Brunei Studies, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Asian Studies, Senior Assistant Professor in History, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam.
Ronald Duncan AO. Emeritus Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Nicholas Farrelly. Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Dafydd Fell. Reader in Comparative Politics, with special reference to Taiwan, Department of Politics and International Studies, Director, Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Stewart Firth. Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Volker Grabowsky. Professor of Thai Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany.
Jeanine Graham. Former Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Mary-Alice Haddad. John E. Andrus Professor of Government and Professor of East Asian and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Edward Howell. Lecturer in Politics, New College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Lok Sang Ho. Professor of Economics, Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
James E. Hoare. Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, United Kingdom.
Douglas Hunt. Lecturer in Economics and Research Fellow, Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Kenneth E. Jackson. Former Director, Centre for Development Studies, University of Auckland, and Adjunct Research Professor, Auckland Institute of Studies, Auckland, New Zealand.
Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski. Professor in Asian History, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
Randall S. Jones. Former Head of the Japan/Korea Desk, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Korea Economic Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Professional Fellow, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University, New York, USA, and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA.
Wee Chian Koh. Head of Economics and Finance, Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, Brunei Darussalam.
Charles Krusekopf. Professor, School of Business, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Michael Leach. Professor of Politics and International Relations, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and Co-founder of the Timor-Leste Studies Association.
Suiwah Leung. Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
S. R. Joey Long. Associate Professor and Head, Department of History, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Robert E. Looney. International Consultant specializing in economic development, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.
Anthony Milner. Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia, Visiting Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
N. J. Miners. Former Reader in Political Science, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Andrew C. Nahm. Former Professor Emeritus of History and Consultant to the Office of International Education and Programs, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Li Narangoa. Professor of Asian History, and Director of the Mongolia Institute, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Australia.
Bhanupong Nidhiprabha. Former Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Shyama Ratnasiri. Senior Lecturer in Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
James R. Rush. Professor Emeritus of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
John T. Sidel. Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
Ross Steele. Former Principal Demographer, Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia, and Adjunct Academic Staff, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Robert Sutter. Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
James Tang. Former Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Ardeth Thawnghmung. Professor, Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Mark R. Thompson. Director, Southeast Asia Research Centre, and Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Michael Meow-Chung Yap. Associate Professor, Business Economics and Quantitative Methods Division, Nottingham University Business School, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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PART ONE General Survey
PART ONE General Survey
The USA’s Turn against China: Rivalry in the Asia-Pacific Region
ROBERT SUTTER
Authoritarianism and Democratic Backsliding in South-East Asia
MARK R. THOMPSON
Environmental Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region
MARY ALICE HADDAD
Competition, Uncertainty and Mistrust: Regional Security in East Asia
NICK BISLEY
Recent Economic Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region
ROBERT E. LOONEY
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. A dedicated section on the Pacific islands, which includes an introductory essay and directory and statistical information for each of the Pacific islands and a locally focused bibliography.
AUSTRALIA
History FRANK BONGIORNO
Economy DOUGLAS HUNT and SHYAMA RATNASIRI
AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
BRUNEI
History STEPHEN C. DRUCE
Economy WEE CHIAN KOH
CAMBODIA
History TRUDE JACOBSEN GIDASZEWSKI
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
History KERRY BROWN
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
HONG KONG
History JAMES TANG (based on an earlier article by N. J. MINERS)
Economy LOK SANG HO
MACAO
History
Economy
INDONESIA
History JAMES R. RUSH
Economy ANNE BOOTH
JAPAN
History DEAN ASZKIELOWICZ
Economy SHIRO ARMSTRONG
KOREA
History up to the Korean War ANDREW C. NAHM (with revisions by JAMES E. HOARE)
THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
History EDWARD HOWELL
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
History EDWARD HOWELL
Economy RANDALL S. JONES
THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
History VOLKER GRABOWKSY
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
MALAYSIA
History JAMES CHIN and ANTHONY MILNER
Economy MICHAEL MEOW-CHUNG YAP
MONGOLIA
History LI NARANGOA
Economy CHARLES KRUSEKOPF
MYANMAR (BURMA)
History ARDETH THAWNGHMUNG
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
NEW ZEALAND
History JEANINE GRAHAM
Economy KENNETH E. JACKSON
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Background to the Pacific Islands BRYANT J. ALLEN
History of the Pacific Islands IAN CAMPBELL
Contemporary Politics of the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH
Security in the Pacific Islands STEWART FIRTH
Economies of the Pacific Islands RONALD DUNCAN
Environmental Issues of the Pacific Islands ROSS STEELE
China and the Pacific: A New Focus on Security MATTHEW CLARKE
AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC TERRITORIES
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Norfolk Island
FIJI
FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES
French Polynesia
The Wallis and Futuna Islands
OTHER FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORY
New Caledonia
KIRIBATI
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
NAURU
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC TERRITORY
Tokelau
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC ASSOCIATED STATES
The Cook Islands
Niue
PALAU
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAMOA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
TONGA
TUVALU
UNITED KINGDOM PACIFIC TERRITORY
The Pitcairn Islands
US COMMONWEALTH TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC
The Northern Mariana Islands
US EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC
American Samoa
Guam
OTHER US TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC
Baker and Howland Islands
Jarvis Island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef
Midway Island
Palmyra
Wake Island
VANUATU
THE PHILIPPINES
History JOHN T. SIDEL
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
SINGAPORE
History S. R. JOEY LONG
Economy CHAN KOK HOE
TAIWAN
History DAFYDD FELL
Economy ROBERT F. ASH
THAILAND
History NICHOLAS FARRELLY
Economy BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHA
TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR)
History MICHAEL LEACH
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
VIET NAM
History JÖRN DOSCH
Economy SUIWAH LEUNG
PART THREE Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MAJOR COMMODITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
CALENDARS AND TIME RECKONING
RESEARCH INSTITUTES STUDYING THE FAR EAST AND AUSTRALASIA
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)
INDEX OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INDEX OF TERRITORIES
LIST OF MAPS
