The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Jun 2004
Vol. 11, No. 12 (216)

27 Jun 2004

Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
[Extract: "The late Al-Muqrin [until a few days ago the head of Saudi Al Qaeda ... ] wanted the jihad against the Saudi ruling family in Saudi territory and the jihad against the Americans in Iraq to be waged simultaneously, with the one complementing and sustaining the other. Till now, Al-Oufi [Al-Muqrin's successor] has gone along with this view. It remains to be seen whether he would continue to do so now that he has taken over as the head of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia." - b.raman]
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1037.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

26 Jun 2004

Arts of Asia Magazine
Arts of Asia, Hong Kong, China
Self-description: "Arts of Asia, founded in 1970, is the world's leading fine magazine of Asian art. Published six times a year, it has the largest circulation of any Asian art magazine and is distributed to 80 countries. It has the support of numerous museums, cultural organisations, universities and schools throughout the world, as well as the major dealers and collectors, and students of art.
Arts of Asia has a tradition of meticulously cataloguing and storing back issues. This serves both to preserve the historical record and to provide scholars of Asian art with a valuable research resource. We invite you to view the attractive magazine covers and interesting contents of each issue we have published since 1971."
[A site promoting the paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.artsofasianet.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.artsofasianet.com
Link reported by: Robin Markbreiter (rmarkbreiter[use"@"]netvigator.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

24 Jun 2004

Perspectives on Japan's SDF Troop Involvement
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Self-description: "A panel of East Asian and Middle Eastern specialists lead faculty, students, and interested members of the community in a round-table discussion on the future implications of Japanese SDF troop involvement in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
Background materials:
* NPR Morning Edition, broadcast 29 July 2003 'SDF Troops' (RealAudio) * Paul Midford, Asian Survey 43:2 (Mar/Apr2003): 329-42 Japan's Response to Terror * Kimberly Marten Zisk, Asia-Pacific Review 8:1 (May 2001): 21-39 Japan's United Nations Peacekeeping Dilemma * Asia Times published online 3 April 2004 Japan's new army to the rescue of US forces? * Associated Press 30 April 2004 Japanese Hostages Talk about Their Ordeal
The workshop was held on Thursday, April 22, 2004."
[The site publishes a two hrs long video of the panel discussions - ed.]
URL http://ceas.uchicago.edu/sdf/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Scott Relyea (scottr[use"@"]uchicago.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

23 Jun 2004

Indonesia in Transition, Aug 2004
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Supplied note: "Conference Indonesia in Transition: Reform, Crises, Conflicts, Continuities. Amsterdam, 25-27 August 2004 [...] Venue: Het Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam, [The Netherlands]. [...] Admission 15 Euro per day (including reception, coffee, lunch, tea). Registration and information: Nanny Jaski (KNAW; tel: +31(0)20 551 0788; fax: +31(0)20 620 4941; nanny.jaski[use"@"]bureau.knaw.nl)."
URL http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/indonesia/project.cfm?program=14
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Cathy Haberle (indonesia.project[use"@"]anu.edu.au), forwarded by asia_news[use"@"]anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

22 Jun 2004

Alleba - Philippine Search Engine and Web Directory
Alleba, Manila, Philippines
Supplied note: "Highly organized directory [est. 2002] of important links related to the Philippines. The directory is searchable and results are displayed in a simple and relevant manner. The search engine have been freely syndicated by many external websites who wish to provide our database to their visitors. Strict attention is paid to each requested link submission to maintain the quality of each category - ads."
URL http://www.alleba.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.alleba.com/
Link reported by: Andrew dela Serna (andrew[use"@"]alleba.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

21 Jun 2004

Ah Hon's Oriental Art
Ah Hon's, Stawell, VIC, Australia
Supplied note: International sourcing agency and wholesalers for finest Oriental art and antiques. We have just begun a new research only segment of our web site, and want to expand even more in the future, please check it out, if you would like to write articles for it please contact us.
Site contents: * Links (Pottery and Porcelain, Jade, Furniture and Architectural, Marble and Stone, Bronze and Metal, Art); * Search; * Home; * Request Item; * Purchase; * Articles (incl. 'Japanese Antiques', 'Jade production in the early Q'ing period', 'Oriental carpets and rugs', and 'The three phases of Shang and Chou artifacts'.); * Contact.
URL http://free.hostdepartment.com/a/ah_hons/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Sandra Hillard (mzurione[use"@"]yahoo.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 Jun 2004

[Pacific and Asian] Economics: Publications
Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The Division of Economics [RSPAS] is convened by Professor Hal Hill. Research into theoretical and applied problems of international economics and development is conducted with emphasis on the countries of Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the Southwest Pacific and South Asia. The Division currently has active interests in macroeconomics and finance, agriculture, industrialisation, the causes of poverty, environmental policy, international trade and capital flows. There are Centres that specialise in the economics of South Asia (the Australia-South Asia Research Centre), Indonesia (the Indonesia Project), poverty (Poverty Research Centre) and macroeconomics (the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, CAMA)."
Site contents: * Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES) [a refereed journal that has been in continuous publication since 1965. It is published three times a year]; * Australia-South Asia Research Centre publications (Working papers [Coverage: 2000-2004] Conference papers Publications for sale); * Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis publications [page under construction]; * Working Papers in Trade and Development [Coverage:1996-2004]. Self-description: "This working paper series provides a vehicle for preliminary circulation of the Division's research results in the fields of economic development and international trade. The series is intended to stimulate discussion and critical comment. [...] To facilitate prompt distribution, papers are screened, but not formally refereed." [The 2004 papers include: 2004/04 Prema-chandra Athukorala and Suphat Suphachalasai, 'Post-crisis Export Performance in Thailand' 2004/03 Raghbendra Jha and K V Bhanu Murthy, 'A Consumption Based Human Development Index and The Global Environmental Kuznets Curve' 2004/02 Chris Manning and Pradip Phatnagar, 'The Movement of Natural Persons in Southeast Asia: How Natural?' 2004/01 Ross H McLeod, 'Towards improved monetary policy in Indonesia: Response to De Brouwer.' ].
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/publications.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/publications.php
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [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

19 Jun 2004

Pakistani Intelligence Base In Colombo
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
[Extract: "For its intelligence-collection and covert action operations directed against India, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) uses four external bases---Kathmandu, Dubai, Bangkok and Colombo." - b.raman]
[The research note is published in two installements - Part 1 (this web page) and Part 2 (http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1032.html)]
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1026.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Jun 2004

Ethnopolitical Map of Europe - Chechnya
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany
Supplied note: "The place on the internet to find comprehensive and up to date materials on the situation in Chechnya. A brief introduction to the conflict, statistical information, including official census materials as well as recent estimates from the Danish Refugee Committee can be found here. The documents section includes the full text of peace agreements as well as relevant documents from international actors including the OSCE, Council of Europe, and the European Union. The National Legislation section includes the constitution of 1992 in English, as well as the constitution of 1992 with amendments of November 11, 1996 and February 2, 1997 in Russian. The entry is rounded out by extensive bibliography and links sections. - wmck."
Site contents: 1. Background; 2. Statistics; 3. Current situation and international response; 4. National legislation; 5. Bibliography; 6. Links: Chechnya.
[A collection of documents in PDF format - ed.]
URL http://www.ecmi.de/emap/chechnya.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: William McKinney (mckinney[use"@"]ecmi.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

17 Jun 2004

Labourstart Indonesian-language page
Labourstart, London, UK
Supplied note: "Labourstart, the foremost international labour news website, now provides a page in bahasa Indonesia. The Labourstart Indonesian page provides links to stories on Indonesian trade unions and all other issues relating to labour in Indonesia. These stories are posted from trade union websites, mainstream online media as well as alternative media sources. - sg."
URL http://www.labourstart.org/id/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Sarah Gardner (asia-solidarity[use"@"]iuf.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

16 Jun 2004

Turkish Policy Quarterly
Turkish Policy Quarterly, Istanbul, Turkey
Self-description: "Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) provides an international forum for practitioners, opinion leaders and researchers on Turkey's foreign policy, international relations and economics. The journal publishes articles on current affairs, opinions, policy pieces, review articles and interviews. The primary focus is Turkey but articles that might have a broader regional focus are also welcome. The journal is intended for expert advisors, researchers, practitioners, professional groups, government, institutions, business connected with policy making and a general audience of individuals with interest in Turkey's foreign policy and economics.
Site contents: Articles (TOCs of Vol.1 No: 1 (Spring 2002) - Vol3. No: 2 (Summer 2004); Editorial Board; Subscriptions; Contact; Guide for Authors.
[A site promoting the paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.turkishpolicy.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.turkishpolicy.com/
Link reported by: Ozgul Erdemli (ozgul[use"@"]ari-tr.org), forwarded by central-eurasia-l[use"@"]lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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