14 Aug 2007

Irish Institute for Chinese Studies (IICS)
University College Dublin, University College Cork, Ireland
Self-description: "The Irish Institute for Chinese Studies (IICS), formerly known as UCD Centre for Chinese Studies (established in January 2006), was officially launched on 26th September 2006. [...] The IICS aims to work with government, business and academia in Ireland and China to create stronger educational, cultural and commercial links between Ireland and China. The primary functions and objectives of the IICS are: * To increase recruitment of Chinese students through partnership programmes; * To offer degree pathways in Chinese Studies to home students; * To develop an international research profile in Chinese Studies; * To facilitate development of economic and cultural links between Ireland and China; * To provide the government and business with professional consultancy services."
Site contents: * UCD-CSC Scholarship,* Inaugural Conference,* Degree Programmes,* Confucius Institute,* Evening Courses,* ACSI,* News,* Staff,* Contact,* Gallery
URL http://www.ucd.ie/china/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ucd.ie/china/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 100

14 Aug 2007

Siberian Studies Centre
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Munich, Germany
Self-description: "The Siberian Studies Centre was founded in mid 2002. Building upon the successful work of the Siberia Project Group (which existed from 2000 to 2002), our aim is to establish a permanent centre for anthropological studies of Siberia, the Russian North and Far East at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. [...] The research fellows and associates of the Siberian Studies Centre explore the diversity of ways of life existing in present-day Siberia, the North and the Far East of Russia. Their investigations address issues that the groups and individuals living in this region perceive as most topical and challenging. Individual interests meet in four broadly defined fields, which constitute the 'backbone' of the research programme in the period 2003-2007: 1. 'Negotiating the Land' (environmental perception, land use and access to resources); 2. 'Generation and Gender' (diversity of life-styles, strategies of life management, and disparity of living conditions); 3. 'Religion, Conversion, and Spirituality' (the social dynamics of established and newly emerging religious denominations); 4. 'Ethnicity and Indigeneity' (ethno-politics in the everyday practice of Siberians)."
URL http://www.eth.mpg.de/research/ssc/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.eth.mpg.de/research/ssc/index.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 300

13 Aug 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue Aug 13, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Aug 13, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Gavan McCormack, Japan as a Nuclear State
* Umebayashi Hiromichi and Richard Tanter, The Covert Expansion of the US-Japan Security Treaty: Missile Defence Response to the July 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Test by US Naval Vessels Home-Ported at Yokosuka
* Arjun Makhijani, Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy
* Kimie Hara, Micronesia: "An American Lake"
* M K Bhadrakumar, Shanghai Cooperation Organization Primed and Ready to Fire: Toward a Regional and *Global Realignment?
* Richard Tanter, The End of Alliance "Business as Usual"? Ozawa's Rejection of Japan's Indian Ocean Deployment
* Lawrence Wittner, Akiba Tadatoshi, and Taue Tomohisa, Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Events Matter. Hiroshima & Nagasaki Peace Declarations
* Suda Mitsuteru, A "Contract Law" that Enslaves Japanese Working People
* Ishihashi Katsuhiko, Why Worry? Japan's Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
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* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
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* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 7,820]

12 Aug 2007

China & the 123 Agreement: An Update
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: "27. When the issue of the NSG [Nuclear Suppliers Group - ed.] relaxing or lifting its present restrictions on India comes up before it formally in the wake of the 123 agreement [The civil nuclear deal of 1 Aug 2007 between India and the US, see http://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/03ndeal3.htm - ed.], three Scenarios are possible: * SCENARIO I: China does not agree to it. This Scenario is unlikely as this could affect the forward momentum in Indo-Chinese relations. * SCENARIO II: China agrees to it without any conditions in the interest of its good relations with India without worrying about its impact on its relations with Pakistan. It seems to be an over-optimistic scenario for the present. * SCENARIO III: China agrees to it subject to the condition that there is a similar relaxation of the NSG guidelines in the case of Pakistan so that it could sell Chashmas III and IV to Pakistan.This Scenario was posed to Shri Pranab Mukherjee by Shri Karan Thapar. His answers were evasive, but one got the impression that India would not be unduly concerned over this so long as the restrictions on its international purchases are lifted. 28. In the eventuality of Scenario III materialising, there could be a delay in the implementation of the 123 agreement due to the following reasons: * The US might insist that before clearing the supply of Chashma III and IV to Pakistan, China and Pakistan should sign a formal agreement similar to the Indo-US deal under which Pakistan would separate its military and civilian infrastructure and sign a Pakistan-centric safeguards agreement with the IAEA, which would apply to its civilian infrastructure. * There could be Congressional opposition to the US agreeing to this till the Pakistan Government makes A.Q.Khan available for interrogation by IAEA experts." - b.raman
[The author, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed. ]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers23/paper2273.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 - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
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11 Aug 2007

Security of Chinese Nationals in Pakistan - International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 266
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 US is not the only country, which has been pressing President General Pervez Musharraf to "do more" against jihadi terrorists operating from sanctuaries in Pakistani territory. China too has been exercising similar pressure on the Pakistani authorities to "do more" against Uighur and other terrorists operating from Pakistani territory, who not only pose a threat to the security of Chinese nationals living and working in Pakistan, but could also pose a threat to next year's Beijing Olympics. - b.raman."
[The author, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed. ]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers24/paper2329.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 - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - 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

10 Aug 2007

Project Maje [Burma's Human Rights]
Project Maje, Portland, OR, US
Self-description: "Project Maje is an independent information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues. It was founded by its project director, Edith Mirante, in 1986."
Site contents: * The Mekong Network Project (Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, China Thailand, Tech info. Random Land); * Documents (We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia ( 2007), Razor's Edge: Survival Crisis for Refugees from Burma in Delhi, India (2004), Burma "Sea Gypsies" Compendium (2004), Mithuns Sacrificed To Greed: The Forest Ox of Burma's Chins (2004), Ashes and Tears: Interviews with Refugees from Burma on Guam (2001), A Chin Compendium (1997), Dacoits, Inc. (1996), This Revolutionary Life (1995), A Swamp Full of Lilies (1994), Difficult Lives (1991), Jumping Rope on the Front Line (1991), Our Journey (1991), Women Speak Out for Peace in Burma (1989), The Victim Zone (1988), A Gray Area (1987), Adrift in Troubled Times (1987), I Am Still Alive (1986)); * Books (Burmese Looking Glass: A Human Rights Adventure and a Jungle Revolution by Edith Mirante (1994); Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers by Edith Mirante (2005)); * Links (Grace Under Pressure, Burma Project, Burma Border Projects, Chin Freedom Coalition, Chin Human Rights Organization, US Campaign for Burma, Burma Underground (Ethnic Voices), Shan Women's Action Network, Online Burma Library, Foundation for the People of Burma, The Irrawaddy News and Magazine, Narinjara News, Shan Herald Agency for News, Mizzima News, Kao Wao News Group, Karen Human Rights Group, Mon News Agency (Rehmonnya), Rohingya News Agency (Kaladan), Free Burma Rangers, Burmanet News, Earth Rights); * Search.
URL http://www.projectmaje.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.projectmaje.org/
Link reported by: Joanna Kirkpatrick (jkirk--at--spro.net), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* 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 1000

10 Aug 2007

Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Initiative: a free E-Book
IRASEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note: "Mekong-GANGA COOPERATION INITIATIVE: A analysis and Assessment of India's Engagement with Greater Mekong Sub-region By Swaran Singh, Irasec, Occasional Paper, no. 3, 2007, 72 pages ISBN : 978-974-7552-18-8
It can be downloaded [PDF format, 985 KB - ed] from on our website at [the URL below]
From October 2006, India holds the Chair of the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Initiative (MGCI). Cambodia and Thailand have held this position for three years each before India, and in that order. MGCI was launched on 10th November 2000 in Vientiane (Laos) and aims at rekindling the cultural links between India and the five riparian states of the Mekong River, namely, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. It is from here that India seeks to strengthen connectivity through building the physical and social infrastructure in these countries. This includes roads, rails, air links and information and communication technologies as also education, culture, and imparting skills in development management and other technical areas. It is only with a robust engagement of this nature that MGCI may evolve a lasting socio-political and economic partnership with this region and take it further in enhancing India's military and strategic equations with these countries. India has taken scores of major initiatives under the MGCI and this newfound enthusiasm has also provided a boost to India's bilateral relations with each country. As this study shows, the results, however, remain a mixed bag and India needs to accelerate its footwork to implement its grand vision and to keep pace with other major stakeholders in this region. In particular, progress made by China has been far too rapid and this has put China in the lead and this remains a subject of debate both inside and outside the Mekong region.
The Author - Dr. Swaran Singh is Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and Academic Consultant at Centre de Sciences Humaines (New Delhi). He is currently President (2005-2010) of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS, New Delhi) for South Asia chapter. He lectures regularly at several military and academic institutions in India and abroad and has traveled to and written extensively on China and Southeast Asia with special interest in perspectives on India's interests, equations and priorities. - ss."
URL http://www.irasec.com/fr/publications_detail.php?hId=82
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) - [the book was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: IRASEC Publications (publications--at--irasec.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
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06 Aug 2007

Japan Focus: An Asia-Pacific Journal - Issue Aug 6, 2007
japanfocus.org, Ithaca, NY, US
Supplied note: "The following articles were posted on Aug 6, 2007 at Japan Focus.
* Gavan McCormack, Japan as a Nuclear State
* Umebayashi Hiromichi and Richard Tanter, The Covert Expansion of the US-Japan Security Treaty: Missile Defence Response to the July 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Test by US Naval Vessels Home-Ported at Yokosuka
* David McNeill, Shaken to the Sore: Japan's Nuclear Program Battered by Niigata Quake
* Walden Bello, All Fall Down: The Asian Financial Crisis, Neoliberalism and Economic Miracles
* Chris Giles and R. Taggart Murphy, The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 a Decade On: Two Perspectives
* Miyagi Yasuhiro and Miyume Tanji, Okinawa and the Paradox of Public Opinion: Base Politics and Protest in Nago City, 1997-2007
* Akutagawa Ryunosuke, The Story of a Head That Fell Off ("Kubi ga ochita hanashi")
Find them at http://japanfocus.org - m.selden."
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* BROWSE ALL ARTICLES; * BROWSE BY REGION (Japan and the World, The United States, The Asia Pacific, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Russia, Europe, The Americas, Okinawa, Africa); * BROWSE BY ISSUES (Diplomacy and Security, The Military and Security, War and Peace, History, Politics and Ideology, Economics, Social Issues, Culture, Education, The Atomic Bomb, Atomic War, Hiroshima and Nagasaki); * SEARCH BY AUTHOR/TITLE/KEYWORD/DATE OF PUBLICATION
[Japan Focus is a refereed e-journal (est. 2003, ISSN 1557-4660) and archive on the Asia Pacific. In addition to Japan Focus exclusives, it provides translations from Japanese and other languages as well as reprints of important articles. Its website with more than 800 articles provides a permanent resource for students and researchers. The coordinators of Japan Focus are Andrew DeWit, Laura Hein, Gavan McCormack, David McNeill, Mark Selden, Yuki Tanaka and William Underwood. Contact Japan Focus by email at info--at--japanfocus.org - ed.]
URL http://japanfocus.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://japanfocus.org
Link reported by: Mark Selden (ms44--at--cornell.edu)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
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* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact 6,640]

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