THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR    ISSN 1329-9778 URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Edited by: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek "The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides virtually daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. This timely, reliable and impartial information is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. Daily contents" summaries and evaluations published in this web edition of the Journal are disseminated also on the network via a mailing list. SUBSCRIBE to the MONITOR ! 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THIS ISSUE Entries accepted for publication: 16 Entries rejected: 20 The email edition of this Journal has now over 8,260 subscribers. The AS WWW Monitor does not necessarily endorse contents, or policies of the Internet resources it abstracts. Mailing list admin. page. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html#database Google Search past issues of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor Search WWW Search The Monitor Coverage: 2000-2008. Note: specific keywords/phrases work better than general ones. 30 Jun 2009 The East-West Wire East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, US Self-description: "The East-West Wire is a news, commentary, and analysis service provided by the East-West Center in Honolulu. Any part or all of the Wire content may be used by media with attribution to the East-West Center or the person quoted. 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Current East-West Wire [i.e. from the period 30 Jun 2009 - 1 Jan 2009 - ed.] * U.S. Has Limited Options on Iran; * Economic Shifts Critical for North Korea Sanctions; * U.S. Ambassador: Elections, Fair Constitution Key to Restoring Fiji's Democracy; * U.S. Needs New Approach to Burma, Former Embassy Chief Says; * Indian Voters Opt for Continuity Over Change; * Rubber Plantations May Have Devastating Environmental Effects in the Uplands of Mainland Southeast Asia, Scientists Warn; * Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.S.: Shared Concerns and Concerted Responses; * Fiji's Conundrum; * Indonesia's Young Democracy Thriving, But Challenges Remain; * Public Health Systems Have Come a Long Way in Pandemic Readiness; * House Foreign Affairs Chairman: U.S. Foreign Aid System in Need of Reform; * Roots of Tension in Thailand; * Asia's Challenges in the Global Crisis -- A Catalyst for Change?; * North Korea Undeterred by Toothless Trade Restrictions; * North Korea -- Beyond the Launch; * Revisiting Micronesia; * A Thai Village's Ecological Success Story Offers Important Lessons; * A new role for civil society organizations; * Forging Cooperation in Crisis; * Trial Monitors Issue First Report on Khmer Rouge Tribunal; * Clinton in Indonesia: A Good Place to Start; * China-U.S. Economic Relations: From Symbiosis to Rupture?; * Street-level air pollution in Asian cities likely worse than thought, and getting worse; * Archived News Wires [From 31 Dec 2008 - to 1 Feb 2001 - ed.] [Strangely, in most of the East-West Wires their date (day, month, year) of publication is not stated in a unambiguous, clear-cut manner. It takes reader's conscious effort to ascertain when exactly a particular Wire has been written. - ed.] URL http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news-center/east-west-wire/ Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news-center/east-west-wire/ * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study * 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 28 Jun 2009 Asian Currents e-bulletin Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Australia. Self-description: Asian Currents [est. Mar 2004 - ed.]. The Asian Studies Association of Australia's e-bulletin. Maximising Australia's Asian Knowledge. ISSN 1449-4418. [...] The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) [http://asaa.asn.au/] promotes the study of Asian languages, societies, cultures, and politics in Australia, supports teaching and research in Asian studies and works towards an understanding of Asia in the community at large. It publishes the Asian Studies Review journal [http://asaa.asn.au/publications/asr.php] and holds a biennial conference. The ASAA believes there is an urgent need to develop a strategy to preserve, renew and extend Australian expertise about Asia. It has called on the government to show national leadership in the promotion of Australia's Asia knowledge and skills. See Maximizing Australia's Asia Knowledge Repositioning and Renewal of a National Asset [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asia-knowledge-book-v70.pdf]. Asian Currents is published by the ASAA and edited by Allan Sharp." In this issue [Issue #59, June 2009]: * From the Editor; * Decisive action needed on Asian languages; * Analysis: Pyongyang turns the clock back; * Comment - Postgraduate employment; * Profile - Centre for Dialogue; * Student of the month - Jorge Gonzalez; * ASAA President's Prize; * Website of the month; * Interesting books of Asian interest; * Positions vacant; * Did you know?; * Diary dates; * About the ASAA. [Subscription is free and open to all by simply sending an email address to: asian-currents-request--at--anu.edu.au?subject=subscribe If you would like to submit ideas, suggestions or articles, please contact the editor, allan.sharp--at--homemail.com.au - ed.] URL http://asaa.asn.au/publications/asian_current_issues.html Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]. Link reported by: Valerie Shavgarova (valerie.shavgarova--at--deewr.gov.au), forwarded by asian-currents--at--anu.edu.au * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News * Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 25 Jun 2009 The Dunhuang chinese sky: a comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 12.1:39-59 (March 2009) Self-description: "The Dunhuang chinese sky: a comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas. Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud (1), Francoise Praderie (2), Susan Whitfield (3), ((1) Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F, (2) Observatoire de Paris, F, (3) The British Library, UK) (Submitted on 16 Jun 2009) This paper presents an analysis of the star atlas included in the medieval Chinese manuscript (Or.8210/S.3326), discovered in 1907 by the archaeologist Aurel Stein at the Silk Road town of Dunhuang and now held in the British Library. Although partially studied by a few Chinese scholars, it has never been fully displayed and discussed in the Western world. This set of sky maps (12 hour angle maps in quasi-cylindrical projection and a circumpolar map in azimuthal projection), displaying the full sky visible from the Northern hemisphere, is up to now the oldest complete preserved star atlas from any civilisation. It is also the first known pictorial representation of the quasi-totality of the Chinese constellations. This paper describes the history of the physical object - a roll of thin paper drawn with ink. We analyse the stellar content of each map (1339 stars, 257 asterisms) and the texts associated with the maps. We establish the precision with which the maps are drawn (1.5 to 4 degrees for the brightest stars) and examine the type of projections used. We conclude that precise mathematical methods were used to produce the atlas. We also discuss the dating of the manuscript and its possible author and confirm the dates 649-684 (early Tang dynasty) as most probable based on available evidence. This is at variance with a prior estimate around +940. Finally we present a brief comparison with later sky maps, both in China and in Europe. Comments: 19 pages, 5 Tables, 8 Figures. Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR). Journal reference: J.Astron.Hist.Herit.12:39-59,2009." [The paper, in PDF format, over 2 MB strong can be dowloaded from http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.3034v1 - ed.] Site contents: 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. The "Discovery" of the star atlas 2. THE CHINESE CONTEXT 2.1. Chinese astronomical background 2.2. Review of the Chinese sources on S.3326 3. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF S.3326 3.1. Physical characteristics of the manuscript 3.2. The astronomical content 3.2.1. The star maps 3.2.2. The calendar texts (Jupiter stations) 3.2.3. The culmination texts 3.3. The polar star 4. SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF S.3326 4.1. Accuracy and projection study 1.2. Analysis of the culmination texts : an attempt at dating 2. STATUS OF S.3326 2.1. Dating the document 2.2. A comparison with other sources 2.3. Purpose of S.3326 3. CONCLUSION 4. APPENDIX 7.1 The Orion stellar region (map 5) 7.2 The circumpolar map (map 13) 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6. NOTES 9. REFERENCES 11. TABLES 12. FIGURES URL http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3034v1 Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: Moo-Young Han (myhan--at--phy.duke.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]: V.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 2009 eJournal of Indian Medicine (eJIM) University of Groningen (RUG) & Barhuis [www.barkhuis.nl], The Netherlands Supplied note: "eJIM, the eJournal of Indian Medicine [est. 2007 - ed.], has a new website: [... at the URL below]. Access to the journal is free, but users have to register if they want to read the full articles. Registered users will be notified by email on publication of a new issue of the journal. eJIM is a multidisciplinary periodical that publishes studies on South Asian medical systems by qualified scholars in philology, medicine, pharmacology, botany, anthropology and sociology. Authors from India, Sri Lanka and adjoining countries are cordially invited to contribute. The table of contents of the last issue of eJIM: "On the effectiveness of Ayurvedic medical treatment: humoural pharmacology, positivistic science, and soteriology", by Maarten Bode. eJIM also publishes supplements. The first supplement is: "The trees called sigru (Moringa sp.), along with a study of the drugs used in errhines", by Jan Meulenbeld. - jh." Site contents: * About (People, Policies, Submissions, Other); * Log In; * Register; * Current [issue] * Archives (2009: Vol 2, No 1 (2009), Supplement 1 Jan Meulenbeld - The trees called sigru (Moringa sp), along with a study of the drugs used in errhines, 2008: Vol 1, No 3 (2008), Vol 1, No 2 (2008), 2007: Vol 1, No 1 (2007)); * Annotated Bibliography of Indian Medicine (ABIM); * Journal Help; * User [Log-in]; * Journal Content - Search (All, Authors, Title, Abstract, Index terms, Full Text); * Journal Content - Browse (By Issue, By Author, By Title, Other Journals); * eJIM Supplements; * Information (For Readers, For Authors, For Librarians). URL http://www.indianmedicine.nl Link reported by: Jan Houben (j_e_m_houben--at--yahoo.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Study * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic/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 30 20 Jun 2009 Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) PARADISEC, c/o The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Self-description: "PARADISEC (Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) offers a facility for digital conservation and access for endangered materials from the Pacific region, defined broadly to include Oceania and East and Southeast Asia. Our research group has developed models to ensure that the archive can provide access to interested communities, and conforms with emerging international standards for digital archiving. Our research group is composed of investigators from the four participating institutions [i.e. Universities of Sydney, Melbourne, New England, & ANU - ed.] PARADISEC collaborates with other groups to promote good practice in field documentation and digital archiving of endangered languages: Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity (RNLD) [http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/thieberger/RNLD/RNLDmailing.html], the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) [http://www.language-archives.org], the Digital Endangered Languages and Musics Network (DELAMAN) [http://www.delaman.org/] and the Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data project (E-MELD) [http://www.emeld.org/index.cfm]. At September 2008 PARADISEC's collection contains 2051 hours of digital audio and video files on 3.65 TB of disk space. A catalogue of this material is available at the link given in the right hand frame of this page. 614 languages from 60 countries are represented in PARADISEC's collection." Site contents: * About Us; * Services (Access Our Database, Make a Deposit, Downloads, Training Workshops, Commercial Services); * Links (Archives and Archiving, Audio Preservation, Digitisation and Digital Links, Digital Image and Video Collections, Endangered Music and Languages, Linguistics Software Annotation and Dictionaries, Metadata, Pacific Languages and Resources, Software, XML); * Contact Us; * Administration; * Sitemap; * Search PARADISEC; * PARADISEC Quick Links (PARADISEC NEWS - Winners of 2008 VERSI prize... , Recent PARADISEC publications, Ethnographic Eresearch (EthnoER), Transient Languages & Cultures Blog); * How you can help; * Basic metadata describing PARADISEC's collection; * Internal catalogue records (Search/Browse fields: #Persistent identifier, #Item name, #Collector name, #Source Language, #Dialect, #Country, #Region / village, #Longitude, #Latitude); * Privacy Policy. URL http://paradisec.org.au Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/paradisec.org.au Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./Documents/Online Guide * 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 1000 19 Jun 2009 Asia Matters for America (AMA) East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, US Self-description: "Asia Matters for America (AMA) provides a hub for American and Asian audiences to explore the importance and impact of Asia in the United States by State and Congressional District. AMA provides government, academia, civil society, media and business with an interactive website that graphically displays useful trends and accurate data on how Asia matters at the U.S. state and local level. Current Data Includes: * U.S. exports to Asia; * U.S. employment linked to exports to Asia; * Asian foreign-born and ethnic Asian-alone population in the United States; * Asian foreign students in the United States." Site contents: * Help & About; * Top 10; * Congressional Districts; * States; * [Interactive] Map and Data by State and Congressional District; * Search [by #Data: Exports, Employment, Ethnicity, Students, etc.; #Unit of measurement: Raw values, percent of total, per capita, etc.; #Year: 2001 - current]. URL http://www.asiamattersforamerica.org/ Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * 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]: V. Useful * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300 18 Jun 2009 Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) Blog Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC), San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. Self-description: "Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) is a non-profit, independent, educational organization recognized by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. ICC was established in 1999 [...]. It is dedicated to publishing two magazines every year - a Divali souvenir magazine, and an Indian Arrival Day commemorative magazine. ICC is primarily committed to the production of information about people, issues and events affecting Hindus and Indians in multi-ethnic Trinidad and the Caribbean." [A blog entry posted on May 28, 2009:] Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council (ICC) is proud to announce the publication of its latest magazine commemorating Indian Heritage Month (May 2009) in Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean). The theme of the magazine which marks the arrival of East Indians/South Asians from India to Trinidad during indentureship (1845-1917) is 'A pictorial survey of books on indentureship in the Caribbean.'" Site contents: * About us; * Divali Festival in Trinidad and Tobago; * Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago; * Ordering Information [for the Magazines]; * Search; * Blog Archives (May 2009 - November 2000). URL http://icctrinidad.wordpress.com/ Link reported by: Dr. Kumar Mahabir (mahab--at--tstt.net.tt) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info./News * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 16 Jun 2009 Supremely Undemocratic: The Revolutionary Guards Engineer Iran's Elections AEI's Middle Eastern Outlook Series, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), Washington, D.C., US Self-description: "Supremely Undemocratic: The Revolutionary Guards Engineer Iran's Elections - By Ali Alfoneh, AEI Online, (June 2009), As presidential elections near in Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is more active than ever in its support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although IRGC intervention in elections is hardly a new phenomenon, its involvement in 2009 is its most direct. Regardless of the ultimate victor at the June 12 polls, in the short term, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be the winner. The long-term winner, however, may be the IRGC, which will have carved out a new, much more heavy-handed role for itself in the political process, one that will be difficult for even the supreme leader to reverse. Key points in this Outlook: # Elections in Iran offer the illusion of democracy, but candidates must be approved by the unelected Guardian Council. # In its support of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2009 presidential election, the IRGC is assuming an unprecedented role in politics. # Emboldened by their activity in this election, IRGC commanders will not likely relinquish their newfound power." Extract: "Conclusion [published 8 June 2009 - ed.] : Considering the current trajectory, the IRGC's political activity could very well tip the elections in favor of Ahmadinejad. Iranian voters are notoriously unpredictable, however, and Khamenei's involvement has backfired before. His implicit endorsement of Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri's candidacy in 1997 was counterproductive, paving the way for Khatami's landslide. What we see now, ironically, may be the result of the lesson Khamenei drew from the experience: not leaving anything to chance, both subtly endorsing Ahmadinejad and using the IRGC as a proxy. This pattern suggests a victory for Khamenei regardless of who prevails. But this may only be in the short term, and the IRGC may be the ultimate victor. Now empowered to interfere in the political process, IRGC commanders will not be willing to relinquish such power. Nor does it appear that any political institution inside the Islamic Republic could force the IRGC to step back, as Khamenei, in order to consolidate his own power, has systematically weakened the civilian institutions that traditionally work to restrain the power of the military. Khamenei will be pleased if Ahmadinejad is president for the next four years, but that happy mood will sour if he becomes hostage to his own Praetorian Guard." Site contents: * The IRGC versus the Constitution; * When the Supreme Leader Does It, It's Not Illegal; * The IRGC Answers Khamenei's Call; * Conclusion; * Tables [2 tables]; * Notes [23 references to documents and Iranian newspaper articles - ed.]. [Ali Alfoneh is a visiting research fellow at AEI and a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Copenhagen. - ed. See also other related AEI online papers:] * Iran's Presidential Election: A Predictable Victory for Khamenei - By Ali Alfoneh, AEI Online, Thursday, May 21, 2009, Regardless of who wins the Iranian election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be the true victor because the president is subservient to him. [http://www.aei.org/outlook/100038]; * Indoctrination of the Revolutionary Guards - By Ali Alfoneh, AEI Online, Friday, February 20, 2009, Indoctrination of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps reinforces the trend of militarization within Iran. [http://www.aei.org/outlook/100005]; * Can a Nuclear Iran Be Contained or Deterred? - By Michael Rubin, AEI Online, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 The absence of a clear U.S. strategy to deter a nuclear Iran will give Tehran a free hand in the region to pursue conventional aggression and, what is worse, a nuclear attack. [http://www.aei.org/outlook/28896]; * What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean? - By Ali Alfoneh, AEI Online, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 The recent shift of the IRGC's focus from external defense to internal security signals a renewed crackdown on reformism and civil society. [http://www.aei.org/outlook/28666]. URL http://www.aei.org/outlook/100045 Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO * 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 11 Jun 2009 Exhibition: Hafu / Half Japanese hafujapanese.org, London, UK Self-description: "Vision: This is an ongoing project that creates a dialogue about being in between cultures. By increasing discussions about culture, 'race' and ethnicity we hope to achieve a deeper understanding of these issues. For this reason we [Natalie Maya Willer, Photographer - www.nataliemayawiller.com & Marcia Yumi Lise, Researcher - www.marcialise.com - ed.] actively give public lectures and organise events. Motivation: 'Our shared interest in half Japanese identity inherently stems from our experience of being in between different cultures. Like many other half Japanese people we have been making an enquiry into our mixed cultural experience. This questioning of our own identity has its roots in our appearance and 'mixed' upbringing as well as how we sit in the racially designated society we live in.'" Site contents: * Intro; * Photographs and Interviews; * About Us; * Forthcoming Events; * Past events; * Sponsors; * Press And Feedback; * Links; * Contact. URL http://hafujapanese.org/ Link reported by: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture office (diricc--at--sophia.ac.jp), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./ Documents * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other * 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 10 Jun 2009 Library of Congress, Overseas Office, South East Asia Region Library of Congress - Jakarta, U.S. Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia Self-description: "The Library of Congress Office in Jakarta is one of six overseas offices administered by the African/Asian Acquisitions and Overseas Operations Division of the Library of Congress. The staff acquire, catalog, preserve, and distribute library and research materials from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods and provide assistance to the US congress. This Website is primarily for the use of the participants in the South East Asian Cooperative Acquisitions Program (CAPSEA). We welcome new participants worldwide." Site contents: * About the Office; * Addresses; * Current News; * Annual Reports; * Common Abbreviations; * Trip Reports; * FAQ; * Related Resources (Exchange Program, Preservation Program, Productions Statistics, South East Asia Serials List - by country - all participants) * Library Projects (LC Southeast Asia Blog [http://www.locjkt.or.id/application/blog/Main.asp], LC Overseas Chinese in South East Asia Blog [http://www.locjkt.or.id/application/chinese_blog/Default.asp], Parliament Library Projects (Timor) [http://www.locjkt.or.id/Timor/Projects/parliament_library_project.asp]); * Participants Section [50 institutions in the US and worldwide] * Cooperative Acquisitions Programs (CAPSEA) for Indonesia, Singapore, Timor Leste,Vietnam, Chinese in ASEAN countries, and Burma. (Cost Estimates for the Cooperative Acquisitions Program, Digitized Table of Contents, How the Cooperative Acquisitions Programs Works, Inquiries About the Program, List of Participating Libraries, Schedule of Sending Circular Letter to CAPSEA for FY 2009, Selected Serials, Standard Abbreviations in Various Languages, Timor Electronic Resources); * Links To Other South East Asia Materials Web Sites (ASEAN Secretariat, Asia Matters for America CORMOSEA Website, CORMOSEA Bulletin, Library of Congress, Asian Reading Room, National Library of Australia, Asian Collections, South East Asia Microfom (SEAM) Project, SEADL Project, South East Asia Guide, Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center, World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries on Chinese Overseas Studies, WCILCOS New Publications (outside Southeast Asia)). URL http://www.locjkt.or.id/ Link reported by: William P Tuchrello (wtuc--at--loc.gov), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.locjkt.or.id/ * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./ Study/ News * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library * 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 09 Jun 2009 New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies (NZJAS) New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA), New Zealand Self-description: "The New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies has been published since June 1999, when it became the official journal of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) [http://www.nzasia.org.nz/ - ed.] The journal is published twice a year, in June and December, and contains a mixture of academic articles and reviews, from contributors both within and outside New Zealand. All submitted articles are refereed." Site contents: * Intro; * Membership; * Journal (Subscriptions, Submission of manuscripts, NZJAS Back Issues with Full Text of Articles (Vol 3, No. 1 (June 2001) to Vol 11 no. 1 (June 2009)). * Newsletter (The NZASIA Newsletters are published twice each year. There were 19 issues in Jun 2009 - ed.]; * Conference (The 18th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2009, Victoria University of Wellington, 6-8 July, 2009, Downtown (Pipitea) Campus); * Knowing Asia; * Scholarships; * Directories (1. Directory of Asia Specialists in New Zealand listed by Region, 2. Directory of Asia Specialists in New Zealand listed by Discipline, 3. Directory of Postgraduate Studies of Asia listed by Region, 4. Directory of Postgraduate Studies of Asia listed by Discipline); TOC of the New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 11, No. 1, June 2009. # Special Issue -- Peter Nicholas Tarling: A Tribute * Preface - OOI KEAT GIN * Foreword - ANTHONY REID * The Festschrift - OOI KEAT GIN * Peter Nicholas Tarling: A Tribute - OOI KEAT GIN * Seventy-Fifth Birthday Speech - NICHOLAS TARLING * Keynote Address - WANG GUNGWU # Articles * British Trade to Southeast Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Revisited - DIANNE LEWIS * Dropping Artillery, Loading Rice and Elephants: A Spanish Ambassador in the Court of Ayudhya in 1718 - FERDINAND C. LLANES * Prince Cuong De (1882-1951) and his Quest for Vietnamese Independence 75 - MY-VAN TRAN * Woolley and the Codification of Native Customs in Sabah - DANNY WONG TZE KEN * British Colonial Rule, Japanese Occupation, and the Transformation of Malay Kingship 1930s-1957 - KOBKUA SUWANNATHAT-PIAN * The Communist Insurgency and the End of Empire in Malaysia, 1948- 90: Contesting the Nation-State and Social Change - CHEAH BOON KHENG * Lenin and Sneevliet: The Origins of the Theory of Colonial Revolution in the Dutch East Indies153 he Economic Decolonization of Sumatra - J. THOMAS LINDBLAD * Charles Alma Baker's Uneasy Role in the Expansion of the Malayan Economy 1890s-1910s - SIVACHANDRALINGAM SUNDARA RAJA * Bung Karno and the Bintang Muhammadiyah: A Political Affair - STEVEN DRAKELEY * Revivalism and Radicalism in Southeast Asian Islam: A Pattern or an Anomaly? - IIK A. MANSURNOOR * Has the Past got a Future in Local Politics in Indonesia? Pilkada 2005 in Bali - GRAEME MACRAE Labour Crossings in Southeast Asia: Linking Historical and Contemporary Labour Migration - AMARJIT KAUR Employment Relations in Malaysia: Past, Present and Future - MAIMUNAH AMINUDDIN Singapore's State-Guided Entrepreneurship: A Model for Transitional Economies? - ANTHONY SHOME Peninsular Malaysia in the Context of Natural History and Colonial Science - J. KATHIRITHAMBY-WELLS * Indian Mutiny in Singapore, 1915: People who Observed the Scene and People who Heard the News - SHO KUWAJIMA * New Zealand Diplomatic Representation in Southeast Asia: The 1950s and 1960s - JAMES KEMBER * History Making in Singapore: Who is Producing the Knowledge? - NICOLE TARULEVICZ * Southeast Asian Studies in Southeast Asia: Agenda for the Twenty- First Century - OOI KEAT GIN * Note on Contributors * About the Editor URL http://www.nzasia.org.nz/journal/index.html Link reported by: Michael Radich (michael.radich--at--vuw.ac.nz) Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nzasia.org.nz/journal/index.html * 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]: V.Useful * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30 09 Jun 2009 Central Asia Online The U.S. Department of Defence, Scottsdale, AZ, US Self-description: "CentralAsiaOnline.com is a website sponsored by USCENTCOM to highlight movement toward greater regional stability both through bilateral and multilateral cooperative arrangements. CentralAsiaOnline.com also focuses on developments that hinder both terrorist activity and support for terrorism in the region. This site features news from across and about the region and features analysis, interviews and commentary by paid CentralAsiaOnline.com correspondents. It is designed to provide a regional audience with a portal to a broad range of information about future stability in the region." Site contents: * News; * Sports; * Business; * Entertainment; * Resources; * Multimedia; * Pakistan Update; * Reader Comments; * Weather; * [Weekly] Poll; * Poll Results; * Photo of the Week; * Most Emailed Stories; * Quick Links; * Subscribe; * Contact Us; * About Us; * Archives; * RSS; * Site Map; * Search. [A bi-lingual (RU, EN) site - ed.] URL http://centralasiaonline.com/en/ Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News * Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt. * 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 09 Jun 2009 Chinese Ancient Texts (CHANT) Database Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, China. A description of, a guided tour, and online contents of: * Jiaguwen - A Database of Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones [Database Contents: inscriptions found on 53,834 fragments of shells and bones - ed.]] * Jianbao - A Database of the Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts [Database Contents: Approximately 1.4 million characters from the entire corpus of all published Jianbo texts - ed.] * Jinwen - A Database of Bronze Inscriptions - [Database Contents: Over 140,000 words from 12,021 bronze vessels - ed.] * Pre-Han & Han - A Database of The Entire Body of Extant Han and Pre-Han (i.e. pre-220AD) Traditional Chinese Texts. * Six Dynasties - A Database of Traditional Chinese Texts of Weijin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (220-589AD) [Database Contents: Over 25 millions words from over 1,000 titles - ed.] * Leishu - A Computerized Database of the Entire Body of Extant Chinese Encyclopedias (Leishu) [Database Contents: Over 60 million words from all major Leishu texts from the Weijin period until to the Qing Dynasty, including Qunshuzhiyao, Taiping Yulan, Cefu Yuangui and Yongle Dadian - ed.] [A bi-lingual (CN, EN) website with online databases accessible for a fee to individual or institutional subscribers - ed.] URL http://www.chant.org/ Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.chant.org/ * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents * 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 300 03 Jun 2009 The Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion / A Enciclopedia Virtual da Expansao Portuguesa Centro de Historia de Alem-Mar (CHAM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Universidade dos Acores [Azores], Portugal Self-description: "The Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion is a project developed by the Centre for Overseas History, an interuniversity research unit of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon and the University of the Azores. The project makes available multimedia contents of a scientific, educational, and cultural nature on the history of the discoveries and the Portuguese expansion. The Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion is meant for a broad audience both within and outside Portugal, including secondary school students, university students and researchers, social communication professionals, and all those interested in the history of the discoveries and the Portuguese expansion. The Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion offers articles, images, maps, chronologies, and genealogies of a condensed nature, but endowed with great scientific authority and reliability. It is continually being expanded and updated. The materials are produced by professors and researchers from the academia and validated by a scientific committee composed of the most renowned national and foreign historians. The project covers a vast geographical area which extends from the Azores to Japan, and a period of time from the beginning of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century. The bilingual [PT/EN - ed.] nature of the Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion makes it an indispensable means for the international dissemination of the history and historiography of the Portuguese presence around the world (though, for technical reasons, the online availability of English-language translations might not keep pace with the Portuguese entries, and vice versa). The national character of the Portuguese expansive enterprise is emphasized, along with its integration into a wider European context and its importance for a new emerging European consciousness which is now suspended between criticism and apology for the process of Western expansion." Site contents [as of early June 2009 - ed.]: * Anthroponyms (Abreu, Luis de - Adami, Joao Mateus - Adao de Hizen [...] - Vieira, Sebastiao - Vilela, Gaspar - Zola, Joao Baptista) * Arts (Azamor, frescos da Tomada de - Carpets, Spain - Tapetes, Turkey - Carpets, Turkey "Bellini" - Carpets, Turkey "Holbein" - Carpets, Turkey "Lotto" - Carpets, Turkey "Ushak" - Chinoiserie - Indo-Portuguese, art - Saint, Francis Xavier, Tomb - Sino-Portuguese, art - Wire rods of gold paper) * Literature (Almanach Perpetuum - Antonil, Padre Andre Joao - Aristotelianism in Natural Philosophy - Barbosa, Duarte de - Barros, Joao de - Castanheda, Fernao Lopes de - Correia, Gaspar - Frois, Luis - Gois, Damiao de - Lagoa, 4.o Visconde de - Ptolemy's Geography: Graphic Syntax and Projections); * Politics (AlcAcovas-Toledo, Treaty of - Convention of Goa - Daikan - Diplomacy in the Restoration Period - General Captaincy of Azores - Portugal and Italian Cities (14th-16th Centuries) - Portuguese-British Treaty - Portuguese-English Bilateral Relations - Treaty of Westminster); * Products (Elephants - Glue - Tea - Tobacco); * Religion; * Themes and Facts (Almanacs - Astronomical Navigation - Astronomical Tables - Balestilha - Books of Route - Cartography - Compass - Dutch blockades of Goa - Equador - Height East-West - Height Navigation - India Fleet of 1500 - India Run - Itineraries - Log-books - Loxodromic line - Incindent of Madre Deus - Mocambique, Prazos da Coroa de - Mozambique, Dutch sieges of - Naus, Ribeira das - Nautical Guides - Navy Books - Portolano - Portuguese Nautical Science - Quadrant - Regiment - Rules of Evora - Rules of Munique - Rules of the South Cruise - Secret of Secrets - Shipboard Books - Treaty of Sphere - Zenith Distance - 'Genoese World Map' drawn in 1457); * Toponyms (Georeferencing - Achem - Adem - Agadir - Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gue - AlcAcer Ceguer - AlcAcer-Quibir - Angra do Heroismo - Ano Bom island - Arguim - Arzila - Ayuthia - Azamor - Bacaim - Baia CabrAlia - Barcelor - Beijing - Belem do ParA - Benguela - Bissau - Brazil - Cacheu - Calicute - Cananor - Cantao - Cape of Good Hope - Ceuta - Ceylon - Chaul - Chicova - Colombo, city of - Coulao - Damao - Dili - Diu - Fernando Po island - Fort Cochin - Fukuda - Funchal - Goa - Hirado - Horta - Ielala, Rocks - Kagoshima - Kupang - Kyoto - Lagos - Lisbon - Luanda - Macau - Madeira - Malacca - Manaus - Mangalor - Mariana - Mascate - Mazagao - Meliapor - Melinde - Mogi, city of - Monbasa - Mocambique island - Mumbai - Nagasaki, city of - Natal - Oita - Omura - Onor - Ormus - Osaka - Ouro Preto - Pegu - Pernambuco - Pernambuco - Ponta Delgada - Praia (Azores) - Praia (Cape Verde) - Prince island - Quelimane - Quiloa - Ribeira Grande (Cape Verde) - Rio de Janeiro - Rios de Sena - Sacramento (Uruguai) - Safi - Sagres - Saint Helena, island - Salvador (Bahia) - Sao Jorge da Mina - Sao Luis do Maranhao - Sao Nicolau, ilha de - Sao Paulo - S. Tome island - Sena - Shimabara - Sion - Socotra island - Sofala - Tangier - Tete - Tokyo - Yokoseura, city of - Zumbo); * Bibliographies; * Chronology (British Presence in Asia - Exploration of the Atlantic - Portuguese presence in Morocco and the Mediterranean); * Currencies/Weights/Measures; * Genealogies; * Lists (Achem: Sultans - AlcAcer Ceguer: Captains and Governors - Angamale: Bishops - Angola: Bishops - Angra: Bishops - Arguim: Captains and Governors - Asilah: Captains and Governors - Azemmour: Captains and Governors - Azores: General Captains - Bahia: Bishops - Brazil: Captains - Brazil: Governors and Vice-Roys - Cabo Verde: Bishops - Ceuta: Bishops - Ceuta: Captains and Governors - China: Vice-Provincials - China: Mission Superiors - Cochin: Bishops - Congo: Bishops - Cranganore: Bishops - CuiabA (Prelazia): Bishops - Ethiopia: Bishops - Flores and Corvo: Donatary Captains - Funchal: Bishops - Goa: Bishops, Archbishpos and Patriarchs - Goa: Provincials and Vice-provincials - Goias (Prelazia): Bishops - Capitaes e Governadores de Mocambique - Graciosa: Donatary Captains - India Fleets of the Reign of Filipe I - India Fleets of the Reign of Afonso VI - India Fleets of the Reign of D.HenriqueI - India Fleets of the Reign of Filipe II - India Fleets of the Reign of Filipe III - India Fleets of the Reign of Joao III - India Fleets of the Reign of Joao IV - India Fleets of the Reign of Joao V - India Fleets of the Reign of Jose I - India Fleets of the Reign of Manuel I - India Fleets of the Reign of Pedro II - India Fleets of the Reign of Sebastiao I - India Provinces: Visitors - India Run: Captains and Capitaes-Mor - India: Governors and Vice-roys - Japan and China: Visitors - Japan: Bishops - Japan: Provincials and Vice-Provincials - Japan: Mission Superiors - Macao: Bishops - Macau: Governors and General Captains - Madeira (Funchal) island: Donatary Captains - Madeira (Machico) island: Donatary Captains - Madeira island: General Captains - Malabar:Provincials and Vice-Provincials - Malacca: Bishops - Malacca: Captains - Maranhao: Vice-Provincials - Maranhao: Bishops - Mariana: Bishops - Mazagan: Captains and Governors - Meliapor: Bishops - Mogador: Captains and Governors - Morocco: Bishops - Mozambique (Prelazia): Bishops - Nanjing: Bishops - Olinda: Bishops - Pacem: Sultans - ParA: Bishops - Peking: Bishops - Philippines: Governors - Pico and Faial islands: Donatary Captains - Rio Janeiro: Bishops - Safi: Captains and Governors - Samudera: Sultans - Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gue (Agadir): Captains and Governors - Sta. Maria and S. Miguel: Donatary Captains - Santa Maria island: Donatary Captains - S. Miguel island: Donatary Captains - S. Paulo: Bishops - S.Tome e Principe island: Donatary Captains - S. Tome: Bishops - Society of Jesus: Generals - Solor: Governors - Solor: Major Captains - Tangier: Bishops - Tangier: Captains and Governors - Terceira and S. Jorge: Donatary Captains - Terceira (Praia) island: Donatary Captains - Timor: Governors - Timor: Major Captains); * Search (Free Search - Search alphabetically - Thematic Search - Auxiliary); * Contacts; * Credits (President of the Executive Board, Scientific Coordination, Executive Board, Scientific Committee, Support). URL http://www.cham.fcsh.unl.pt/eve/index.php?lang=en Link reported by: Andre Monteiro (244457--at--soas.ac.uk), forwarded by h-luso-africa--at--h-net.msu.edu and J. B. Owens (owenjack--at--isu.edu), forwarded by trade-routes--at--mm.isu.edu Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * 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 02 Jun 2009 International Conference on Asian Folklore (ICAF 2009), Bangkok, 2-3 July 2009 Department of Thai, Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University, Muang Nakhonpathom 73000, Thailand. Self-description: "An International Conference on Asian Folklore (ICAF 2009), 2-3 July 2009 at The Miracle Grand Hotel, Bangkok. Although in Thailand the science of folklore studies started around the year 1957, studies and research works on folklore had started abroad since the middle of the nineteenth century. All through the years since the dawn of folklore studies, numerous published research works have emerged. International conferences on issues related to folklore have been held in many countries, and folklore research studies have consequently been promoted to academic recognition, resulting in academic co-operation between universities around the globe. Thus perceiving a conference's contribution to the studies of folklore, The Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn Univesity, with the Faculty of Humanities, Naresuan University, and The Center of Folklore Research, The Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, as co-hosts, has organized "An International Conference on Asian Folklore 2009" (ICAF 2009). This international conference is also co-sponsored by The Thai Commission on Higher Education. It is a platform for Thai and non-Thai academics to present and share their folklore knowledge. It also provides an opportunity for Thai academics to gain international recognition for folklore research. In addition, the conference will help build national and international research networks that will encourage both folklore curricular development and long-term folklore research cohorts. It is expected that around 150 Thai and non-Thai academics will attend the conference." Site contents: * Registration Form; * Participants; * Keynote Speakers (Keynote Address: # Professor Dr. Wanni Anderson, Brown University, USA. Topic: "Partners in Knowledge: Folklore in Action" Invited Speakers: # Professor Dr.Prakong Nimmanahaeminda Topic: "Professor Phraya Anuman Rajabhon: His Contributions to the Study of Folklore" # Dr. Rabindranath Sarma, North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, India. Topic: "Folklore Studies: Growth and Development in North-East India." Topic: "Rice Culture and People of India's North-East." # Assistant Professor Michael Coroza, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. Topic: "The Folk in the Contemporary Poetry and Songs of the Philippines." # Professor Dr. Siraporn Nathalang, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Topic: "Rice Lore: An Analysis of Asian Perception of Rice and Religion"); * Abstracts; * Venue; * Contact; * Conference Program; * Official letters / Download; * Special Tour. URL http://www.icaf2009.com/ Link reported by: Asst. Prof. Warangkana Nibhatsukit (karakaew--at--gmail.com) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * 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 01 Jun 2009 Asia Security Initiative (ASI) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, US. Self-description: "Recognizing that peace and security in Asia can best be achieved through regional cooperation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is investing $68 million over seven years in a new Asia Security Initiative. This initiative [launched in Singapore, 29 May 2009 - ed.] will help Asian policy research institutions strengthen their capacity to work with their counterparts across the globe to develop new ideas for fostering peace and security. It will also support a new mid-career fellowship program, the Asia Security Emerging Leaders Program, to nurture a new generation of leaders who will cooperate to overcome the security challenges of tomorrow." Site contents: * About; * Blog (Recent Posts: How many crows in Agra? by Swarna Rajagopalan, The Great Nuclear Arms Race Returns to Haunt South Asia by Animesh Roul, Daily Telegraph Blogs on the Asia Security Initiative by Matthew Shannon Stumpf, Additional Reading: Pomfret Argues that China Won't Help with North Korea by Michael Vatikiotis, ARF Test Drives a New Model of Cooperation by Catharin Dalpino, Pakistan: Desperate Taliban Strikes Back in Lahore by Animesh Roul); * News (This section provides the latest policy recommendations of the Asia Security Initiative policy research network. It will also include updates on projects and events supported by the Asia Security Initiative, as well as opportunities for grants and other related resources.); * Network (CORE INSTITUTIONS: * Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University, * S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, * East Asia Institute PARTNER INSTITUTIONS: * Australian National University, * Pacific Forum CSIS, * Center for Strategic & International Studies, * China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies, * Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, * International Institute for Strategic Studies, * Japan Center for International Exchange, * Lowy Institute for International Policy, * Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, * Policy Alternatives Research Institute, University of Tokyo (in Japanese), * Yonsei University, * Institute for International Economics, * Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University, * Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, * Seoul National University, * Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies, Shanghai Jiaotong University, * Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University, * School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, * Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, * Nautilus Institute, * Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, * Strategic Foresight Group, * National Bureau of Asian Research, * Centre for Policy Research OTHER AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS [details to be provided at a later stage]); * Experts [and their fields of expertise, including Asia-Pacific, Conflict Prevention & Management, China, India, Indonesia, Internal Conflict & Crises, Pakistan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United States, Southeast Asia, Regional Organizations, Regional Security Architecture, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction. - ed.]; * Contact. URL http://asiasecurity.macfound.org/ Link reported by: The National Bureau of Asian Research (nbr--at--nbr.org) Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] * 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]: V. Useful * External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30 Copyright (c) 2009 by T. Matthew Ciolek URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html