Tag: Asia

Free Download Edited by Mojtaba Mahdavi, "Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a ‘Multiplex World’ "
English | ISBN: 9004391606 | 2022 | 284 pages | PDF | 17 MB
The contemporary Sino-MENA-Asia relations and the Belt and Road Initiative are in the making in an emerging ‘multiplex world’. This edited volume includes new researches in fifteen chapters, examining China’s complex relations with Iran, Turkey, Egypt, GCC, Pakistan, central and south Asia.

Free Download Ayesha Jalal, "Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective "
English | ISBN: 0521478626 | | 312 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Challenging the view that a shared colonial legacy led to contrasting patterns of political development in South Asia-democracy in India and authoritarianism in Pakistan and Bangladesh-Ayesha Jalal argues that, despite differences in form, central political authority in each state has confronted similar threats from ethnic and regional movements. By comparing state structures and political processes, the author evaluates and redefines democracy, citizenship, sovereignty and the nation state, arguing for more decentralized government.

Free Download The Belt and Road Initiative in Asia, Africa, and Europe
by David Arase and Pedro Miguel Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros Carvalho
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367741407 | 325 Pages | True PDF | 29 MB

Free Download The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East by Christopher Harding
English | May 7, 2024 | ISBN: 0241434440 | 336 pages | PDF | 53 Mb
This various, rich and enjoyable book tells the story of the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters

Free Download Marcus Mietzner, "The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415728290, 0415460352 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 0.6 mb
In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeast Asia. A decade later, however, this trend seems to have been reversed. The Thai military launched a coup in 2006, the Philippine armed forces expanded their political privileges under the Arroyo presidency, and the Burmese junta successfully engineered pseudo-democratic elections in 2010.

Free Download Alexander Lukin, "Pivot To Asia: Russia’s Foreign Policy Enters the 21st Century"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 9385563645, 9385563440 | EPUB | pages: 466 | 0.5 mb
Russia has historically been conditioned to exist within the European cultural tradition. However, its recent pivot to Asia poses a serious question to its cultural identity. How serious is this policy change for Russia and the world? Is the turn to Asia a long-term course or a mere repercussion of the current confrontation with the West? In this volume Alexander Lukin, a prominent scholar in international relations and Asian studies, seeks answers to these and many other questions related to Russia’s foreign policy and its relations with Asia. This collection of Lukin’s articles addresses a number of issues: Russia’s diplomacy and the place of the Asian direction in it, Russian Far East and its potential, the role of Russia on the international scene. This broad-ranging and detailed study will be welcomed by both students and policy makers as the first academic work in English to have such a wide coverage of this topic.

Free Download Paul M. McGarr, "Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India’s Secret Cold War"
English | ISBN: 1108843670 | 2024 | 358 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In this first comprehensive history of India’s secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists as they fought against or collaborated with members of the British and US intelligence services. The interventions of these agents have had a significant and enduring impact on the political and social fabric of South Asia. The spectre of a ‘foreign hand’, or external intelligence activity, real and imagined, has occupied a prominent place in India’s political discourse, journalism, and cultural production. Spying in South Asia probes the nexus between intelligence and statecraft in South Asia and the relationships between agencies and governments forged to promote democracy. McGarr asks why, in contrast to Western assumptions about surveillance, South Asians associate intelligence with covert action, grand conspiracy, and justifications for repression? In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

Free Download Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor [TTC Audio]
English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTNVKVS | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 11m | 333 MB
Lecturer: Kenneth W. Harl
Embark on an unforgettable trip into the historical glories of the past with these 24 lectures that immerse you in the history of an often overlooked region of the ancient world.
With Professor Harl as your guide, you’ll plunge into the history of Asia Minor’s great ancient civilizations and come face to face with eye-opening historical milestones. Among these: the rise of the Hittites, the legendary Trojan War, the birth of Western philosophy, the fiery Greek and Persian Wars, the victories of Alexander the Great, the dawn of the Hellenistic Age, the spread of early Christianity, the golden age of Byzantium, the birth of the Ottoman Empire, and much more.

Free Download The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget (Rough Guides Main), 6th Edition by Rough Guides
English | October 22nd, 2024 | ISBN: 1835291600 | 960 pages | True EPUB | 89.80 MB
This Southeast Asia on a Budget guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what to do on the ground.

Free Download Barak Kushner, "The Geography of Injustice: East Asia’s Battle between Memory and History"
English | ISBN: 1501774018 | 2024 | 360 pages | EPUB | 57 MB
In The Geography of Injustice, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day. In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan’s empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only "the sham employment of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge."