Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration…

Leftist thought and activism stands as a defining force in the articulation of political culture and policy in modern Japan. Operating from the periphery of…

Two powers in East Asia today stand to define the region's economic and commercial future: Japan, which rose in a spectacular industrial burst to become…

In the 1990s, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented reform of state enterprises, putting tens of millions of people out of work. This empirically rich…

Based on research carried out over the three decades, this book compares the post-war political economies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the context of…

With contributions from renowned experts in the field, this book provides an excellent background to the history of Anglo-Iranian relations. Focusing on the political and…

This book moves away from the common belief that Japan’s international relations are firmly the preserve of the national government in Japan’s highly centralised political…

Approximately one million innocent Indonesians were killed by their fellow nationals, neighbours and kin at the height of an anti-communist campaign in the mid-1960s. This…

This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about…