Asia Society's Asian Agenda Report Series – serie

Co-published with the Asia Society.

This volume, the second in the Asia Society's Asian Agenda Series, is designed to foster increased American understanding of Islam's role in contemporary Asian politics and society. During the last decade, Westerners have tended to view the Muslim world as a unified, threatening force because of various crises in the Middle East. The author asserts that while Islam has provided Asian society with an underlying unity in fundamental belief and practice, its interaction with diverse cultures has resulted in Muslim states with distinctive differences. Co-published with The Asia Society.

Examines some of the key developments in Asia during 1985 and assesses their national, regional, or international impact. This volume points out that while much of the region is politically stable, some societies are struggling to resolve basic issues. It also discusses the fragility of current trends in Asia, as well as the new tensions created by the recent changes. Co-published with the Asia Society.

A striking change in the world economy is the recent ascendancy of the Pacific over the Atlantic. The strong development performance of Asian countries underlies this economic vitality. This monograph, the sixth volume in the Asia Society's Asian Agenda series, provides an overview of the relationship between Asian development and the process by which it has been financed. Co-published with The Asia Society.

China's new trade and investment policies have led to increased regional economic integration in Northeast Asia and have contributed to the overall economic dynamism of the Pacific region. But whether this trend will continue will depend both on the ultimate success of China's domestic economic reforms and the ability of all of the countries in the region to mitigate remaining political frictions. Co-published with the Asia Society.

ANZUS, the Australia-New Zealand-U.S. security alliance, was ratified in 1952. This study examines what the ANZUS relationship has come to mean to the United States, why that relationship has become strained, and how, why, and with what forseeable consequences the United States has responded. Co-published with the Asia Society.

ANZUS, the Australia-New Zealand-U.S. security alliance, was ratified in 1952. This study examines what the ANZUS relationship has come to mean to the United States, why that relationship has become strained, and how, why, and with what forseeable consequences the United States has responded.

Comparisons of China and India are both tempting and unavoidable. These two giant neighbors comprise more than one-third of the world's total population in the developing countries. A comparison of the ways in which China and India have gone about their development efforts reveals some remarkable parallels and striking differences in the past and in what they plan to do in the future.