Hot spot : Asia and Oceania / edited by Clinton Fernandes. - xlvii, 280 pages : maps ; 25 cm. - Hot spot histories, 1934-631X . - Hot spot histories. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.

China and East Asia / Geographic Factors -- Pre-Independence -- Communism -- Foreign Relations after September 11 -- The Spratly Islands -- Taiwan -- Japan -- East Timor / Portuguese Colonialism -- Carnation Revolution -- Indonesian Invasion and Occupation -- Crimes against Humanity -- UN Transitional Administration -- Post-Independence Challenges -- Fiji / Land Policy -- The Political Order -- The 1987 Coup -- The 2000 Coup -- Makings of the 2006 Coup -- The India-China Border / Historical Interactions -- State Structures before Colonialism -- The Historical Status of Tibet -- The Frontier from 1914 to 1947 -- The Pre-War Years -- The Tibetan Revolt, India's Forward Policy, and the War -- Normalization of Relations -- Indonesia / Aceh -- West Papua -- Kashmir / Partition Syndrome -- The Second Indo-Pakistani War -- The Bangladesh War -- The 1987 Insurgency -- The Kargil Crisis -- Dispute after September 11 -- Korea / Japanese Colonialism -- Volatility after World War II -- The Korean War -- Inter-Korean relations in the 1970s -- The North Korean Economic Decline -- Post-Cold War Conflict -- Nuclear Weapons -- Myanmar (Burma) / The Rise of Modern-day Myanmar -- The 1988 Crisis -- The SPDC and the NLD -- International Relations -- The Philippines / Spanish Rule -- U.S. Rule and the Huks -- The Era of Ferdinand Marcos -- Aquino and Ramos -- Insurgencies -- Solomon Islands / The Political System after Independence -- Ethnic Tensions and the 2000 Coup -- The Townsville Peace Agreement -- The Instrumentalization of Disorder -- Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands -- April 2006 Unrest -- Sri Lanka / Tamil Separatism -- Thailand / Al Qaeda's "Safe Haven" -- Historical Roots of the Thai Struggle -- Separatism in the South. Sally Burt -- Clinton Fernandes -- Jon Fraenkel -- Manjeet S. Pardesi -- Damien Kingsbury and Clinton Fernandes -- Nicolas Blarel -- Stewart Lone -- Sally Burt -- Clinton Fernandes -- Sinclair Dinnen -- Damien Kingsbury -- Carlyle A. Thayer -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12.

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Asia--Politics and government
Asia--Foreign relations
Oceania--Politics and government
Oceania--Foreign relations

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