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Indonesia in the Soeharto Years
Lontar Foundation
"An album of Indonesia... a kind of aide-memoire". -- Goenawan Mohamad

Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia
John T. Sidel
Traces the shifts and patterns of religious violence over a 10-year period within political and sociological contexts

Rethinking Thailand's Southern Violence   Noteworthy
Duncan McCargo (Editor)
Contributes to understanding the current situation in Thailand
 
"A Mandarin and the Making of Public Policy":
Reflections by Ngiam Tong Dow
  

Ngiam Tong Dow. Introduced and edited by Simon Tay
A good read about a senior civil servant's experience in the Singapore civil service
 
The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China  
Andrew C. Mertha

Making Enemies: War and State Building in Burma  
BENDA PRIZE winner in 2006!
Mary P. Callahan
"Ground breaking...essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complex sociopolitical problems of this deeply troubled land."
-- Martin Smith, Critical Asian Studies

Jemaah Islamiyah: Radical Islamism in Indonesia
Greg Barton
 
After the Storm: Crisis, Recovery and Sustaining Development in Asia
K. S. Jomo (editor)
Asian perspectives on the Asian crisis
 
Yaa Baa: Production, Traffic and Consumption of Methamphetamine in Mainland Southeast Asia (English edition)
Pierre-arnaud Chouvy & Joel Meissonnier.
The first publication to focus on this side of the Golden Triangle drug trade.
 
The Transformation of Southeast Asia: International Perspectives on Decolonization
Marc Frey, Ronald W. Pruessen & Tan Tai Yong (eds)
New perspectives on Southeast Asia's decolonization, from scholars mostly based in the region, and taking advantage of previously classified archives from Europe and the US.
 
The Indonesian Revolution and the Singapore Connection, 1945-1949  
Yong Mun Cheong
A connection that continues to be relevant (and controversial) in the 21st century
 
China's Politics and Economy in 2003: Meeting the Post-Congress Challenges  
John Wong, Zheng Yongnian & Lye Liang Fook
leadership and economic transitions
 
Tensions of Empire: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Colonial and Postcolonial World  
Ken'ichi Goto
Southeast Asia's Japanese interlude, from one of Japan's leading scholars.
 
Taiwan's 2001 Legislative, Magistrates and Mayors Election: Further Consolidating Democracy?   
John F. Copper
 
Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia  
Natasha Hamilton- Hart
«a major contribution to the literature on the role of central banks in developing countries, on economic development in Southeast Asia, and on globalization and the response of domestic institutions.»
- Richard Stubbs
 
China's Post-Jiang Leadership Succession: Problems and Perspectives  
John Wong And Zheng Yongnian, (eds.)
 
Southeast Asia in the New Century: An Asian Perspective  
Samuel C. Y. Ku
Asian perspectives on the challenges ahead
 
China's Economy into the New Century: Structural Issues and Problems  
John Wong & Lu Ding, (eds.)
 
China's Political Economy (Reprint)  
Wang Gungwu & John Wong (eds.)
 
China's Political and Economic Trends in 2001  
Zheng Yongnian And John Wong
 
The Nanxun Legacy and China's Development in the Post-Deng Era  
John Wong & Zheng Yongnian (eds.)
Deng Xiaoping's historic tour of Southern China sparked dynamic economic growth in China. What is the lasting legacy of Deng's bold move?
 
Reform, Legitimacy, and Dilemmas: China's Politics and Society  
Wang Gungwu & Zheng Yongnian (eds.)
How has China's post-Deng leadership governed the country?
 
Taiwanisation: Its Origin and Politics  
George Tsai Woei & Peter Yu Kien-hong
 
Conflict and Cooperation in Managing Maritime Space
in Semi-enclosed Seas
  

Vivian L. Forbes
The state of trans-border cooperation for littoral states with coastlines on semi-enclosed seas.
 
Transition Towards Post-Deng China  
Xiaobo Hu And Gang Lin
 
The Waning of the Jiang-Zhu Coalition: China After the 2000 National People's Congress  
John Wong & Zheng Yongnian
 
Joining the Modern World: Inside and Outside China   
Wang Gungwu 
"provocative ideas and penetrating insights" Lucien Pye, MIT
 
China's Politics and Economy in 1999: Coping with Crises  
Zheng Yongnian & John Wong
 
China's Anti-Drug Campaign in the Reform Era  
Zhou Yongming
 
The Current State of the Chinese Communist Party in the Countryside  
Ignatius Wibowo
 
Rural Democracy in China  
Shi Tianjian
 
The Mystery of China's Falun Gong : Its Rise and Fall and Its Sociological Implications  
John Wong & William Liu
 
Learning and the Reform of Chinese Foreign Policy  
Lowell Dittmer
 
China: Two Decades of Reform and Change   
Wang Gungwu & John Wong (eds.)
 
Hong Kong in China: Perspectives from the Region  
Andrew M. Marton (ed)
 
Generational Differences in Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour in China  
Shi Tianjian
 
Towards More Effective Governance: China's Politics in 1998  
Zheng Yongnian & Zou Keyuan
 
Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea: Taiwan's Perspective  
Yann-huei Song
 
Bureaucratic Restructure in Reforming China: A Redistribution of Political Power  
Li Jinshan
 
Economic  Interests vs. Political Interventions: The Case of Economic Relations Between Mainland China and Taiwan  
Luo Qi 
 
China After the Fifteenth Party Congress: New Initiatives  
John Wong (ed.)
 
The Maritime Boundaries of the Indian Ocean Region   
Vivian L. Forbes
 
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