Contents: Preface; Overview; The 9/11 Commission's Recommendations; Background -- The Rise of Islamic Militancy and Terrorism in Southeast Asia; The Rise of Al Qaeda in Southeast Asia; The Jemaah Islamiyah Network; History of Jemaah Islamiyah; Jemaah Islamiyah's Relationship to Al Qaeda; Jemaah Islamiyah's Size and Structure; Major Plots and Attacks; The Trial of Baasyir; Recent Activities; Focus Countries; Indonesia; Background; Shifts in Jakarta's Counter-Terrorism Policy; Recent Developments; The Philippines; Thailand; Role of Congress/Legislation; Indonesia; The Philippines; Thailand;...
Contents: Preface; Overview; The 9/11 Commission's Recommendations; Background -- The Rise of Islamic Militancy and Terrorism in Southeast Asia; The R...
FROM THE AUTHORS: As an academic field in its own right, the topic of border studies is experiencing a revival in university geography courses as well as in wider political commentary. Of course, something about the postmodernist sensibility readily embraces the ambiguity, impermanence, transience, and twilight nature of bordered spaces among the planet's 192 territorially defined states. But we have another motivation in assembling this book, one rooted in contemporary rivalries sited in one of the world's most open regions. Until recently, border studies in contemporary Southeast Asia...
FROM THE AUTHORS: As an academic field in its own right, the topic of border studies is experiencing a revival in university geography courses as well...
