Throughout the postwar history of Indonesia, the military have played a key role in the politics of the country and in imposing unity on a fragmentary state. The collapse of the authoritarian New Order government of President Suharto weakened the state and the armed forces briefly lost their grip on control of the archipelago. However, under President Megawati, the military has again begun to assert itself, and re-impose its heavy hand on control of the state, most notably in the fracturing outer provinces. Based on extensive original research, this book examines the role of the military in...
Throughout the postwar history of Indonesia, the military have played a key role in the politics of the country and in imposing unity on a fragmentary...
This volume is about the issues and challenges facing the implementation of the Responsibility To Protect (R2P) principle in the case of Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers have been fighting to create a separate state. It addresses the political, legal and practical challenges that such possible implementation could confront.
This volume is about the issues and challenges facing the implementation of the Responsibility To Protect (R2P) principle in the case of Sri Lanka, wh...
