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Biographical Sketches
The ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, numbering more than six millions, constitute the largest single group of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia. They are e...
The ethnic Chinese minority in Indonesia is a heterogeneous group. Many have been acculturated and have generated an Indonesian Chinese culture that i...
This book comprises eight papers which deal with various aspects of ethnic Chinese and nation-building in Southeast Asia: ethnic Chinese and the conce...
Interpreting Indonesian Politics comprises a collection of papers written over a 20-year period, presenting the author's analysis and reflections on t...
About 80 percent of the ethnic Chinese outside China live in Southeast Asia. This book examines that community in the context of both national and int...
A Dialogue Between Tradition and Modernity
The nineteen articles in this volume examine the ethnic Chinese in Singapore, presenting a fascinating cross-country comparison between the past and t...
Perspectives, Issues and Prospects
For Indonesia, which is keen to accelerate its infrastructure development, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is seen as an opportunity to tap into China�...
Aspiring to International Leadership (2nd edition)
The book, which was first published in 1996, examines Indonesia’s foreign policy under Suharto. It not only details Indonesia’s foreign policy beh...
In 2004, Indonesia had a second democratic election, which was also conducted in a peaceful and orderly manner. This book discusses Indonesia's transi...
An analysis of the 1999 Indonesian general election and subsequent presidential election in the context of Indonesian elections and politics. The book...
Seven Papers
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Aspiring to International Leadership
"Using the frameworks of foreign policy analysis and political culture, this book provides an insightful and analytical explanation of Indonesia's for...
Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape
Presenting an analysis of basic information contained in the official Indonesian census conducted in the year 2000, this book focuses on Indonesian et...
A Study of Beijing’s Changing Policy in Southeast Asia and Beyond
With the rise of China and massive new migrations, China has adjusted its policy towards the Chinese overseas in Southeast Asia and beyond. This book ...
A Statistical Perspective
In Indonesia's plural society, ethnicity and religion are considered as independent variables to explain electoral behaviour. Many writers use qualita...
Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia where there is a significant number of ethnic Chinese, many of whom have played an important role. ...
Peranakan Chinese communities and their “hybrid” culture have fascinated many observers. This book, comprising fourteen chapters, was mainly based...
A Preliminary Survey
Biographical Studies of Seven Indonesian Chinese
For the Peranakan Chinese in Indonesia, this century has brought many changes which have heightened the dilemma of their identity, both as a minority ...
A Study of Perceptions and Policies
This study analyzes pribumi (indigenous Indonesian) perception of the Chinese minority and asks how these perceptions, modified by economic and politi...
This book is a study of the nature and historical development of peranakan Chinese politics in Java, with reference to the three major political strea...
A Study of Indonesia's Golkar
Most of the earlier studies on the Indonesian political party, Golkar, tend to view the organization solely as an electoral machine used by the milita...
Concepts and patterns of Chinese migration are often described with terms such as guigen (归根, return to one’s original roots), shenggen (生根,...
This paper examines the impact of globalization and a rising China, among other factors, on the political orientation of Chinese-language newspapers i...
An Interpretive Essay
With the recent Sino-Vietnamese conflict over the 'Overseas Chinese', the problem of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia once again attracted the attenti...
This paper examines the Indonesian political parties, and the problems and prospects with reference to the 1982 general election....
Past and Present
Islam has become an important symbol in post-Suharto Indonesia, and political figures or parties feel they cannot afford to be seen to be against the ...
Territorial Integrity in the Forefront of Indonesia-China Relations
Ethnic minorities historically comprised a solid majority of Bangkok's population. They played a dominant role in the city's exuberant economic and so...
State, Ethnicity, Indigenism and Citizenship
The idea of the 'nation' is a Western concept which has been applied to Southeast Asia. It is a project which has been in progress since the last cent...
Jakarta-Beijing relations have experienced significant progress, especially since the Yudhoyono presidency. Economic links between the two countries h...
An Interpretative Essay
Julius Harris walked out on his family twenty-five years ago, and not a moment goes by that he doesn't regret it. Five years ago, after learning he ha...