The great convergence was selected as one of the financial times books of. Power relations and the urban built environment, 2003. Professor tommy koh, ambassadoratlarge with singapores ministry of foreign affairs and rector of tembusu college, received indias padma shri award on 25 january for distinguished service in the field of public affairs. Pages in category books about foreign relations of the united states the following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. He has a phd in international relations from the international university of sarajevo, and is the author of two books. Global partners nus national university of singapore. A new diplomatic history is a compelling narrative history of american foreign policy from the early settlement of north america to the present.
History, modernity and the making of international relations. The foreign relations of the united states frus series presents the official documentary historical record of major u. Your first book is thucydides history of the peloponnesian war im impressed a book from 400 bc has made your list. She authors a weekly column on usasia policy at the diplomat, an international affairs magazine for the asia pacific. The eisenhower administration, britain, and singapore kent state university press, 2011.
Foreign affairs is an american magazine of international relations and u. New historical and theoretical approaches, which was held at nus in july 2324, 2018. His main fields of interest are the cold and hot wars in postwwii southeast asia, the history of american foreign relations with asia, and the history of singapore. Before joining nus, he has been working with the world bank for 27 years, 22 of which in asia, and 12 of which on china. We intend to explore the major issues and challenges facing companies with worldwide operations as seen by the. I participated in the symposium as a panelist for the senior scholar roundtable the cold war in asia, as well as a discussant for a panel on the cold war in.
Research paper topics about international relations. It is consistently ranked within the top 100 universities in the world and the top 3 universities in the asiapacific. From its genesis as raffles college from 1929 and after a series of transformations through various subsequent university mergers, the department has continued to grow in strength. Hayden library is closed for renovation until fall 2020 for any hayden items click on the individual titles to see current location.
The best books on us foreign policy five books expert. Currently i am at work on with a number of projects, including two books. The authors, a political scientist and a former top asia editor for the bbc, provide a fresh perspective on burmas foreign and security policies, which have shifted between proactive diplomacies of neutralism and nonalignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and. In this new reading list, we recommend 12 books authored or edited by women whose scholarship delves into the complex issues surrounding immigration, refugee rights and asylum, including examinations of the lived experience of those directly implicated in legal mechanisms and global processes of border control. The friends i made and the experiences gained are something which i will hold very close to my heart. Ng yi zhen life science major exchange at eberhard karl university of tubingen. History is the study of truth, the unquenchable spirit burning within the time. Meet the press since its television premiere in 1947, meet the press has cemented its position as an institution in broadcast journalism. Phd political science, national university of singapore, 2009 ma english studies, national university of singapore, 2003 ma international relations, the flinders university of south australia, 2002 ba, national university of singapore, 1994. Masuda hajimu a historian whose work concerns the history of. In addition to economic and strategic motives, walter l. Masuda hajimu family name masuda is a historian of modern japan and east asia, u.
The library and online resources are grouped by type. Saudi arabias foreign minister prince saud alfaisal meeting islamic revolution leader ayatollah sayed ali khamenei on 12 june 2006 to present to him the message of king abdullah. Therefore, my research ranges from political and diplomatic history to social and. Outgoing nus faculty of science nus faculty of science. The following books are available at the yale nus college. Furthermore, the master in international affairs programme offers various specialisations. The korean conflict and the postwar world harvard university press, 2015.
Associate professor long is the author of safe for decolonization. Research within librarianselected research topics on international relations from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and. Founded in 1905 as the straits settlements and federated malay states government medical school, nus is the oldest higher education institution in singapore. Yogesh joshi nus institute of south asian studies isas. Jstor is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. As the only two developing countries with a population of more than 1 billion, china and india see their relations extend beyond bilateral scope to acquire global significance, chinese ambassador to india sun weidong said thursday september 26.
He joined the indian foreign service in 1977, and has represented indias interests and fostered friendly working relationships across the world. The nus press ecommerce site is hosted by shopify inc. A05790 registered before 2015 e0246810 registered from 2015 onwards. Mr bert hofman, a dutch national, is the director of the east asian institute at nus and professor of practice at the lee kuan yew school. Terry nardin is professor of political science at the national university of singapore. Spending such a long time away from singapore in a foreign land has made me a much more independent person, and i am all the better for it. Nus press publishing in asia, on asia, for asia and the. While the challenges and obstacles it has faced over the years have shifted momentously, the organisations core mission and values have remained very much the same. Cluster leader international relations theory, qualitative research methods, and identity, with special reference to the soviet union and the former soviet space dr amit julka influence of mass commonsense on foreign policy in india. Additionally, despite not being a member of the european union eu, norway takes a part in the integration of eu through its membership in the european economic area.
He has more than four decades of diplomatic experience. The early years, 19451958, was published in april 2012 by oxford university press and was awarded both the shulman award and the jervisschroeder award for best book in international relations and history from apsa. Nus opens singapore history prize to global nomination of non. Selected papers from the th international conference. Malaysias former prime minister mahathir mohamad is often seen as the sole author of the countrys foreign policy. The school was renamed king edward vii medical school in 19 and was the first institution of higher learning in singapore. Introduction learn more about the history and culture of spain and latin america.
People category our students archive history yalenus. The department of history at the national university of singapore nus. Welcome to the department of history, national university of singapore. In the 1950s, the diplomatic problems began to mount when iraq provided weapons and ammunition to baloch separatist against the iranian government, causing disturbances in pakistan. The roots of nus can be traced to the founding of the straits settlements and federated malay states government medical school in 1905.
The press specialises in books and journals that deal with topics on the social sciences and humanities in asia. Resilience and the localisation of trauma in aceh, indonesia. Nus press new books januaryjune 2017 by nus press issuu. As a discipline, international relations has sought to answer this through various conceptual lenses national identity, public opinion, and popular culture. Kishore mahbubani born 24 october 1948 is a singaporean academic and former diplomat. Libraries home new books international relations new books. The national university of singapore nus is a national research university in singapore. Dr s jaishankar was the foreign secretary of india from january 2015 to january 2018. I now ask of history a task that balthasar, a catholic theologian points out.
His work concerns the modern history of japan and east asia, the history of u. A contemporary history, ang cheng guan is published by national university of singapore press. Dr yogesh joshis research focuses on contemporary indian foreign and national security policy, with an emphasis on indopacifics balance of power, evolution of indias military power and its approach to use of force in international relations. After stepping down, he served as a senior advisor at nus during a. Norways foreign ministry includes both the minister of foreign affairs and. Masuda hajimu phd cornell 2012 is a historian at the national university of singapore, and the author of cold war crucible. I was invited to join in the nusmillennium theory symposium, the cold war in asia. Presented annually, the awards are among the highest honours for civilians. Soldiers and diplomacy addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in burmas foreign policy. However, at the core of all these lenses lie a mass of undifferentiated, often contradictory but uncontested ideas that a society takes for granted, which can be called its mass commonsense. Mr hofman was the world bank country director for china 20142019, the country. This is particularly true in asia, a region with some of the most sophisticated naming devices found anywhere in the world, including nicknames and teknonyms, religious and corporation names, honor and death names, pseudonyms and retirement names, house names and clan names, local and foreign names, official and private names. Iraq was one of the few arab countries to have diplomatically established relations with pakistan in 1947. When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific.
During his stint at the ministry of foreign affairs from 1971 to 2004, he served. Malaysian foreign policy in the mahathir era shows that while mahathirs personality, leadership style, political ideology and brand of nationalism unquestionably had a deep impact, so too did domestic issues and external forces associated. We are one of the oldest and yet most vibrant departments in the national university of singapore. To understand american foreign policy you have to understand what foreign policy and international relations more generally are.
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