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086559
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2009.
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A detailed examination of the war-time discussions within the British government and between government and the private sector over the direction of Burma's post-war economic reconstruction and the conditions under which companies might return. Through the focus on capital and commerce, the author seeks to explore British understandings-and misunderstandings- in their broadest sense.
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086563
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2009.
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The article begins with an analysis of China's past in terms of the interplay between Confucian teaching, local, or folk, tradition and the impact of foreign culture. There then follows an examination of the current situation in terms of continuity and change, with particular emphasis on alienation and the rise of nationalism in a post-Marxist society. The article concludes with a critique of Wolf Totem.
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086568
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2009.
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India is on the threshold of great power status but it has yet to match up to the accompanying foreign policy challenges. The approach followed by Nehru and Mrs Gandhi is not appropriate for a uni-polar world, not least because their approach lacked the underpinning of a coherent strategic analysis. That in turn demands an institutionalisation of the formulation of foreign policy. The creation of a National Security Council was supposed to remedy this deficiency, but so far it has not functioned as intended. India still needs a coherent foreign policy strategy.
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086565
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2009.
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The author describes the shortcomings of the justice system in Helmand province and the problems of running an effective Western-style system when civil authority is strongly contested. Traditional methods of dispute resolution are examined, together with the approach followed by the Taleban. His conclusion is pessimistic. A choice has to be made between accepting an effective traditional system and supporting a system familiar to the West which has little local traction.
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086557
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2009.
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An account of how successive generations of a single family, the Ouseleys, were involved in the expansion and consolidation of British rule in India from the 1780s into the twentieth century. The various individual case histories illustrate general patterns of life and service for civilians and soldiers alike.
This is the story of how successive generations of a single family, the Ouseleys, were involved in the expansion and consolidation of British rule in India from the 1780s into the 20th century. It is a story which exemplifies many of the general truths about the conditions of civil and military service in India over that period, including the fortunes of illegitimate and mixed marriage children. It is above all a story of service, of achievement for some and dishonour for others, of long life in retirement for some and of tragic early death for others. The varied birthplaces of the actors in the story also provide a vivid reminder of the peripatetic life of British officers and their wives and children.
The Ouseley family played their part in three significant stages of British dominion in India. Firstly, in the late 18th century extension of British influence, beginning after the reformist Cornwallis was appointed Governor-General and continuing through the period of expansion under Wellesley. Secondly, in the increasing opportunities offered to adventurous British men and women during the heyday of the East India Company and the 1818-1857 period of consolidation of British dominion in India. Many of the first and second generation Ouseleys in India served during this period: products of Addiscombe (the soldiers) and Haileybury (the civil servants), they became the colonels and generals, the commissioners, judges and scholars at the height of the Company's success. And thirdly, in the post-Mutiny establishment of British imperial Raj: a period which saw the third, fourth and fifth generations of Ouseleys play their part.
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086561
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2009.
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This provides a detailed explanation of how the Indian Empire was organised and run. But its main purpose is to argue that the British Indian Empire was in fact much larger than historians of the Raj normally realise because the Empire should be taken to include the Gulf Arab states, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, the Aden Protectorate and the British Somaliland protectorate.
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086560
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2009.
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Following the end of the Cold War, Turkey has been rebalancing its relations with the Middle East. The author considers how Turkey's unique historic relations with Iran, Iraq and its other neighbours might be of assistance to the European Union.
It also explores the connection between the accession negotiations and Turkish internal politics, with special reference to the Kurds
The EU Commission's 2007 progress report on Turkey's accession process is not exactly bedside reading. It ran to some 80 pages. Anyone who read it, though, would have noted that only two pages were devoted to foreign, security and defence policy. This reflects, of course, the nature of the accession process. It is, however, misleading because Turkey's influence and policies in these areas are of great importance to the members of the EU. And their perceptions of these are a critical factor in determining European attitude to Turkey's accession prospects.
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