The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies

The Culture Mandala is a non-technical Bulletin aimed at increasing academic and public awareness of cultural and political affairs which impact on international relations, globalisation andEast-West Relations.

Culture Mandala Volume 7 no. 2, 2006-2007 

Sino-Myanmar Relations: Analysis and Prospects
by Lixin Geng
Mandala and Its Significance in Magindanao Muslim Society
by Mark S. Williams
The Day the Dentist Came to Town: A Balinese School Receives Its First Mobile Dental Service 
- A Centre Report
The Bhavachakra or Wheel of Life Mandala as a Buddhist Paradigm for International Relations
by Maggie Grey 
The Pakxe Project: A contribution of the Lao People to the unity of South-East Asia and to World Peace
by Laurent Ladouce
Viewpoint: The Rise of the East and the Decline of the West
by Reg Little
Human Development According to Adam Smith and Karl Marx
by Ratan Lal Basu 
Sensing Belief Systems: Review of Barry Hill's Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession
by Michael Platzer

The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies

The Culture Mandala is a non-technical Bulletin aimed at increasing academic and public awareness of cultural and political affairs which impact on international relations, globalisation andEast-West Relations.

Culture Mandala Volume 8 no. 1, 2008

Contemporary Political Mobilisation of the Caliphate: 
The Clash of Propaganda and Discontent,
by Dr R. James Ferguson
 

How China Will Use Cyber Warfare to Leapfrog in Military Competitiveness, 
by Jason Fritz

Viewpoint: Laissez Faire, Sustainable Development and Crisis in Democracy 
in the New Millennium, 
by Ratan Lal Basu
 

Mandalic Regionalism in Asia: Exploring the Relationship between 
Regional Governance and Economic Security, 
by Rosita Dellios

The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies
 

Volume 6, no. 2, 2005

Reflections on Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia: 
Why do the Philippines and Singapore Differ? 
by Rachel Caoili

Discourses on Empire: From National Sovereignty 
to Global Power Distributions in the 21st Century 
by Michael Hoy

The Rise of China as a Global Power
by Rosita Dellios

Viewpoints: Crimes to Come in the Tsunami Zone
by Karsten von Hoesslin

Viewpoints: Why the Human Development Index Does not Measure Up to Ancient Indian Standards
by Ratan Lal Basu

Centre Report: Burmese and Thai Esoterica - From the Golden Pagoda of Shwedagon

The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies

Volume 7, No. 1, December 2005

China's Space Program: A Strategic and Political Analysis
by Rosita Dellios

The Emptiness of Codependent Origination
by Maggie Grey

The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka
by Cathrin Thodock
 

The South China Sea - From Within
by Karsten von Hoesslin

Reflections on a Forgotten Secretary-General
by Michael Platzer

Human Development Part 2: Ancient Kingship, Modern Politicians and the Problem of Corruption in India
by Ratan Lal Basu

Review of John M. Hobson The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization
by Reg Little

Centre Report: Barcelona's Casa Asia

The Culture Mandala, 6 no. 1, 2003:

The Cosmopolitan Epoch: Configuring a Just World Order

by Dawn Carey

A Mandala for the Southeast Asian International System
by Siska Lund

The Transnational Politics of Cuban Music and Cuban Culture
by R. James Ferguson 

Confucian Ethics and the Envronment
by Li Tianchen

When Civilizations Compete - A Review of Early China / Ancient Greece: 
Thinking Through Comparisons
by Reg Little

Review of The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
by Trevor Carolan

Making the Spirit Sing - A Review of Trevor Carolan's Return to Stillness: 
Twenty Years with a Tai Chi Master
by R. James Ferguson

Pod, MP3 and Audio Briefings and Documentaries -

A range of useful documentaries, lectures, and interviews are now emerging on a number of websites globally. Formats vary, with automatic pod broadcastes, mp3 downlands, and audio-on-demand being used in different combinations. Useful starting places include: -

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) downloadable audio documentaries (including BackgroundBriefing, Correspondent's Report, Religion Report, and The Science Show, can be accessed via http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/default.htm
Rear Vision is a useful ABC (Australia) audio documentary, covering issues ranging across the world, that can be listened to or downloaded from http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/

The BBC History Archive with interviews of experts is available in audio-on-demand at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_history.shtml

The BBC Documentary Archive has a wide range of MP3 download files on range of political, international, and environmental topics at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/default.stm

The Podcast Directory lists a wide range of political and cultural resources and sites in audio and download format at http://www.podcastdirectory.com/

A range of Podcast Software can be found at http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html (This is usually only needed if you automatic downloads and updates onto your computer.)
The Internet Archive has a wide range of text, audio and video material on a wide range of political, cultural and historical topics, organised by subject/American Radio Works has a range of useful documentary podcastes and downloads that cover political and cultural issues, located at http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/podcast.html

The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies
 

The Culture Mandala is a non-technical Bulletin aimed at increasing academic and public awareness of cultural and political affairs which impact on international relations, globalisation andEast-West Relations.

The Culture Mandala, 5 no. 1, 2002:

Dogs of War or Tomorrow's Peacekeepers?
by Tanya Cook

Diplomatic Adventurism in Indonesia?
by Anne Cullen

Political Poets: Exposed
by Lisa Davidson

The Museumification of the Village:
Cultural Subversion in the 21st Century
by Paulette Dellios

The Rasa of Leadership in Contemporary Asia: The Nexus of Politics, Culture and Social Performance
by R. James Ferguson

Zen and Wall Street: Profile of a Philosopher Investor 
by Martin Lu

On Two Ancient Chinese Administrative Ideas: Rule of Virtue and Rule by Law
by Zhang Xiangming

Conference Report: The Future of Development and the Development of the Future
by Rosita Dellios

Latin America in the International System

Lecture Program 2006

1. An Introduction to Latin America in the Global System: 
Places, Themes, Legacies and Uneven Development (2006)

2. Latin America in Transition: 
From Colonisation to Nationalism to Globalisation (2006)

3. Mexico in Progress and Crisis: From Cortes to NAFTA (2006)

4. Cuba: Revolution, Resistance and Globalisation (2006)

5. Colombia: Paradox, Intervention and Survival (2006)

6. Brazil: A Revisionist Great Power, or Fragmented Development (2006)

7. The Struggle for Democracy: Chile as a Reform Model (2006)

9. Regional Organisations and Regionalism: Hemispheric Diplomatic and Trade Systems (2006)

10. The Latin American Search for Security and Foreign Policy Convergence in the 21st Century (2006)

11. Mercosur: Problematic Regionalism in the 21st Century (2006)

12. The Quest for Stability - From Dependence to Interdependence (2006)

Useful Websites and Publications for Latin America:

The Caribbean Community (Caricom)webpage contain useful updates and news briefings, found at http://www.caricom.org/

A mixed range of news items on Central American and world affairs can be found via theCentral American Daily at http://www.centralamericadaily.com/

The Center for Latin American Studies (at Berkeley) has a wide range of working and  policy papers on Latin and South America that can be accessed via http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Publications/workingpapers/index.html

The Summit of the Americas Information System provides useful information and documents on the Summit and related Latim American processes at http://www.summit-americas.org/default.htm

Global perceptions of the U.S. and its policies, with many items translated from other languages, can be found at Watching America.com, located at http://watchingamerica.com/index.shtml

The Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural 
and Economic Studies

The Culture Mandala, 4 no. 2, 2001:
 

The Game of Leapfrog and the Internet: Developing Countries 
and the Information-Divide
by Jill Margerison

Daoist Perspectives on Chinese and Global Environmental Management
by Rosita Dellios

Healing the Wound: Some Cross-Cultural Challenges to Australia-Indonesia Relations
by Freddy K. Kalidjernih

Internationalisation of Japanese Education in the 21st Century
by Glenn Stockwell

Conference Report: Cultural Heat in Yunnan

Eurasia Lecture Program 2002-2008

Eurasiaexplores new trends in Russia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, the Newly Independent States, regions such as Siberia and Tibet, and Asia-Europe relations. It provides an overview of areas often ignored in traditional international relations courses, and analyses current trends and future prospects in detail. The subject looks at a wide range of political, economic, cultural and strategic issues that are reshaping Eurasia, especially through 1992-2008. Turbulence in Afghanistan and Iraq have renewed the urgency of reconstruction in the region.

Lecture Program 2006-2008

1. Eurasia: Super-region or Zone of Conflict? (2008)
2. From Russian Empire to Eurasian Power (2008)
3. Kazakhstan: From Exploitation to Nationhood in Central Asia (2007)
4. An Arc of Instability? - Security Dilemmas in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (2007)
5. Russia-China Relations: The Bear and the Dragon (2006)
6. Ukraine's Democratic Revolution: The Western Tilt and Russian Necessities(2007)
7. Siberia, The Russian far East and the 'Future' Land (2007)
8. Meeting on the Road: Islamic Culture and the Politics of Sufism (2007)
9. Turkey's Multi-Regional Perspective (2007)
10. The Reconstruction of Afghanistan: From War to a Dependent Democracy? (2007)
11. Tibet: From Buddhist Polity to Invasion to Diaspora (2008)
12. Avenues Out of Crisis: Global Imperatives for Eurasian Transition (2007)

Archive B

B4: Japan and Eurasia (2004: Summary Powerpoint Slides)

B12a. The Wider Eurasia Framework: ASEAM and Fragile Trilateralism (2004, Word document)

A4. An Arc of Instability?: Security Dilemmas in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, 
and Chechnya (2003)

A9. Regional Connectivities: Turkey, Iran, and the New Great Game (2002)

A10. Geopolitics of the Silk Road (2002)

Useful Websites and Publications for Eurasia, Russia and Greater Central Asia: 

Central Asia - Caucasus Analysis provides a range of useful articles and links concerning Eurasia, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus via http://www.cacianalyst.org/

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Analyst (John Hopkins University) provides a wide range of reporting and analysis on Central Asia and Eurasia, located at http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/

The Central Eurasia Studies Reviewprovides a range of useful articles and reviews (in html and pdf format) on Eurasia and Central Asia on their website at http://www.cesr-cess.org/

A range of critical analysis and news reports on Eurasia, Russia and Central Asia can be found via the The Eurasia Internet at http://www.eurasia.org.ru/index_en.shtml

The Global Policy Forumis a web-based resource with critical commentary on major international actors, including the UNSC, NGO's and the US on the basis of increasing accountability. Located at http://www.globalpolicy.org/

The International Crisis Group has a wide range of reports on Eurasia that can be access via http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm

TheInsitute for Public Policy (IPP) provides a range of useful articles on Central Asian and Eurasian affairs at http://www.ipp.kg/

Islam for Today provides a convert's view of Islamic and global affairs, located at http://www.islamfortoday.com/

A wide range of commentary and short articles on Central Asian and Eurasia Affairs, from the view of the government of Kazakhstan, will be found at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, at http://www.kisi.kz/index_en.html

Al Nakhlah is a useful on-line journal of Southwest Asian and Islamic affairs, published by the Fletcher School of Tufts University, with the current issues and archives available via  http://fletcher.tufts.edu/al_nakhlah/

The Russia and Eurasia Security Network (RES) provides a range of analysis on Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eurasia, via http://www.res.ethz.ch/news/sw/index.cfm

Local Russian Far Eastern news can be found in the Vladivostok News, located at http://vlad.tribnet.com/

Selected Research Papers from
The Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies

1. Chinese Strategic Culture - Part 1
by  Dr Rosita Dellios

Chinese Strategic Culture - Part 2: Virtue and Power
by Rosita Dellios

4. Meeting on the Road: Cosmopolitan Islamic Culture and the Politics of Sufism
by Dr R. James Ferguson

5. Religious Liberty as a Paradigm for the Development of Human Rights
by Alexandra Merritt

6. China's Nuclear Environment and the US Theatre Missile Defence Initiative
by Mitchell McGuire
8. China and the Emerging Eurasian Agenda: From Special Interests 
to Strategic Cooperation 
by Dr R. James Ferguson

9. Strategic Powers in a Post-September 11, Post-American World: 
The European Union and China
by Dr Heather Field and Dr Rosita Dellios

10. Mandala: From Sacred Origins to Sovereign Affairs 
in Traditional Southeast Asia
by Dr Rosita Dellios

11. Development of Eco-Tourism in Tribal Regions of Orissa: Potential and Recommendations
by Dr Nilakantha Panigrahi
12. Rome and Parthia: Power Politics and Diplomacy Across Cultural Frontiers
by Dr R. James Ferguson

13. Freeing Knowledge, Telling Secrets: Open Source Intelligence and Development
by Cody Burke

Advanced Global Politics and Alternative Globalisations, 2003-2007
 

1. The New Global Politics: Alternative Outlooks in a Period of Contested Globalisation (2007)

2. International Relations from Thucydides to World Systems Theory (2007)

3. Transnational Realities: Diaspora, Migration and Refugee Flows (2007)

4. The Contested Role of Culture in International Relations (2007)

5. Economic Cultures - From Reconstruction to Growth to Instability (2007)

6. Soft and Hard Power: Case Study - The Chinese Century 1949-2049
(Power Point by Guest Lecturer Dr Rosita Dellios) 

8. From Economies to Ecologies:Contested Visions of Sustainability (2007)

9. Alternative Global Forces: Islamic International Relations and Transnational Flows (2007)

10. Cities in the World System: Singapore, Shanghai, Berlin, Dar es Salaam and Beyond (2007)

11. Scripts for Cooperation and Protest: People Power, Low-Violence Strategies, and Cosmopolitan Governance (2007)

12. The New International Relations - From Crisis Management to Strategic Governance (2007)
 

Archive A

A8&11. Poverty, Aid and Development -Summary and References (2005)

Archive B

3: Scripts for Conflict: Resources and Security (2003 - Powerpoint Format)

Useful Websites

A range of useful reporting and viewpoints on Africa is found on the Africa Action webpage, located at http://www.africaaction.org/index.php

The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index: Benchmarking National Environmental Stewardship, including reports, country ratings and methodology can be found at http://www.yale.edu/esi/
The Global Policy Forum is a web-based resource with critical commentary on major international actors, including the UNSC, NGO's and the US on the basis of increasing accountability. Located at http://www.globalpolicy.org/

The World Resources Instituteprovides a range of resources of environment and development, located at http://www.wri.org/

The Culture Mandala, 4 no. 1, 2000

Globalisation and the Mandala: 'Software' for the Millennium
Rosita Dellios

Economic Lessons from Confucius for the New Century
by Zhang Youmin & Li Tianchen

China Enacts a New Contract Law for the New Millennium
by Chen Xuebin

Material Progress and Ethics: A Pilgrimage Through Time
by Ratan Lal Basu

Museums in the Global 'Kampung': Mixed Messages
by Paulette Dellios

The Soochow 'Complex' and Modernisation
by Fan Qi & Ma Boling

Nanning and Guangxi: Gateway to China's Southwest
by R. James Ferguson

Prospects for International Relations (2001): 

Trends for the International Future: Futures Studies has become part of the set of specialisations to be found within the discipline of International Relations (IR). IR does not have a monopoly on this field of inquiry (Futures Studies are, by nature, interdisciplinary), but IR does have its own particular research interest in Future Studies because of its intrinsic concern with the dynamics of the international political system. See Bond University pages for updated subject information.

I-II: Studying the Future - Who, How and Why (2001)

III:Forecasting in International Relations (2001)

IV: Continuty & Change in International Relations (2001)

V: Changing Agendas: From StarsWars to Globalisation Wars and Back to Star War Again (2001)

VI-IX: Issues Areas: The Internet, Globalisation, Cosmopolitanism, China as a Global Power (2001)

X: Constructing Futures - Including the Mandala Model (2001)

XI: Scenarios - The Probable and the Preferable (2001)
 

The Culture Mandala, 3 no. 2, 1999

China-United States Relations: The New Superpower Politics
byRosita Dellios

Eastern & Western Feminist Literary Criticism: A Comparison
by Yan Ming & Fan Qi

Tolerance: Chuang-Tzu's Epistemological Approach
by Zhang Xiangming

Following the Great Dao of International Relations
by Tong Yun Kai

Suzhou: A Cultural and Economic Centre
by R. James Ferguson

Qufu: A Civilisational Centre of Northern China
by Rosita Dellios

A Brief Introduction to the Confucius Culture Institute
by Li Tianchen

China's Gang of Nine
by Annabel Day

Australia and the Asia-Pacific (2004-2007) 

1. Introduction: From Australasia to the 'Indo-Pacific' Region (2007)
2. Australian Foreign Policy: From Commonwealth Servant to Global Player? (2007)
3. The Transformation of Indonesia (1997-2007) and its Regional Significance (2007)
4. An Asia-Pacific 'Concert-of-Powers' or Strategic Imbalance? (2007)
5. Australian Defence Policy: Old Methods and New Threats? (2007)
6. ASEAN Plus: Government-Led Regionalism and Uneven Development? (2007)
7. Asia-Pacific Patterns of Transnational Transition: Foci of Instability and Underdevelopment (2007)
8. Meeting of the Cultures in the Pacific (Guest lecturer, Dr Rosita Dellios)
10. South Asia and the Indian Ocean: Cooperation or Institutionalised Conflict? (2007)
11. Regional Engagement and Competing Regionalisms (2006)
12. Regionalism, Development and Peace?: Future-Directed Policies for the Indo-Pacific Region (2007)

Archive A

A9. The Not So Peaceful Pacific (2005)

Archive B

B3. Nationalism  and Identity: Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor

Useful Websites for Australia and the Asia-Pacific

A number of useful research papers (and other publications), focusing on Australian politics and international relations, can be located from the online page of the Parliament of Australian Parliamentary Library at http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/

The Edmund Rice Centre, a social action and advocacy centre supported by the Christian Brothers, has a range of interesting materials on international and Australian policies in relation to social justice, located at http://www.erc.org.au/

Asia Times Online provides an effective and alternative view of Asian and global affairs, located at http://www.atimes.com/

The CSCAP (Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific)homepage provides a range of useful information on its roles via http://cscap.org/

International Relations, Diplomacy and Governance Briefs:

1. The America India Foundation

2. ASEM Beyond 2001

3. River System Management (by Adrian Gepp)

Features Links and Websites: -

Buddhism Resourcesis a useful site with buddhism related news, books and web resources 
Key Word Map on the Internet is a useful index of key ideas on the internet.
Frety.nethas a wide range of resources for news, science, art and business.
Journey to the West - In current debates on globalisation and East-West studies it is more important than ever to have a firm grasp of the culture, politics and history of the 'the West', Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near East. This site is developing brief resources to support the understandings that drove large segments of the world order for almost three thousand years. This site has now been moved into a wider history, politics and culture webpage.

Sample Video Briefing

Indian Culture: India and Beyond
Features images of Konark Temple and Odissi Dance performed by Sonali. With thanks to the International Institute for Development Studies (Australia and India) and the Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Orissa.
(10 minute section of a longer documentary in Realplayer video format. This may take about 10 minutes to load on a dial-up modem. )

News Services and Newspapers

 BBC World News and Search 

Financial Times

The Sydney Morning Herald

The New York Times

For the Saudi and Arabian view of Middle Eastern and world affairs, see the Arab News at http://www.arabnews.com/

Power and Interest News Reports provide critical reporting and analysis of  current news and world issues at http://www.pinr.com/

A range of useful news coverage (global, regional, and Australian) will be found in The Agenewspaper, at http://www.theage.com.au/

SBS (Australia) broadcasting has a variety of news and documentary content located at http://www20.sbs.com.au/

Research Tools: -

Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy

A useful and detailed free web resouce is the Wikipedia, an open source encyclopedia with over 441,000 articles. Though not peer reviewed, its articles are often a useful starting when read critically. 

Specialised News Services 
and Search Engines:

International Development News

European News

Latin American News

Worldpress.orgfeatures a wide range of alternative news stories, including material on Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Eurasia, at http://www.worldpress.org/

Dogpileis a powerful metaseach engine located at http://www.dogpile.com/

The Europrean Union and the New Europe (2004):

The European Unionin its wider regional and global context remains a crucial force in world affairs and a source of innovation in institution building, economic cooperative, and forward looking diplomacy. Nonetheless, the progress toward economic and political integration has been controversial, as has the expansion eastwards to include new members. This unit critically examines political, economic, cultural and strategic issues that face Europe in the 21st century. It has been designed to provide a sound overview as well as allowing for specialised research.

1. Introduction: The Pillars of European Cooperation (2004)

2. Maastricht and Beyond: The Drivers of European Union (2004)

5. The Impact of Soviet and Russian Reforms, 1989-2004

6. The New Germany - Transforming the European Landscape (2004)

7. The French Perspective on European and Global Affairs (2004)

8. The United Kingdom: Atlantic and European Orientations (2004)

9. The European Search for Peace and Security (2004)

10. Bosnia to Macedonia: War, Reconstruction and Governance in the Balkans (2004)

11. The EU Search for Foreign Policy (2004)

Lecture Series Archive (2003)

A4) Spain: Small and Medium States in the EU


A5) Convergence and Divergence in an Expanding Europe
A12) Europe and the European Process in the Global System

Useful Websites and Organisations 

NB - The International Relations Portal is not responsible the content in these external sites. Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement of the views, contents or policies of any of these sites. These sites are useful for research but readers should use all information critically.

 
A wide range of Buddhist resources, including ebooks, can be found at BuddhaNet via http://www.buddhanet.net/

The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
has a useful website with numerous publications researching security, conflict and peace studies issues.

The Center for Contemporary Conflicthas a wide range of papers and articles in the journal Strategic Insights, focusing on war, conflict, terrorism, and strategy as viewed by the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, with access via http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/

The Center for Economic Policy Analysis
from the New School Universityhas a website which features a large number of Working Papers on economic, development and social policy.

Information on Peace Initiatives and other analyses of Colombia will be found at the Centre for International Policies' Colombia Project, located at http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/

Comparative Connections, an E Journal of East Asian Bilateral Relations, provides a range of useful articles at http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html#usa

The Counterpunchpolitical newsletter provides a wide range of critical (and radical) commentary on world affairs at http://www.counterpunch.com/

EnviroLink Network provides a wide range of environmental news and resources at http://www.envirolink.org/

The ESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)homepage can be found at http://www.unescap.org/

Foreign Policy journal runs a very useful and diversified website at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

Freedom House provides a range of advocacy reports and updates on democracy, human rights and press freedom at http://www.freedomhouse.org/

Freetranslation.com is a useful site for international relations which can provide free, on-line brief translations to and from most major European languages

The Global Exchange
Global Exchangeis a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.

The Global Development Network has a wide range of resources and news on development at http://www.gdnet.org/

The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has a range of materials on refugees and human rights, which can be accessed via http://www.humanrights.gov.au

Human Rights Watch (Worldwide) provides a range of useful reports on human rights, politics and democratisation at http://www.hrw.org/
The International Atomic Energy Agency 
The IAEA has a range of useful documents, including reports of current meetings with Iran, and comprehensive documents including a Handbook on Nuclear Law.

Journey to the West:

Essays in History, Politics and Culture
 

  Provides a range of resources including essays, background briefings,  bibliographies, internet resources, and audio-visual listings for those interested in history, politics and cultural formations.

Subjects covered include Diaclectic, Plato, Aristotle, the Fall of Athens, Greece in the Fourth Century B.C., Scribes and Heroes,Tacitus, Machiavelli, Morgantheau, Political Realism, Mackinder, Mahan, Geopolitics, and Sufism. 

The Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies

The Centre has the purpose of facilitating research, teaching and interdisciplinary applications focusing on the interactions among cultural, social, economic and political aspects of international affairs. The Centre examines the changes at the cultural and political levels which have radically altered the international, strategic and economic relationships of the Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions. 

Further Web-Links

The International Crisis Group has a wide range of updates and research papers on crises across the globe at http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?
The International Labour Organisation has an extensive website, with access to detailed histories of the labour movement in the 21st century.
The International Relations and Security Network, a Swiss contribution to Partnership for Peace, has a wide range of news updates, links and in depth pieces.
The International Women's Development Agency
has been active for over fifteen years as a non-government orgnisation involved in partnership programs around the world designed to relieve poverty and oppression. Current projects are underway in Bougainville, along the Thai-Burma border and in Vietnam.
The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
is a searchable, on-line journal with a range of useful information on peace and development studies, published by the Department of Peace Studies, the University of Bradford.
The Journal of World History provides an archive of current and past articles on world perspectives, located at http://www.historycooperative.org/jwhindex.html

The Journal of World-Systems Ressearch 
A useful on-line journal featuring articles on the environment and world systems theory.

Le Monde Diplomatique
This on-line journal (in English as well as French) has a wide range of short critical articles on diplomacy and International Relations. About one quarter of the content allows free access.

NDI (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs) 
Access Democracy has a useful search engine with documents monitoring elections, democracy and human rights, including pages on Latin America, at
http://www.accessdemocracy.org/basic.asp

The Royal Institute of International Affairs
has a range of useful artilces and briefings on global affairs, most recently on Liberia and Iraq.

The South Centre
provides critical perspectives of the UN, reform and other developmental issues, including a regular Bulletin.

A wide range of informative articles can be found in the UN Chronicle, plus links to other UN databases, access via http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/

Wikipediais a useful and detailed free web resource, an open source encyclopedia with over 441,000 articles. Though not peer reviewed, its articles are often a useful starting when read critically. Located at http://www.wikipedia.org/ 

The World Values Surveyprovides a range of useful information on political, social and cultural values mapped across the international system. 
Its homepage is located at http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/

Other Useful Links
to dozens of International Relations, Asian Studies, Foreign Affairs, Government and NGO Websites. Other useful Internet Resources as well as news wires and newspapers