New Books at ISEAS Library – Sep 2023

Highlights

Xiconomics: what China’s dual circulation strategy means for global business / Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange.  Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, 2023.

Call no: HC427.95 C13

“In this concise and incisive analysis, Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange explain what is happening in China and how this affects its relations with other countries. They identify what foreign companies need to do, how strategies need to change, and what this all means for managing the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios.” — Provided by publisher.


Stalemate: autonomy and insurgency on the China-Myanmar border / Andrew Ong.  Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023.

Call no: DS530.65 O581

“This book is an ethnographic account of political relations in an autonomous highland region in Myanmar, governed by the country’s largest insurgent group, the United Wa State Army”– Provided by publisher.



Other new arrivals

by country in alphabetical order, then by region

Indonesia

Fenomena sempalan keagamaan di Kalimantan Selatan / Mujiburrahman and ten others.  Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan: Antasari Press, 2023.
Call no: BP191 M95
Donated by Mr Ahmad Muhajir, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Indonesia’s regional and global engagement: role theory and state transformation in foreign policy / Moch Faisal Karim.  New York: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: DS638 K18

Islamic economic institutions in Indonesia: are they successful in achieving the Maqasad-al-shari’ah / edited by Toseef Azid, Muhammad Syafii Antonio, Zafar Kayani, Murniati Mukhlisin.  Singapore; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2023.
Call no: BP173.75 I827

Shaping a Dutch East Indies: François Valentyn’s VOC empire / by Siegfried Huigen.  Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2023.
Call no: DS618 V15H89


Malaysia

State of corruption: power, politics, and policies in Malaysia / The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism.  Petaling Jaya, Selangor: Gerakbudaya Enterpirse: C Four Consultancies Sdn Bhd, 2023.
Call no: JQ1062 A56C6C39

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad: kuasa & krisis kehakiman, 1982-1988 / Muhamad Asrol, Ishak Saat.  Tanjong Malim, Perak: Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 2023.
Call no: DS597.215 M21A84


Myanmar

The kings of Buddhism: power, religion, and fury in Myanmar / Robert Edward Sterken Jr.  Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2023.
Call no: BQ420 S83


Philippines

The Philippines: from “people power” to democratic backsliding / Mark R. Thompson.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Call no: DS686.614 T461


Singapore

转角遇神明: 新加坡华人神龛文化 / 林克宜, 柯群英, Lin Chia Tsun.  Singapore: Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, 2023.
Call no: BL2085 L73
Donated by Kuah Khun Eng.


Thailand

Business groups and the Thailand economy: escaping the middle-income trap / Natenapha Wailderdsak.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: HC445 Z9N46

Policy analysis in Thailand / edited by Ora-orn Poocharoen and Piyapong Boossabong.  Bristol: Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023.
Call no: JQ1745 A5P76


Vietnam

Vietnam: navigating a rapidly changing economy, society, and political order / edited by Börje Ljunggren and Dwight H. Perkins.  Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University Asia Center, 2023.
Call no: DS559.912 V678


ASEAN and Southeast Asia

Economic law reforms in the ASEAN emerging economies: a review of three decades’ paths / Terukazu Suruga, Phanhpakit Onphanhdala, Yuka Kaneko, editors.  Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2023.
Call no: KNC84 A9E19

南洋共產黨史實鈎沉 / 罗武.  Selangor: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2023.
Call no: HX751 A3L96

Taiwan and Southeast Asia: soft power and hard truths facing China’s ascendancy / edited by Karl Chee Leong Lee and Ying-kit Chan.  London; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Call no: DS799.848 T13

The Elgar companion to ASEAN / edited by Jörn Dosch and Frederick Kliem.  Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Call no: JZ5333.5 A81E41

Who cares?: COVID-19 social protection response in Southeast Asia / edited by Rosalia Sciortino.  Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm books, 2023.
Call no: RA644 C87W62


Asia-Pacific

A hierarchical vision of order: understanding Chinese foreign policy in Asia / Antoine Roth.  Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2023.
Call no: DS33.4 C5R84

Beijing rules: China’s quest for global influence / Bethany Allen.  London: John Murray, 2023.
Call no: DS740.4 A42

China and its small neighbors: the political economy of asymmetry, vulnerability, and hedging / Sung Chull Kim.  Albany: State University of New York Press, 2023.
Call no: DS740.5 A8K49

Comparative federalism in Asia: democracy, ethnicity and religion / Baogang He, Michael G. Breen and Laura Allison-Reumann.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Call no: JQ36 H43

Electricity market reforms in the ASEAN, China, India, and Japan / edited by Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura, Rabindra Nepal.  Singapore; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2023.
Call no: HD9685 A8E38

Foreign direct investments emerging Asia: an evaluation of pandemic and policy shocks / edited by Paul Cheung, Ammu George and Xuyao Zhang.  London: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: HG5702 F713

Indo-Pacific strategies and foreign policy challenges: the US-China strategic competition / edited by Hyun Ji Rim, James E. Platte.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: DS341.3 U6I41

Marriage migration, family and citizenship in Asia / edited by Tuen Yi Chiu and Brenda S.A. Yeoh.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: HQ1032 M351

Sovereign funds: how the Communist Party of China finances its global ambitions / Zongyuan Zoe Liu.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023.
Call no: HG3978 L78

The next major war: can the US and its allies win against China? / Ross Babbage.  Amherst, New York: Cambria Press, 2023.
Call no: E183.8 C5B11

The United States Navy’s pivot to Asia: the origins of a cooperative strategy for twenty-first century seapower / Bruce A. Elleman.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: VA58.4 E45


Media, Technology and Society

Defeating the dictators: how democracy can prevail in the age of the strongman / Charles Dunst.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
Call no: JC480 D92

The fifth estate: the power shift of the digital age / William H. Dutton.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Call no: HM851 D98


Others

Bucking the buck: US financial sanctions and the international backlash against the dollar / Daniel McDowell.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Call no: HF1413.5 M47

Cold peace: avoiding the new Cold War / Michael W. Doyle.  New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2023.
Call no: JZ1305 D75

Routledge handbook of religion and politics / edited by Jeffrey Haynes.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.
Call no: BL65 P7R86

The global architecture of multilateral development banks: a system of debt or development? / Adrian Robert Bazbauers and Susan Engel.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021.
Call no: HG1975 B36

The shifting dynamics of great power competition / edited by Masuda Masayuki.  Tokyo: the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), 2023.
Call no: JZ1242 S55