ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Self Determination In Focus:

Self-Determination Conflict Profiles

East Timor Conflict Profile
Anthony L. Smith (February 2002)

Aceh Conflict Profile
Anthony L. Smith (February 2002)

Korea Conflict Profile
John Feffer (January 2002)

Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang Conflict Profile
Sean L. Yom (December 2001)

Afghanistan Conflict Profile
Jim Lobe and Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Crisis Watch Profile: Kashmir
John Gershman (August 2001)

Crisis Watch Profile: Moros in the Philippines
John Gershman (June 2001, updated October 2001)

Crisis Watch Profile: Fiji
Abid Aslam (May 2001)

Conflict Watch Commentaries

The Indonesian Tribunal: A Matter of Justice or Political Diversion?
James Dunn (August 30, 2002)

Supporting Indonesia's Military Bad Idea Second Time Around
Conn Hallinan (June 12, 2002)

India Flirting with Disaster
Muqtedar Khan (June 5, 2002)

The Price of Failure in Kashmir
Achin Vanaik (May 29, 2002)

Is India Going the Way of 1930s Germany?
Arun Swamy (March 2002)

U.S. Takes Antiterrorism War to the Philippines
John Gershman (January 2002)

India's Politics of Brinksmanship on Kashmir
Achin Vanaik (January 2002)

"Warlordism" and the War on Terrorism
Ken Menkhaus (December 2001)

East Timor: U.S. Gave Green Light to Invasion
Jim Lobe (December 2001)

No One is Asking Ordinary Afghans What They Want
Sayed Aqa and Deonna Kelli Sayed (November 2001)

The Natural Ally and the Tactical Ally
Ninan Koshy (November 2001)

Closer Military Ties May Mean Deepening War in the Philippines
John Gershman (November 2001)

Central Asia: On the Periphery of New Global War
Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Foreign Policy Shift: The Terrible Trade-Offs
Abid Aslam and Jim Lobe (September 2001)

Fighting Terrorism, Undermining Democracy in Indonesia
John Gershman (September 2001)

Korea: Liberation and Self-Determination
John Feffer (August 2001)

The Two Worlds of Abu Sayyaf
Sean Yom (August 2001)

Indonesia's Hard Line Strengthens Secessionists in West Papua
Jim Lobe (July 2001)

Policy Recommendations for Indonesia: Upside Down, They Look Good
Gerry van Klinken (July 2001)

Bush-Cheney Energy Plan Could Aggravate Ethnic Conflicts
Abid Aslam and Jim Lobe (July 2001)

Indonesia: Aceh Arrests Could Portend Increased Polarization, Violence
Jim Lobe (July 2001)

Kashmir at the Summit
Ninan Koshy (July 2001)

Assessing New U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
James H. Nolt (April 2001)

Bush Faces Challenges on the Korean Peninsula
Karin Lee and John Feffer (March 2001)

The Trials and Tribulations of China's First Democracy: The ROC One Year After the Victory of Chen Shui-bian
Teresa Wright (February 2001)

Sri Lanka's Marred Elections
Miriam Young (October 2000)

Kashmir
Ninan Koshy (August 2000)

Dalai Lama Tours U.S.
A. Tom Grunfeld (July 2000)

Conflict News

Islanders Contest Rights of U.S. Military Base Used in Afghanistan Air War
Jim Lobe (January 28, 2002)

India-Pakistan Tensions Mount
John Gershman (December 31, 2001)

India: Crackdown on Islamic Groups
Abid Aslam (October 9, 2001)

Irian Jaya: Special Autonomy and Heavy Military Hand
Abid Aslam (September 24, 2001)

Fiji Votes Along Ethnic Lines
Abid Aslam (September 10, 2001)

Policy Briefs

East Timor
Lynn Fredriksson (December 2000)

Papua: Another East Timor?
Abigail Abrash (October 2000)

Sri Lanka's Long War
Miriam Young (October 2000)

Reassessing Tibet Policy
Stephen Zunes (April 2000)