ASIEN – Nr. 100 Juli 2006 Special Issue ASIEN 100: Reflections on Asia in the 21st CenturyIssue Editor Günter Schucher
Editorial Team Christine Berg

• Nr. 100 (2006) Editorial 7–8 {:de}A look back: ASIEN 1Es wurde bereits mehrfach in der Vergangenheit auf das Ziel der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde hingewiesen, die Zeitschrift ASIEN zu einem anerkannten und „wettbewerbsfähigen“ Publikationsorgan der deutschen und internationalen Asienforschung zu machen… von by Gunter Schubert und and Thomas Heberer
• Nr. 100 (2006) Editorial 9 {:en}EditorialA quarter of a century ago the then chairman of the German Association for Asian Studies, former ambassador Günter Diehl, told the then deputy chairman, Dr. Werner Draguhn, that the Association should establish a scientific journal. He sketched four rectangles on a piece of paper, wrote ASIEN in the top one and declared that this … von by Christine Berg und and Günter Schucher
• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 11–17 {:de}Third-Wave Democratization in East Asia: Challenges and ProspectEast Asia presents quite a few puzzles to students of democratization. First, East Asia has defied the global movement towards democracy. Since the current wave of democratization began in 1974, more than 80 countries have made significant progress towards democracy by holding free and competitive elections and expanding political freedom. In contrast, in East Asia … von by Chu Yun-han
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 18–22 {:en}Japan’s Bid for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security CouncilGaining a permanent seat on the Security Council of the United Nations has been Japan’s declared foreign policy goal since the early 1990s. The issue was first put on the agenda under the government of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Japan’s influence in the world organisation did not then and still does not today reflect the … von by Florian Coulmas
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 23–32 {:en}Recent American Asia Policy: A Critical ReviewAfter 9/11, Asia was eclipsed in the worldview of American foreign policy makers by the Middle East. But as the unhappy American engagement in the Iraqi insurgency winds down, nearing the limits of domestic electoral tolerance, Western eyes turn again to the part of the world on which the Bush administration first sought to focus … von by Lowell Dittmer
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 33–37 {:en}Leadership Issues for Asia in the 21st CenturyMany if not most major international issues that currently agitate the Asia Pacific region may be discussed within the framework of leadership rivalry and a shift in the leadership paradigm. The ‚war against terrorism‘, Asian integration efforts, resource competition, the overcoming of national separation in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean peninsula are part … von by Reinhard Drifte
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 38–43 {:en}The Indian Elephant on the MoveReflecting on Asia I recollect the last session of this year’s „Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz“ which was devoted to As ia. The panellists were speakers from China, India and Japan. Different as these speakers were they were united in their conviction that the 21st century would be the Century of Asia. They shared a sense of common … von by Bernd Mützelburg
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 44–48 {:en}Increasing FTA Initiatives of East Asia and the World Trading System: Current State of Play and Policy Options for the 21st CenturyAs a number of analysts discussed, East Asia had long been „a white spot“ or „an empty box“ in the geography of increasing worldwide regionalism.2 Since the end of 1990s, however, the region has emerged as the most dynamic region, in terms of number of FTAs (Free Trade Areas) concluded. Currently, more than thirty FTAs … von by Park Sung-Hoon
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 49–53 {:en}Political and Economic Perspectives of Asia in the 21st CenturyIn the past years, speculations about a forthcoming Pacific Century have been quite in fashion among Western as well as Asian intellectuals. And the headlines in most major newspapers, announcing when either China or India would overtake the established economic powers in the West, be it in 2030 or in 2050, seem to underline that … von by Eckhard Rohkamm
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 54–61 {:en}How „Asian“ will Asia be in the 21st Century?It does not require much imagination to predict that the geographical unit conventionally called „Asia“ will aggregate the highest combined gross national products, international trade and investment figures, foreign currency reserves and a number of other economic records in the 21st century. Just look at the recent growth rates of the two most populous nations … von by Henrik Schmiegelow
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 62–69 {:en}Convergence of Interest and Sharing a Future: Deepening the Understanding of Islam in Asia and EuropeSince the advent of the 21st century, we notice that there is a global convergence, indeed consensus, in the need to deepen our understanding of Islam and Muslims, not only globally but also in Asia, because outside the Arab-speaking world of the Middle East, the next largest population of Muslims is to be found in … von by Shamsul A.B.
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 70–78 {:en}Is the 21st Century going to be the Asian Century?For 500 years, Europe dominated the course of world history. The 19th century was the century of Europe, the twentieth became the American Century. Is the 21st century going to be the Asian Century? The hypothesis that the world spirit, having wandered from the heartland of Asia via Greece, Rome and Northwestern Europe to America, … von by Theo Sommer
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 79–84 {:en}Reflections on Asia in the 21st CenturyMany, if not most readers will possess „mental maps“ giving them orientation in the political, societal and of course geographical world around them, maps which have been imprinted upon their consciousness during the 20th century. The fact that seven years ago our calendars started to show a new century in itself has nothing to do … von by Volker Stanzel
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 85–87 {:en}ASEAN Future Challenges and the Importance of an ASEAN CharterAt the last ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur December 2005, it has been agreed that an ASEAN Charter is of utmost importance to be able to face new and future challenges. For that purpose an Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has been established. ASEAN ISIS (Institutes for Strategic and International Studies) have proposed a Memorandum to … von by Jusuf Wanandi
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Artikel Article 88–93 {:en}Revamping Laws for the Market Economy in the Post-WTO ChinaChina has begun to adopt and/or amend a series of economic laws during the five-year period between 2003 and 2008 better to meet the needs of a market economic system. After the leadership succession from the third generation to the fourth generation in early 2003, China launched this new wave of economic legislation in order … von by Zou Keyuan
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• Nr. 100 (2006) Asien Aktuell 94–101 {:de}Hat Europa eine Asienpolitik? Braucht es eine?Hat Europa eine Asienpolitik? Braucht es eine? Auf den ersten Blick sind das zwei ziemlich ignorante Fragen. Natürlich gibt es eine europäische Asienstrategie, und zwar schon seit über zehn Jahren: Die erste „Asienstrategie“ legte die Europäische Kommission dem Ministerrat bereits 1994 vor – übrigens nicht zuletzt aufgrund des Engagements der damaligen Bundesregierung, die bereits 1993 … von by Hanns W. Maull
• Nr. 100 (2006) Neuere Literatur 145–51 {:de}Neuere Literatur über AsienDie Mitglieder der DGA sind herzlich aufgefordert, ihre neuesten Veröffentlichungen der Redaktion zu melden. von by Uwe Kotzel

Konferenzberichte

• Armut, soziale Unsicherheit und Globalisierung – Ein gemeinsamer Workshop mit den Universitäten Bielefeld, Duisburg-Essen und Köln Essen, 3. Februar 2006 (Andrea Fleschenberg und Rolf Jordan)
• China und Japan als asiatische Großmächte – Innen- und außenpolitische Herausforderungen. 11. Tagung des Münsterschen Asien-Pazifik-Forums (MAPF) Münster, 3.-4.2.2006 (Andreas Beck)
• China-Workshop „Iserlohn 2006“ Schwerte, 11.-12. Februar 2006 (Elena Meyer-Clement)
• Internationale Konferenz „Democracy in Indonesia: Challenges of Consolidation“ Jakarta und Bandung, 23.-25. Februar 2006 (Christoph Schuck)
• Nations and Their Pasts – Representing the Past, Building the Future London, 28.-30. März 2006 (Andre Borgerhoff, Oliver Tappe)

Rezensionen

• Thompson, Mark R./Derichs, Claudia (Hrsg.): Frauen an der Macht: Dynastien und politische Führerinnen in Asien (Genia Findeisen)
• Koch, Elena: Radiohörerclubs in Indien. Organisierte Medienrezeption im kulturellen Kontext (Verena Sommer)
• Melanie Beresford/Tran Ngoc Angie (Hrsg.): Reaching for the Dreams – Challenges of Sustainable Development in Vietnam (Kerstin Priwitzer)
• Lisa Drummond, Helle Rydstrøm (Hrsg.): Gender Practices in Contemporary Vietnam (Vu Anh Minh)
• James C. Baxter (ed.): Observing Japan from Within. Perspectives of Foreign Scholars Resident in Japan (Wolfgang Georg Arlt)
• Thomas Kalinowski: Der Internationale Währungsfonds in Südkorea. Strukturanpassung und Reformen seit der Asienkrise (Werner Pfennig)
• Eun-Jeung Lee: Korea im demokratischen Aufschwung. Politische Kultur und Kulturdiskurse (Werner Pfennig)
• Thomas Kern: Südkoreas Pfad zur Demokratie. Modernisierung, Protest, Regime-wechsel (Dietmar Ebert)
• Eser/Sieber/Arnold (Hrsg.): Strafrecht in Reaktion auf Systemunrecht. Vergleichende Einblicke in Transitionsprozesse (Thomas Weyrauch)
• Jörg-Meinhard Rudolph: Wenn China über die Welt kommt … – Die Chinesen, ihre Gesellschaft, Staat, Partei und Wirtschaft (Thomas Weyrauch)
• Hyekyung Cho: Chinas langer Marsch in den Kapitalismus (Michael Geiger)
• Bernd Martin (Hg.): Deutsch-chinesische Beziehungen 1928-1937. „Gleiche“ Partner unter „ungleichen“ Bedingungen. Eine Quellensammlung (Cord Eberspächer)
• Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein (Eds.): Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society (Jens Damm)

In aller Kürze

• Yan Yin: Chinesisch – Sprachpraxis für Fortgeschrittene. Ein Lehrbuch mit interkulturellen Themen (Christine Berg)

Forschung / Lehre / Informationen

• Konferenzankündigungen
• Wissenschaftliche Tagung der DGA 2007
• Ausstellungen
• Informationen
• 50 Jahre Institut für Asienkunde (Günter Schucher)
• 25 Jahre Zentrum für Asiatische und Afrikanische Studien (ZAAS) an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (Antje Richter)
• Neues MA-Programm an der HTWG Konstanz (Melanie Ullrich)
• Friedhelm-Denninghaus-Preis des Fachverbandes Chinesisch e.V.
• AccessAsia
• Intensivkurse 2006/07 in Hamburg

→ hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/asien/1097

ISSN → 0721-5231 ／ eISSN → 2701-8431