Hot spot : Asia and Oceania / edited by Clinton Fernandes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-272) and index.

1. China and East Asia / Sally Burt -- Geographic factors -- Pre-independence -- Communism -- Foreign relations after September 11 -- The Spratly Islands -- Taiwan -- Japan -- 2. East Timor / Clinton Fernandes -- Portuguese colonialism -- Carnation Revolution -- Indonesian invasion and occupation -- Crimes against humanity -- UN transitional administration -- Post-independence challenges -- 3. Fiji / Jon Fraenkel -- Land policy -- The 1987 coup -- The 2000 coup -- Makings of the 2006 coup -- 4. The India - China border / Manjeet S. Pardesi -- Historical interactions -- State structures before colonialism -- The historical status of Tibet -- The frontier from 1914 to 1947 -- The pre-war years -- The Tibetan revolt, India's forward policy, and the war normalization of relations -- 5. Indonesia / Damien Kingsbury and Clinton Fernandes -- Aceh -- West Papua -- 6. Kashmir / Nicolas Blarel -- Partition symdrome -- The second Indo-Pakistani war -- The Bangladesh war -- The 1987 insurgency -- The Kargil crisis -- Dispute after September 11 -- 7. Korea / Stewart Lone -- Japanese colonialism -- Volatility after World War II -- The Korean War -- Inter-Korean relations in th 1970s -- The North Korean economic decline -- Post-Cold War conflict -- Nuclear weapons -- 8. Myanmar (Burma) / Sally Burt -- The rise of modern-day Myanmar -- The 1988 crisis -- The SPDC and the NLD -- International relations -- 9. The Philippines / Clinton Fernandes -- Spanish rule -- U.S. rule and the Huks -- The era of Ferdinand Marcos -- Aquino and Ramos -- Insurgencies -- 10. Solomon Islands / Sinclair Dinnen -- The political system after independence -- Ethnic tensions and the 2000 coup -- The Townsville Peace Agreement -- The instrumentalization of disorder -- Regional assistance mission to Solomon Islands -- April 2006 unrest -- 11. Sri Lanka / Damien Kingsbury -- Tamil separatism -- 12. Thailand / Carlyle A. Thayer -- Al Qaeda's "safe haven" -- Historical roots of the Thai struggle -- Separatism in the South.