Asia Insights - Free Internet Links on Asia

CMI report R 2007:1 The situation in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan is characterised by a substantial military and political uncertainty. Violent acts could at any moment hamper the humanitarian and development efforts. At the same time the risk is great that Norwegian development actors mi
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506029076.pdf

Centre for Conflict and Post-Conflict Studies, Asia Pacific is based at the Australian National University. Its website provides information about the aims of the center and its ongoing research projects. It includes free access to press releases, conference announcements and some full-text working
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/conflict/index.php

This Internet library consists of Vincent K. Pollard's sample of 120 websites and single web pages which share and discuss the experience and influence of immigrant and post-immigrant Chinese diaspora and transnational communities. Eleven languages are used in these websites: English, Chinese, Bah
http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Epollard/chculture.html

Democratization of a dependent state : the case of Afghanistan / Astri Suhrke. - Bergen : CMI, 2007. - 23 p. - (CMI working paper WP 2007:10) The post-Taliban democratic reforms in Afghanistan were in part a recreation of the past. Afghanistan has had six constitutions between 1923 and 1990, and mo
http://www.cmi.no/publications/file/?2810=democratization-of-a-dependent-state

Report (2007) We attempt to explain the present ethnic-based conflict in the Terai of Nepal by deeper social and economic structures. Based on previous research on the village economies of Terai we describe the main socio-economic structures, and discuss to what extent the Terai movement represent t
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506029092.pdf

Paper from the Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, on the recent torch relaying ceremony in Tibet before the Beijing Olympic Games. By Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai.
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers28/paper2743.html

The official website of Sri Lanka's government's Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP).
http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org/

Analysis in Far Eastern Eonomic Review by Dr Andrew Martin Fischer, London School of Economics, on the situation in Tibet Dr. Fischer is the author of “State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet: Challenges of Recent Economic Growth” (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2005).
http://www.feer.com/features/2008/march/chinas-tibet-problem

The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) is an international Nordic Verification Mission which was established in 2002 to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire which ended the conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers. Its website provides access to information about the
http://www.slmm.lk/

Document by Anders H. Andersen, Tibet researcher, on the background to the recent protests in Tibet and important aspects of the historical and political context, including extensive links to other relevant information and analyses. (Mainly in Danish).
http://www.asiaportal.info/documents/080321baggrund.doc