John Steeles explosive Geschichte der Paramilitärs in Belfast greift auf die dreißig Jahre alte düstere Geschichte einer langen Reihe von Gräueltaten zurück, mit denen die IRA, die INLA, die Ulster Volunteer Force und die Ulster Defence Association sich gegenseitig bekämpften. Jackie Shaw kehrt nach Belfast zurück, um an der Beerdigung seines alkoholkranken Vaters teilzunehmen, findet aber schnell heraus, dass seine Vergangenheit ihn einholt. 1993 fand ein schrecklicher Bombenanschlag auf ...

East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production. Yet, across the region, national automobile industries have had strikingly different patterns of development. Despite starting from equally low levels of performance and initially similar strategies, countries have experienced vastly different results. From Thailand's success as an assembly hub for foreign automakers and China's unexpected achievements in building its own car industry, to South Korea's impressive development of an integra...

Long divided by cultural, economic, and political differences, the Asia-Pacific region has little history of multilateral cooperation. Alliances that once linked individual countries with one or the other superpower fostered deep mistrust among neighbouring states. The end of the Cold War, however, has created new opportunities for multilateral coo