Against the backdrop of China's mounting influence & North Korea's growing nuclear capability & expanding missile arsenal South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects & national security In South Korea at the Crossroads Scott A Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy & offers predictions-and a prescription-for the future Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd view of today's political landscape Snyder contends that South Korea's best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States Snyder begins with South Korea's effort in the 1960s to offset the risk of abandonment by the United States during the Vietnam War & the subsequent crisis in the alliance during the 1970s A series of shifts in South Korean foreign relations followed from the " Nordpolitik" engagement with the Soviet Union & China at the end of the Cold War; to Kim Dae Jung's " Sunshine Policy" designed to bring North Korea into the international community; to "trustpolitik" which sought to foster diplomacy with North Korea & Japan; to changes in South Korea's relationship with the United States Despite its rise as a leader in international financial development & climate-change forums South Korea will likely still require the commitment of the United States to guarantee its security Although China is a tempting option Snyder argues that only the United States is both credible & capable in this role As South Korea remains vulnerable relative to other regional powers in northeast Asia despite its rising profile as a middle power it must ultimately balance the contradiction of desirable autonomy & necessary alliance ...

Have your favourite Slayer album artwork on display with unparalleled clarity exclusively through Nemesis Now! Featuring the artwork from the bands fourth studio album ' South of Heaven' it is covered in impious imagery A giant skull sits in a pool of blood outside a Satanic Cathedral It is pierced by an inverted cross while peculiar mutated animals dance in it's eye sockets This Crystal Clear picture adds a never-before-seen richness & depth to the image & is a fitting tribute to these American Thrash Metal Gods Officially licensed Crystal Clear Picture Featuring Slayer's South of Heaven Album Artwork Cushioned back with wall mount Size 32cm x 32cm ...

South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness & struggles on the fringes of society ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Theres a revolution underway in South America but most of the world doesnt know it Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social & political movements as well as the mainstream medias misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela) Evo Morales (Bolivia) Lula da Silva (Brazil) Cristina Kirchner (Argentina) as well as her husband & ex-President Nestor Kirchner Fernando Lugo (Paraguay) Rafael Correa (Ecuador) & Raúl Castro (Cuba) Stone gains unprecedented access & sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region ...

Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers & sisters His sole companion was Shimamoto also an only child Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection But when his family moved away the two lost touch Now Hajime is in his thirties After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife & two daughters & success running a jazz bar Then Shimamoto reappears She is beautiful intense enveloped in mystery Hajime is catapulted into the past putting at risk all he has in the present ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Trio of classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals Based on the book & Tales of the South Pacific& by James A Mitchener & South Pacific& (1958) sees an American Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) stationed on a South Pacific Island falling love with a middle-aged French planter (Rossano Brazzi) who goes on to become a war hero

Includes:: the songs & There is Nothing Like a Dame&; & Bali Ha&i&; & Happy Talk&; & &I&m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair& Based on the musical play & Anna & the King of Siam& by Margaret Landon & The King & I& (1956) is the story of the nineteenth century English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr) who is employed by the King of Siam (Yul Brynner) to educate his many children & takes her son Louis (Rex Thompson) along with her Anna a strong-willed woman soon clashes with the king who is used to having his every wish adhered to without question However Anna&s refusal to bow to his will wins his respect & eventually his love Musical numbers include & Hello Young Lovers& & & Getting To Know You& & Oklahoma!& (1955) is set in sunny Oklahoma where farmhands Curly (Gordon Mc Rae) & Will (Gene Nelson) fall for local girls Ado (Gloria Grahame) & Laurey (Shirley Jones) The path to true love is thwarted however by nasty farmhand Jud Fry (Rod Steiger) Features classic songs such as & Oh What a Beautiful Mornin& & & People Will Say We&re in Love&

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Details of harbours & anchorages in the pacific south of the equator between New Guinea & South America ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Blessed with a treasure of timeless songs South Pacific combines the passionate heartwarming romance of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) & an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) with South Seas splendour & a world at war while the breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play One Ocean 20000 Islands A Quarter of The World’s Water The extraordinary wildlife culture & history of this immense fascinating ocean & its myriad islands are revealed in stunning detail in this acclaimed BBC series With its coral reefs turquoise lagoons & dramatic oceanic atolls the South Pacific is the archetypal paradise But from the shores of Hawaii to Easter Island & a thousand tiny remote islands this ocean holds some of the most bizarre & intriguing surprises on Earth… The incredible photography & discoveries of this series capture the amazing natural sights of the region from erupting undersea volcanoes to jewelled tropical reefs & from tiger sharks catching albatross chicks to giant crabs opening coconuts It reveals how the islands’ isolation has helped evolve flesh-eating caterpillars vampire bugs with antifreeze in their veins a strange nocturnal parrot with a mating call like a bull frog & the fascinating monkey-tailed skink South Pacific also tells of the people whose ancestors journeyed thousands of miles to the islands Some acquired new survival techniques such as the palolo worm-harvesting Samoans or the Solomon islanders who fish with spider webs & kites while others developed bizarre rituals such as the Pentecost land divers who leap from 25-metre wooden scaffolds With incredible natural spectacles dramatic footage & fascinating stories South Pacific will change the way you view this ocean forever ...

Legendary Rodgers & Hammerstein musical in which an American Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) stationed on a South Pacific Island falls in love with a middle-aged French planter (Rossano Brazzi) who goes on to become a war hero

Includes:: the songs & There is Nothing Like a Dame&; & Bali Ha&i&; & Happy Talk&; & &I&m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair&

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