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A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries FINANCIAL TIMES
A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia THANT MYINT-U
Thought-provoking and eye-opening, BLOOD AND SILK is an accessible, personal look at modern Southeast Asia, written by one of the regions most experienced outside observers. This is a first-hand account of what its like to sit at the table with deadly Thai Muslim insurgents, mediate between warring clans in the Southern Philippines and console the victims of political violence in Indonesia - all in an effort to negotiate peace, and understand the reasons behind endemic violence.
Peering beyond brand new shopping malls and shiny glass towers in Bangkok and Jakarta, Michael Vatikiotis probes the heart of modern Southeast Asia. Why are the regions richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption? Why do Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines harbour unresolved violent insurgencies? How do deepening religious divisions in Indonesia and Malaysia and Chinas growing influence affect the region and the rest of the world?
Vatikiotis tells the story of modern Southeast Asia using vivid portraits of the personalities who pull the strings, mixed with revealing analysis that is underpinned by decades of experience in the countries involved, from their silk-sheathed salons to blood-spattered streets. The result is a fascinating study of the dynamics of power and conflict in one of the worlds fastest growing regions.
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Michael Vatikiotis is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and gained his doctorate from the University of Oxford. He is a member of the Asia Societys International Council and has a decade of experience working as a private diplomat and conflict mediator for the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Prior to that he worked as a journalist in Asia for thirty years, living in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. He is the author of two previous books on the politics of Southeast Asia and is based in Singapore.
@jagowriter
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Books on the rise of Asia tend to concentrate on China and India. Vatikiotis fills a gap by providing a lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Burma
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, Summer Reads
A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia, brimming with colourful characters, insights and anecdotes, Blood and Silkis a rich palimpsest as can only be written by a longstanding student and scholar of the region like Michael Vatikiotis
Thant Myint-U, author of The River of Lost Footsteps
Vatikiotiss arguments are fluent and convincing, and his writing is suffused with a deep knowledge of and affection for Southeast Asia and its peoples
Richard Cockett, Literary Review
Blood and Silkis not a dry sociopolitical analysis. Vatikiotis has an eye for quirky detail, whether it be the Thai crown princes pet poodle commissioned as an air force officer and dressed in uniform, or the self-important Muslim separatist from southern Thailand who prayed with Osama bin Laden in Khartoum but found the terrorist mastermind uninspiring and unimpressive. In the end, though, the outlook is menacing We can hope that Vatikiotis is wrong, but I fear he is not
Victor Mallet, Financial Times
Vatikiotis offers a lucid portrait of this fascinating region by bringing together a students sense of wonder and curiosity, a journalists scepticism and diligence in making sense of reality, and a peacemakers compassion for the vulnerable
Salil Tripathi, South China Morning Post
An ambitious and timely book
The Economist
BLOOD
AND
SILK
POWER AND CONFLICT
IN MODERN
SOUTHEAST ASIA
MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS
First published in Great Britain in 2017
This paperback edition first published in 2018 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
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Copyright Text and photographs by Michael Vatikiotis, 2017
The moral right of Michael Vatikiotis to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
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ISBN (paperback) 978 1 4746 0203 7
ISBN (ebook) 978 1 4746 0202 0
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For Janick, Chloe and Stefan
We running dogs, hunting hounds we get to see Only a moment of time of this drama we play in.
Kita andging diburu hanja melihat Sebagian dari sandiwara sekarang.
Chairil Anwar
Notes for 1946
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