美国政府、NGO、跨国公司在菲律宾绿色革命中的角色和作用

20世纪60年代后,为了解决日益出现的粮食危机等问题,在洛克菲勒基金会倡导、美国跨国公司(MNC)积极参与以及美国政府的支持下,菲律宾展开了一场以推广农业技术为目的的绿色革命,并取得了一定的效果.这场所谓的绿色革命,不仅仅是一场简单的农业技术领域的变革,也是战后美国实施其外交战略和跨国公司开拓国际市场的一种重要手段,体现了美国非政府组织(NGO)和跨国公司的活动与美国政府外交政策的协调与统一.     

J.B. Chifley and the Indonesian Revolution, 1945–1949

This article traces the role of the Prime Minister, Joseph Benedict Chifley, in Australia's response to the Dutch‐Indonesian colonial conflict. It argues for Chifley's centrality to the formation of Australia's eventual policy to support Indonesian nationalist aspirations, a policy often in antithesis to the views of H.V. Evatt. This is significant because a focus on Evatt has distracted historians from ascertaining the causes of Australia's policy. Examining Chifley's attitude and role reveals that Australia's response to revolutionary Indonesia stemmed from an application to the Southeast Asian colonial question of a labourist and post‐war reconstructionist ethos, an idea of sweeping reform to rectify deep economic and social grievances.     

The IT Revolution in Japan: Past,Present and Future

Despite phenomenal mobile telephone sales and a reputation for technological innovation, Japan lags behind many other countries in the application of IT technology. In part, this may be attributed to a telecommunications industry which lacks competition, with a conventional corporate culture; but this is insufficient to explain all the factors behind Japan'slackluster performance. In the following article, Shinji Fukukawa, CEO of the Dentsu Institute for Human Studies, describes the history of IT in Japan and makes an international comparison of the development of IT. He argues that unless Japan manages to catch-up quickly with those IT-proficient countries, it may be too late and she will be left behind. Nevertheless, the future is not bleak, and if vital policy measures are implemented; the markets deregulated; the corporate culture changed; and societal knowledge of IT improved; Japan may still succeed in the IT revolution.