Full transcripts of the many TV Forums that have
been held in conjunction with ISIS meetings. The participants are
prominent individuals who attend such meetings and the issues are
current and topical.
THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT CRISIS
1987 15pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-058-X
Three prominent members of the South Commission former
Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir Shridath Ramphal,
Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom and the Irish
Republic, Jorge Eduardo Navarrete and Third World Forum
chairman Dr Ismail Sabri Abdalla - discuss the factors
behind the debt crisis. Some possible solutions are proposed
and the Mexican approach is discussed.
CONFLICT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE
IN THE PACIFIC
1988 12pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-076-8
Five distinguished personalities from all over the Asia~
Pacific discuss the issues of conflict in the Pacific
Kampuchea, the Philippine insurgency and the US Japan trade
conflict among others - and conclude that many factors are
now contributing to the creation of peace. Participants of
this forum are former Indonesian Foreign Minister Prof
Mochtar Kusumaatmadja; Prof Robert Scalapino of the
University of California, Berkeley; Dr Cennady Chufrin of
the Soviet Academy of Sciences; Ji Cuoxing of the Shanghai
Institute for International Studies; and Dr Kazuo Takahashi
of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan.
PEACE AND SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
1988 12pp RMS.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-077-6
The Kampuchean conflict and the Jakarta Informal Meeting,
issues of paramount interest in Southeast Asia, come under
the spotlight in this forum with three prominent Asean
personalities giving their views on the subject. In the
panel are former Indonesian Foreign Minister Prof Mochtar
Kusumaatmadja who initially helped to show the way towards
Bogor (where the JIM was held in July 1988); National
University of Singapore's Dr Chin Kin Wah; and the
Philippine Centre for Integrative and Development Studies
Director Dr Carolina Hernandez.
THE OUTBREAK OF PEACE:
Illusion or reality?
1989 12pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-096-2
Is there a strong peace momentum in the world that promises
the end of the great age of confrontation? Four
distinguished panelists from the Asia-Pacific discuss this
issue and conclude that while there are some positive signs,
the verdict is still one of cautious optimism. The panelists
are Senator Leticia Shahani, Chairperson, Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, The Philippines; Prof Robert Scalapino,
Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, United States; Dr Cennady Chufrin,
Deputy Director, Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of
Sciences, Soviet Union; and Yoshiji Nogamai, Executive
Director, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan.
ISIS Director-General Dr Noordin Sopiee chaired the forum.
SOUTHEAST ASIA BEYOND CAMBODIA
1989 13pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-097-0
How will Southeast Asia be in the post-Cambodia era? In
discussing this issue, panelists agree that there will be
tremendous opportunities and new ideas for cooperation. The
panelists are Prof Lau Teik Soon, Head of Political Science
Department, National University of Singapore; Senator
Leticia Shahani, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, the Philippines; and Sabam Siagian, Chief Editor,
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia. ISIS Director-General Dr
Noordin Sopiee chaired this forum.
CAMBODIA:
How near to peace?
1989 17pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-097-0
This forum to explore the so-called 'end' to the Cambodian
problem shows that the panelists are generally agreed on
what constitute the obstacles to peace in that country. Led
by ISIS Director-General Dr Noordin Sopiee, the panelists
are Congressman Jose de Venecia, Chairman, House Committee
on Foreign Relations, the Philippines; Max Soliven,
Publisher and Chairman of the Editorial Board, The
Philippine Star; Sabam Siagian, Chief Editor, The Jakarta
Post, Indonesia; and HE Cavan Hogue, the Australia's High
Commissioner to Malaysia.
JAPAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA:
Threat or opportunity?
1989 12pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-099-7
The increasing role of Japan in the region is seen as both a
blessing and a bane although the panelists conclude that the
balance is towards the side of opportunity. Panelists are
Max Soliven, Publisher and Chairman of the Editorial Board,
The Philippine Star; HE Tran Quang Co, Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Vietnam; Dr Kazuo Takahashi, Programme
Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan; and Sabam
Siagian, Chief Editor, The Jakarta Post, Indonesia. ISIS
Director General Dr Noordin Sopiee chaired the forum.
ASEAN AND INDOCHINA:
War or peace?
1990 15pp RM5.501US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-107-1
Four panelists, Professor Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Foreign
Minister of Indonesia from 1978 to 1988, Dr Bilveer Singh, a
political science lecturer at the National University of
Singapore, His Excellency Kithong Vongsay, Deputy Minister
of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Laos, and Mr Son
Soubert, son of and assistant to the Prime Minister of the
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, Mr Son Sann,
presented highly divergent points of view in an issue that
remains an obstacle and a roadblock to relations between the
Asean Six and the three Indochinese countries. Among the
many questions that arose at this forum were:
Was the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia genuine?
Is the Khmer Rouge the impediment to a settlement?
How does the legitimacy or otherwise of the Hun Sen regime
figure in this whole scenario?
Is a quadripartite government feasible?
Is Asean solidarity threatened by Thailand's actions?
ASIA-PACIFIC CO-OPERATION:
Where do we go from here?
1990 14pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-106-3
There is some dispute about how the vast potential of the
growing Pacific economy can be harnessed for its greater
growth both intra-regionally as well as in its relationship
with the outside world. The panelists are, ISIS
Director-General Dr Noordin Sopiee, Indonesia's former
Foreign Minister Professor Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Japan's
Sasakawa Peace Foundation Programme Director, Dr Kazuo
Takahashi, and former Philippines Minister/Secretary of
Socio-Economic Planning, Assoc Prof Dr Solita Monsod. The
forum was chaired by Commerce International Merchant Bankers
Bhd Executive Director Dr Munir Majid. The following issues
were raised:
Is there a need to strengthen the Asean Secretariat and to
establish a think-tank;
Should Asean participate in APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Co-operation);
The possibility of instituting JASEAN (a Japan-Asean annual
ministerial meeting).
THE WORLD IN THE 1990s:
Growth or stagnation?
1990 17pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-103-9
What will the world economy be like in the 1990s? This was
the question posed by ISIS Director-General Dr Noordin
Sopiee to a panel of three renowned economists from
different parts of the Pacific. They were Professor Hugh
Patrick of Columbia University, New York, Dr Hadi Soesastro,
Executive Director of the Jakarta Centre for Strategic and
International Studies, and Professor Ippei Yamazawa of
Japan's Hitotsubashi University. The panelists were
unanimous in their optimistic forecasts on the world
economy. Besides delving into the reasons for their
optimism, the panelists discussed Japan's and the US' roles
in the world economy, possible political and economic
repercussions of the Eastern European upheaval, Third World
debt, new growth centres, and Asia-Pacific economic
co-operation.
THE CHALLENGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
1990 13pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-101-2
Three experts who are in the business of planning industrial
technology development give valuable advice on the topic in
this ISIS-RTM Forum chaired by ISIS Director-General Dr
Noordin Sopiee. Datuk Dr Omar Abdul Rahman, the Science
Advisor to the Prime Minister's Department discusses the
Malaysian perspective, Dr Hyung Sup Choi who master-minded
South Korea's technology development in his capacity as
Minister of Science and Technology during those crucial
years, told his miracle story, while the third panelist, Dr
Nawaz Sharif, who up to a few months ago was director of the
Asian and Pacific Centre for Technology Transfer, rounded up
the discussion with observations resulting from years of
experience. Discussions delved into the overall strategies
to keep in mind when planning industrial technology
development.
THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE:
Where do we go from here?
1990 17pp RM5.50/US$3.00 ISBN
967-947-102-0
Four outstanding panelists drawn from participants of the
23rd United Nations Seminar and Third Asian NonGovernmental
Symposium on the Question of Palestine held in Kuala Lumpur
from 18-22 December 1989, debated this issue. They were
Datuk Razali Ismail, Permanent representative of Malaysia to
the United Nations, Dr Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi, of Birzeit
University, Paul Findley, Former US Congressman (Republican)
and Mr Zuhdi Labib Terzi, Permanent Representative of the
PLO to the United Nations. Subjects brought up were
intifadah, and its impact in hitherto unsympathetic areas,
such as Western Europe, and how more pressure is being
brought to bear on Israel. Mr Findley maintained that the
real battle to be fought and won was that in the United
States, between the American people and the powerful Israeli
lobby in the US that was ensuring unconditional US monetary
and military support for the Israelis.
