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Beyond divide and rule? From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus

Tom Reifer
September 2010
Beyond divide and rule? From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus

Cold War divisions were central to the rise of Asia-Pacific regionalism, but what factors are influencing alternative visions for Asia in the twentieth century, and what implications do they have for the global system as a whole?

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Tom Reifer

Associate Professor of Sociology and an Affiliated Faculty in the Ethnic Studies programme, as well as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, at the University of San Diego, California

Tom Reifer is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego and publishes widely on global peace and social justice issues. He has also been a long-time activist in the anti-nuclear movement as well as a rank and file trade union activist. His specialty is the study of large-scale, long-term social change and world-systems analysis. 

He is currently working on a series of book projects, including September 11th: Terrorism & the Globalization of Human Rights; Blown Away: US Militarism, Hurricane Katrina and the Challenges of the 21st Century, and Violence, Profits & Power.

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