Category: International Relations and Human Rights
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Visa Exemption and Its Impact to the Rise of Transnational Crime in East Java Province, Indonesia
The rise of regional power comes with its consequences. ASEAN as the only regionalism in South East Asia is widely …
The Concept of Power in International Relations: Lessons from the Ukrainian Crisis
Russia’s ongoing political, economic and most disturbingly military involvement in Ukraine’s internal affairs has shaken the world in general and …
Hyundai, Hallyu and Hybridity: South Korea and Asia After the Cold War
This paper draws from Katzenstein’s (1996) hypothesis that identities or ‘varying constructions of nation and statehood’ (p. 46) play a …
Food and Power: Global Food Challenges Affecting Interactions among Actors
This paper emphasizes on food as a source of power of states in international politics. During the twentieth century, there …
Transnational Crimes of Human Trafficking in Malacca Strait: National Security Threat Analysis
This paper is an elaboration of the research results generated from three activities: a meta-analysis, field studies and reflexivity. The …
Failed States
Failed states were regarded as a contrast to what is considered an ideal state according to the Westphalian system, which …
European Enlargement and Women: An Analysis on Turkey
The EU’s recent economic and political stalemate has found its most obvious reflection in the European Commission’s new president Mr. …
Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Ever since American continent was discovered by Europeans, particularly its part that was turning into the USA became a place …
The Narrowing US-China Power Gap and the China Threat Theory Transition and Stability in East Asian Regional Order
This research examines the much debated issue of the possibility of China’s peaceful rise under the prism of regional transitional …
Sino-American Relations in Southeast Asia: Oil Crisis in Global Affairs
The global shift in international order after the Cold War was largely expected to be one with American rules and …
Genocide As a Threat to the Nigerian Federation
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people especially those of a particular nation, ethnic or religious …
Cultural Impediments to the Domestication of Women’s Rights Instruments in Nigeria
Nigeria ratified a number of International human rights instruments aimed at recognizing the rights of women. These include the Convention …
The Roles of Governments in the Education Reform Policy in Thailand and Their Impacts From 1999-2009
The most recent education reform policy in Thailand officially began in 1999, when the National Education Act came into force. …
Strategic Partnership between Australia and Thailand: A Case Study of East Timor
This paper uses the concept of strategic partnership to analyse the co-operation between Australia and Thailand in the peacekeeping operations …