Asia/Pacific

Is Pacific Asia Returning to Sinocentrism?

Bard Nikolas Vik Steen • Sep 14 2014 • Essays

Although Pacific Asia seems to be progressing toward Sinocentrism, it is unlikely to return to such a state.

Non-Western Perspectives on Constitutional Supremacy

Sheena Singh • Aug 8 2014 • Essays

Greater flexibility, vulnerability, and uncertainty differentiate constitutional supremacy in non-Western countries such as Turkey and India from Western nations.

‘Alternative Development’ as a Policy to Combat Illegal Drug Production

Adam Barr • Aug 6 2014 • Essays

Alternative development programmes, and supply-side policies in general, have been ineffective in combating illegal drug production at the national and regional level.

Victim-Politics and Post-Conflict Foreign Policy in Rwanda and Sri Lanka

Kithmina Hewage • Jul 24 2014 • Essays

Sri Lanka and Rwanda elicit a sense of victimhood upon which their respective foreign policies have been built.

The Incompatibility of COIN Warfare and Nation-Building in Iraq and Afghanistan

Ibrahim Gabr • Jul 22 2014 • Essays

The disjuncture between kinetic elements of American COIN doctrine and the nation-building mission inherent to ‘new’ conflicts lies at the root of ongoing difficulties.

Will Japan Become a Nuclear Weapons Power?

Heath Pickering • Jun 29 2014 • Essays

Japan’s non-nuclear policy appears to be a pragmatic realisation of numerous domestic factors, perceptions of regional security, and faith in the US alliance.

UN Peacekeeping: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan’s Troop Contributions

Priscilla Cabuyao • Jun 18 2014 • Essays

From a realist perspective, the impressive devotion of top-troop contributors to UN Peacekeeping is rooted in several political, professional, and economic motivations.

The Pursuit of Strategic Stability: An OSCE-like Infrastructure For South Asia

Davis Florick • Jun 10 2014 • Essays

Modeling a multinational organization on the example of the OSCE is an ideal method for achieving improved regional security for the states in South Asia.

A Tale of Two Partitions: The First Indo-Pakistani War and the Palestine War

Christopher Klune • May 28 2014 • Essays

The potentiality of statehood provided by partition filled the nation building fervor of Hindus, Muslims, Arabs, and Jews.

The Weakening of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Phil Henderson • May 26 2014 • Essays

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is at best a compromise for indigenous peoples, at worst an attempt by states to maintain structures of injustice.

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