Asia/Pacific

India’s Nuclear Restraint and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosion

Tom Thornley • Aug 11 2011 • Essays

India’s nuclear trajectory does not match the realist logic that characterised many of the original nuclear powers. India has followed a uniquely Indian path towards nuclear development. By accepting the constructed-ness of foreign policy, it is possible to find explanations for India’s nuclear policy in the dominant understandings of Indian identity, science and modernity constructed primarily by Nehru.

Assessing the Success of Self-Reliance: North Korea’s Juche Ideology

Tom Dixon • Aug 7 2011 • Essays

The continued survival of the Kim regime at the head of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has been somewhat of a mystery to international scholars. The Juche ideology employed by the regime is at the heart of North Korea’s longevity and its success in providing continued internal legitimacy for the regime.

Social Policy in Post-Reform China

Luuk Molthof • Aug 4 2011 • Essays

This essay analyses the extent to which social policy reform in China contributed to the overall human well-being of the Chinese citizen. The analyses will focus on the social policy reforms in the two sectors of healthcare and housing. The analytical categories used for assessing human wellbeing are borrowed from the analytical framework used by Chak Kwan Chan and Graham Bowpitt.

Food Security and Population Growth in the 21st Century

Olimar E. Maisonet-Guzman • Jul 18 2011 • Essays

This study examines the relationship between agriculture growth and population growth rates in countries around the world. In particular, this paper seeks to identify the difference in the relationship between population growth and agricultural growth among the following regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania.

Why the Rise of China Will Not Lead to Global Hegemony

Luke M. Herrington • Jul 15 2011 • Essays

China’s problems demand too much attention, which as hegemonic stability theorists insist, will hinder its emergence.

“Flying Shark” Gaining Altitude: Will the J-15 Improve China’s Maritime Air Warfare Ability?

Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins • Jul 11 2011 • Essays

As currently configured and supported, the J-15 is no “great leap forward,” but is nevertheless triggering concern among regional nations because it indicates rapid improvement in Chinese naval aviation. The J-15’s initial role will be linked to, and limited by, its first operational platform: a “starter carrier”.

Why Was India Partitioned at Independence?

Asma Ali Farah • Jul 9 2011 • Essays

India was partitioned at Independence on 15th August 1947 into two distinct nations: a newly-established and principally Muslim state of Pakistan, and a Hindu dominated India. The fact that such a division occurred on religious lines means that partition was the logical and inevitable outcome of the irreconcilable opposition between Hindus and Muslims.

China: 21st Century “Superpower”?

Anna Gontcharova • Jul 7 2011 • Essays

The global financial crisis is one of the most severe that modern history has seen, providing China with opportunities as well as challenges. This crisis and its aftermath have accelerated China’s political, economic and social rise. China’s power in the international financial system is growing, however it shouldn’t be overestimated.

An Evaluation of the Prospect of Republicanism in New Zealand

Leonardo S. Milani • Jul 7 2011 • Essays

New Zealand is a unique laboratory to observe republican dynamics and the direction of political change. In this regard, this essay provides an objective assessment of the notion of inevitability of a republic in New Zealand through analysing three variables of symbolic, economic and public in the republican deterministic argument.

Disempowered “Heroes”: Political Agency of Foreign Domestic Workers in East and Southeast Asia

Annelies Cooper • Jul 6 2011 • Essays

Migrants have come to fill an essential role in the global economy, yet at the same time states are problematizing immigration as a challenge to its security, sovereignty, economy, and social fabric. States with high levels of outward migration celebrate their emigrants as new heroes for the profits they send to their home state.

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