Regions

Who is a South African? Interrogating Africanness and Afro-phobia

Vineet Thakur • Jul 18 2011 • Essays

The end of Apartheid created the need for a new identity in South Africa. The Post-Apartheid regime thus was always clamoring to bring South Africa back to Africa. Under this pursuit, Africanness became the defining feature of the new identity discourse in South Africa. Simultaneous to this, xenophobia against foreigner Africans emerged potently as a counter-discourse to Africanness.

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”.

British and French Colonial Attitudes Towards the Arab World

Cameron Payne • Jul 9 2011 • Essays

Britain and France were influenced by their own special interests, which, for the British, was principally the maintenance of peace, trade and oil; whilst the French interest was one of maintaining a presence in the area. These would provide the framework towards the mandated territories both respectively administered.

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.

Why is ‘historical memory’ still so significant in understanding German foreign and security policy?

IJ Benneyworth • Jul 8 2011 • Essays

From the Holocaust memorial, to the deliberately unrecovered foundations of Gestapo headquarters, to rare war-era buildings bearing the scars of Red Army gunfire, links to the Nazi-era and the associated ‘historical memory’ has maintained a grip on the German psyche.

What role does the AIDS pandemic play in accounting for poverty in sub-Saharan Africa?

Caroline Rushingwa • Jul 8 2011 • Essays

This paper will highlight the significance of the AIDS pandemic in South Saharan Africa and assess the linkages between HIV/AIDS and poverty, both at a macro and micro level. It will argue that the dynamics of the epidemic are a cause as well as a symptom of poverty and underdevelopment in the region.

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.

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