commands the World-Island: Who rules the World-Island commands the World. Almost a century has passed since Mackinder’s theory was presented - global geopolitical trends have been emerging and changing due to technological, political, economic and security factors. Those geopolitical realities have shifted world’s attention to the Indo-Pacific theatre where China has become one of the most powerful states in the world economically as well as militarily. Looking in these developments from Mackinder’s
Asian region was divided into several ways i.e. Indonesia versus Malaysia and Singapore (Konfrontasi activities), Malaysia versus Singapore (Separation away from Malaysia), Philippines versus Malaysia (Dispute of Sabah), Thailand versus Myanmar/Burma (Border Disputes). In the midst of the messy situation, ASEAN was formed by then foreign ministers of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines on 8 August 1967 to act as the go-between for all Southeast Asian countries, with the motto” One
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION. Introduction Humanitarian intervention raises one of the most controversial questions in international law of great contemporary relevance as it has its place in international politics and it is set in the state practice. In this essay I will provide an account and analysis of one philosphical perception of it and then contrast it with a different one while trying to reflex on certain issues myself and look at them critically. Thomas Franck and Humanitarian Intervention Professor
become difficult to analyze and/or regulate it. In fact, the transfer of personal data has increased so much that surveillance touches innumerable parts of everyday life, which leads many to wonder if society has reached the end of privacy. This essay will discuss the ways in which surveillance has become incorporated into social life. This includes a look at the history of surveillance and the different social spheres in which we experience surveillance. It will also discuss the different control
He written his first novel The Room on the Roof and received the Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. In 1993 he received the Sahitya Academy Award, Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He has written over three hundred short stories, essays and novels, including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and 30 bookss for
This essay is devoted to a real global disaster since the second half of the XX century, an international terrorism, which is classified as unlawful use of force or violence against civilians in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives. It is clear today that the problem of international terrorism shall be reviewed as part of the whole complex of global problems. In this context the tragedy in Munich in 1972 is of a very
ACADEMIC ESSAY: A nation’s standard of living is the most significant indicator of national economic performance. Economic growth is considered the most powerful engine for generating long term increases in standards of living. Economists identify technology as ideas or knowledge that helps to produce output from inputs. Having more technology means being capable of producing more output with a given amount of inputs. This digital revolution has created a brand new economic sector that simply did
administrative sources. In Uganda there are several other players other than the Bureau that produces social statistics such as the Ministry of Health , Ministry of Education or the Uganda Police Force just to mention a few amongst others. In this essay we shall look mainly at the social statistics that are compiled by the UBOS which are: Migration and Tourism
CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION “History has come to a stage when the moral man, the complete man, is more and more giving way, almost without knowing it, to make room for the commercial man, the man of limited purpose. This process aided by the wonderful progress in science, is assuming gigantic proportion and power causing the upset of man’s moral balance, obscuring his human side under the shadow of soul-less organization.”- Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, 1917. Aristotle felt that the purpose of