the nine-dash line. China also claims that during the Han and Ming Dynasty, Chinese naval expeditions were made to the Spratly Islands. The Spratly Islands lie within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines, as stated in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Under the UNCLOS, the Philippines has sovereign rights over the Spratly Islands and its natural resources as it is within its EEZ. The Spratly Islands are more commonly referred to as Kalayaan as the Philippines
every people different? No! It means much more than that! We are different in term of races, genders, cultural beliefs, ideologies and the values within us. Diversity comes in many ways- each individual has his or her own principles; a society is made up of different races; a nation has its own political system, be it democratic or republic. This has left us to ponder about the importance of nurturing harmony within diversity. Let us delve into this intriguing matter by taking the memory lane down
The first step of the creation of the Chinese nation is described by Townsend as the “culturalism to nationalism” thesis: the Chinese identity is derived from the culture, and not from a political entity. The idea is that the strong Chinese cultural identity is consistent, despite all the possible different rulers. According to Townsend, the two principles that (i) China was the only true civilization and (ii) rulers led within the Confucian principles, allowed some areas to be led by non Chinese
Writing during the height of the Algerian war, Frantz Fanon faced a divided African continent . The Wretched of the Earth reads as a warning sign to those residing in the newly independent nations of the Third World, of the threat posed by the nationalist bourgeoisie. His chapter on ‘The Pitfalls of National Consciousness’, examines how the aspirations of the colonized bourgeoisie come to overshadow the desires of the working class; and, rather cynically how this privileged elite merely seeks to
that both Islam and the west were largely defined by its relationships. Modernism of the west which driven by the experience of technology, military, economy, and political superiority indirectly challenged Islam to define themselves, by Islamism in building civilization. Modernism was the adaptation of religious ideas and practices to take accounts of what west had achieved with democratic life. Meanwhile Islamism was a return to a supposedly original core Islamic praxis as a way of overcoming the west
prohibited uses, identification of hazardous areas, determining plot sizes, plot coverages, open spaces, and setbacks, building types and heights and other operations. Such operations are essential to ensure sustainability and reinforce peacebuilding, however, other guidelines can be outlined as follows: A. Creating Mediator
Disaffection, animosity, and perhaps fear are the words that some would use to describe their emotions towards the phenomenon known as “globalisation” for they theorize that it has led to a staggering increase in social inequality in nation-states, both internally and externally, increases unemployment, social exclusion and threatens the living standards of many, among other things (Shiva, 2005). Others argue that globalisation renders extensive opportunities and advancements to the whole world (Shiva
Human Rights Education Simply put, human rights education is all learning that develops the knowledge, skills, and values of human rights. The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) has defined Human Rights Education as "training, dissemination, and information efforts aimed at the building of a universal culture of human rights through the imparting of knowledge and skills and the molding of attitudes which are directed to: • The strengthening of respect for human rights and
USING THE HIERARCHY OF INFLUENCES MODEL by, Dr. Aida Mokhtar, Dr. Selvarajah Tharmalingam, and, Dr. Sofiah Samsudin International Islamic University Malaysia INTRODUCTION When Islam and life are intertwined for Muslims who are guided by the Islamic principle ‘enjoining good and forbidding evil’, the inculcation of Islamic values in the production of advertising messages for the Muslim audience is crucial. Previous studies have not looked at the factors influencing advertising messages produced by Muslim
and sovereignty over ocean areas. The reasons for this argument are also about resources (e.g. oil and natural gas deposits), fishing opportunities, extension of border and port-building. A lot of experts have been saying that United Nations Convention on The Law of The Sea (UNCLOS) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can be of big help in solving this issue, but can ASEAN really help solve the argument about the South China Sea? Indonesia (de facto leader of ASEAN) suggested that one