The international relations of Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s were deeply influenced by a complex interaction between three fundamental forces: nationalism, the process of the decolonization and the advent of the Cold War . The main outcome of this was the achievement of only limited national and regional autonomy by the Southeast Asian states. Nationalism had spurred a search for self-reliance and autonomy. However the weakness of the nation-state, and intraregional divisions caused by both
Thailand, signed the Bangkok Declaration on 8 August 1967 and formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Since then, the regional organisation has expanded to its current membership of ten. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, just six days after its independence. The end of the Cold War, however, led to a major expansion
Out of the approximate 1.6 billion Muslim populations in the world, about 25 percent of them resides in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, the largest Muslim population along with other majority Muslim countries, like Brunei and Malaysia. Islam is a fast spreading religion and the second largest religion after Christianity. However, the religion today is widely feared by non-Islamic population due to the high terrorists attacks assumingly done by Islamic organizations and the stringent doctrines
waterway that extends more than 500 miles in the Southeast Asian region connecting the two most important oceans of the world- the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from the east of the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea in Southeast Asia. Straddling the sea route between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and Malaysia to the east and between Riau Archipelago and Singapore to the south, the Straits of Malacca are known globally for their economic, political, environmental, and strategic importance. Not
INTRODUCTION Before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed, Southeast 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
in the high levels of human trafficking within the Southeast Asian country of Thailand and how has this country been able to create policies that will sucessfully control the contiual rise of this type of transnational crime? Theoretical & Conceptual Framework: This dissertation will focus on the theory of neoliberalism, in order to critically examine the causes of human trafficking. This is first done on a universial level and then on a Southeast Asian regional level. This is done in oder to deduce
Greater East Asia For a long time, East Asia’s regional institutional environment was based on comparison with the European case What is Regionalism? On the Concept of region, regionalism and regionalization “Katzenstein defines regions as having both “material and symbolic dimensions” that are traceable in “patterns of behavioral interdependence and political practice.”3 In other words, regions “reflect the power and purpose of states.”4 This emphasizes the importance of political institutionalization
the failure included: military and diplomatic strategies failing due to the unfamiliarity of Viet Kong war tactics, the lack of high level experts on Vietnam, strained relations with the USSR and because of domestic affairs. The complications in Southeast Asia began with the idea of communism. General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev set the initiative to expand communism to neighboring countries like Vietnam. He sparked revolution in Vietnam, encouraging the north to opt towards communism
2.1 Religions strengthened political, economic, and cultural ties within societies by religions gave political order which allowed economic prosperity and cultural bonds. For example, Confucianism gave political governance by saying that only educated individuals could rule, emperors used religions to justify their reign (mandate of heaven in China). With political stability, the economy able to prosper. For example, after Augustus brought stability to Rome, the Pax Romana started. This allowed the
communication and the spread of modern technology beyond the “West,” new political powers emerged to challenge the existing world order. As one such power, Japan increasingly found itself competing with Russia for supremacy in the Far East, and the overlapping claims between the two empires quickly became irreconcilable. Set during this period of rising nationalism and social anxiety, Kisaburo Ohara’s “A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia” seeks to imbue the Japanese nation with a sense of purpose and