Who is Eurasia? The Advent of Politics into Geography
One of the very first things I have learned after starting the school was “Turkey is a bridge between Europe and Asia.” This metaphor of “bridge” has been one of...
Changing Equations In The Middle East
Dr. Dilek YİĞİT It is known that there are certain opinions about 2013 not been a good year in terms of Turkey’s foreign policy. Based on the developments in the...
Japanese Foreign Policy and Human Security in the Context of an Emerging New Global Order
After two periods of transition in the distribution of power in the international system - bipolarity after 1945 and unipolarity after the Cold War - today we are facing a...
The Kalchakra Pooja at Bodh Gaya: Spiritualism and Nationalism
The Kalchakra Pooja is supposed to be the most advanced form of Vajrayana practice and is one of the most complex systems in Tantric Buddhism. The present Dalai Lama, the...
A Case Study of China’s Membership of the World Trade Organization: Implications on Sovereignty
Widely called mainland China, The Peoples Republic of China is the oldest civilization, and the largest country in the world in terms of population.[1] Since 1980, China has become the...
Japan’s December 2012 General Election: Some Notes And Observations
Japan’s 47th General Election, held on 16 December 2012, was a landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), triumphantly returned from three years in the political wilderness of Opposition, and...
The US 2012 Election and China: Why a Real Dialogue about Human Rights will never Happen
Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the hyper-sensitive topic of human rights. BY ANTONY OU | November...
A Case Study of China’s Membership of the World Trade Organization: Implications on Sovereignty
Widely called mainland China, The Peoples Republic of China is the oldest civilization, and the largest country in the world in terms of population. Since 1980, China has become the...
The Secretive World of the Communist Party
The lack of transparency surrounding the appointment of China’s new Communist Party government later this year extends to basic political and economic philosophy BY MARTINE BULARD | SEPTEMBER 06, 2012...
The Needs of Further Development for Pearl River Delta
The main objective of this article is to examine the needs for further development in Pearl River Delta and how the policies of the Hong Kong and other local governments...
Agni-5: The National Firework of India
India's successful launch of a long range inter-continental ballistic missile has led to hyper-nationalist posturing and antagonism with China, of a kind disappointingly reminiscent of Cold War hubris. The bombastic...
China’s Attitude May Hinder its Quest for Africa’s Natural Resources
China’s willingness to invest in Africa has brought benefits to both that continent and the Chinese people. But if Chinese leaders do not quickly respond to the growing mass political...
New Challenges, Old Recipes: Communist Propaganda for China’s Youth
Since the Communist Youth League (CYL) became a mass organization in its present form after the 1949 communist victory in China, it has been at the forefront of the Chinese...
Hong Kong Democracy: A Pessimistic Review
“Newlonkong” is a neologism referring to the three international economic centres namely New York, London and Hong Kong. However, among the three places, Hong Kong might be regarded as the...
Grievance, Mobilisation and State Response: An examination of the Naxalite Insurgency in India
In the decades following the end of the Cold War, civil and ethnic wars have become more prevalent than traditional inter-state war. The motivations for and the methods used to...