Los Angeles
Los Angeles (LA) is located in Southern California which takes place in the western part of the United States (US). With its 3,792,621 population, it is the second most crowded...
Kalashnikovs under the poncho
When something as rock-solid as a national stereotype changes, something profound is surely going on. The traditional (and stupid) Mexican stereotype had been that of the guy wearing a funny...
Interview with Prof. Liu Jian
Q: Tagore visited China in 1924. Most significant program on May 8 that year (Tagore’s 63th birthday) was Liang Qichao’s speech, translated into English by Hu Shi (1891-1962), conferring the...
Cowboys vs. Indians in Nicaragua’s ‘WILD EAST’
The road from Managua to Bonanza, a mining town in the autonomous north-eastern part of Nicaragua, is long and for the most part unpaved. Every summer, clouds of dust accompany...
Beyond Blind Optimism
Introduction In Political Reflection Magazine, vol. 3, issue 3, Dr. Terry Tucker writes about the role social media played in the Arab Spring and the campaigns against SOPA/PIPA (Stop Online...
A Comparative Business Case for Bridging Strategies
Summary Daily turmoil on a global scale is giving business leaders and investors plenty of reasons to keep investments close-hold and their head down as they confront major challenges. New...
VARIOUS STRINGS OF PEARLS: RECENT SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND BEYOND
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in a recently published article that this century will become 'America's Pacific Century.' In her text she declared that a strategic shift was underway...
TURKISH NATURAL GAS HUB AND ENERGY SECURITY: Theory and Practice
On the eve of World War I (WWI), Winston Churchill, as the first lord of the Admiralty, converted the Royal Navy from coal to oil. As a result, a shift...
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...
SOCIAL MEDIA LESSONS LEARNED FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
In December of 2010 a man in Tunisia self-immolated in protest and what has followed has literally been explosive, as the lessons learned on the use of social media has...
RUSSIA AND ITS ENERGY MONOPOLIES
I n 1990s, due to the lack of economic independence, Russia was not able to play an active role in international affairs. The country was highly dependent on donations from...
PARIS: “IT IS PAYING THE PRICE FOR BEING A GLOBAL CITY”
In this volume, Paris the capital city of France, which is also the fifth strongest economy of the world, has been examined in detail from a globalisation perspective. Paris is...
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...
MY DYING MOTHER: RUSSIA’S DEPOPULATION CRISIS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Our dear Mother Russia is sick and dying. Power remains as centralized as ever, and the public is still unable to rely on this centrality for security and health benefits....
Khuda Kay Liye – In the Name of God
The Pakistani Urdu Language Drama Film “Khuda Kay Liye (In the Name of God)”, literal translation “For God’s Sake”, is the story of misinterpretation of Islam and its backlash on...