2017 – Page 4 – CESRAN International

Africa

Entrepreneurship Insecurity, Smuggling And Cross-Border Dynamics In Central Africa

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Central Africa, as a geopolitical complex1 and security complex, is plagued since independences to the dynamics of insecurity and border smuggling, structured around the mechanic of networks and the entrepreneurship...

Africa

Are Local Government Authorities Sleeping Over Chinese Involvement In Small Scale Mining In Ghana?

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Introduction The upsurge of China’s economic supremacy is being monitored carefully in many parts of the world largely because the impact of this new ‘economic power house’ would have significant...

Americas

The Renewed Federalism and Its Effects on the Represention of Women in Mexico

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Representation, both in presence and in ideas is still a matter of utmost need in countries where sometimes women’s participation in politics is still questioned or limited. In the case...

Genel

The Kalchakra Pooja at Bodh Gaya

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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...

Russia and Eurasia

The Hindrance of Development in Pakistan: How Pakistan is Holding Itself Back

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Abstract This paper seeks to explain the predominant reasons behind Pakistan’s lack of development. While there is not one, simple definition of what a developing country is, there are a...

Film Reviews

Revolution

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Watching a TV series is a great time investment compared to enjoying a movie. That is why, I feel quite picky before taking the risk of being a follower of...

Americas

Mexico 2012 The six-year Presidential term that awaits us

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Last July 1 there took place presidential and parliamentarian elections in Mexico. Enrique Peña Nieto was elected, the candidate of the formerly hegemonic Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that after eighty...

Genel

Los Angeles

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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...

Americas

Kalashnikovs under the poncho

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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...

Interviews

Interview with Prof. Liu Jian

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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...

Genel

Cowboys vs. Indians in Nicaragua’s ‘WILD EAST’

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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...

Genel

Beyond Blind Optimism

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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...

Genel

A Comparative Business Case for Bridging Strategies

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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...

China and Neighbourhood

VARIOUS STRINGS OF PEARLS: RECENT SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND BEYOND

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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...

Turkey and Neighbourhood

TURKISH NATURAL GAS HUB AND ENERGY SECURITY: Theory and Practice

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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...