“India, Vietnam And Eurasian Economic Union Deepen Economic Integration – Analysis” plus 11 more : Eurasia Review |  |
- India, Vietnam And Eurasian Economic Union Deepen Economic Integration – Analysis
- Nepal Earthquake: Prelude To Bigger Disaster? – Analysis
- Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili Appointed Governor Of Odessa: Implications For Georgia And Ukraine – Analysis
- Vietnam: Washington’s New Friend In Asia Pacific – Analysis
- Bosnian Myths – Analysis
- Integrating A Gender Perspective In UN Peace Support Operations – Analysis
- The British Election: Some Possible International Consequences – Analysis
- Yemen: Houthis Left With One Option – OpEd
- Mi Figue, Mi Raisin: The Filipinos’ Culture Of Migration In Age Of Globalization – Analysis
- India-China: Current Status And Expectations For The Future – Analysis
- US-GCC Summit: More Hype Than Substance – Analysis
- Blatter To Quit As FIFA President
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:16 PM PDT
Since the launch of Doi Moi (Renovation) in 1986, Vietnam has leapfrogged from a centrally planned economy to a market-driven one and has undertaken comprehensive reforms to make the economy market-friendly. The various market-oriented reforms have helped encourage competition among economic units, which have helped boost the nation’s gross national wealth. There were three thrust areas where the reforms were focussed: improvement of institutions with enabling motives, stabilisation of...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:04 PM PDT
Poverty, weak governance, unchecked urbanization increase Himalaya region’s vulnerability to earthquakes and other natural disasters. By Alark Saxena* With tremors declining in magnitude and emergency relief crews packing to leave, Nepal is likely to slip from the world’s attention. But the unstable geological condition that brought the latest disaster still lurks. Unless the government seizes this moment, Nepal will face new calamities. The human tragedy in Nepal costing more than 8,000 lives...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:01 PM PDT
By Maia Otarashvili* President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili the new governor of Ukraine’s key Odessa region. It is difficult to decipher the bizzare news, but considering the implications this move could have for both Ukraine and Georgia, the issue merits some meditation. How are Georgians reacting? What caused the biggest outrage in Georgia was the fact that by accepting the Ukrainian citizenship (required by Ukrainian law in order...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 05:54 PM PDT
By Darshana M. Baruah* The Asia Pacific region is currently undergoing some tense and significant developments. The South China Sea (SCS) dispute is garnering much more global attention than it did five years ago, given the increasing possibility of an armed conflict. Although tension in the region is not a new phenomenon, the region is witnessing some crucial changes in the strategic and security domain. Amidst the chaos of warnings over land reclamation activities, unilateral actions,...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 05:50 PM PDT
“The continuing disasters in human history are largely conditioned by man’s excessive capacity and his urge to identify with the tribe, the nation, the church or a common goal, and to accept a certain credo uncritically and enthusiastically although the postulates of this credo are contrary to his ratio and his own interest, and may even endanger his existence.” — A. Koestler, “Janus”, Erasmus 9, Zagreb, 1994. The Bosnia and Herzegovina war (1992-1995) was preceded by a...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 04:12 PM PDT
By RJ Marco Lorenzo C. Parcon* Two of the most important international instruments to further mainstream gender perspective in peace support operations are the Namibia Plan of Action on Mainstreaming Gender Perspective in Multidimensional Peace Support Operations, which touches upon several areas of the operation from negotiations, mandate creation, to trainings and public awareness, and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which calls for, among others, an increased participation of women at...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:57 PM PDT
Some initiatives of the new Conservative Government in the United Kingdom may have potentially negative national and international repercussions, including for Southeast Asia. Three prominent examples are highlighted. By Paul Michael Hedges* The British Conservative Party, under Prime Minister David Cameron, has had a surprise election win following their coalition with the Liberal Democrats and now wish to push ahead with some previously blocked initiatives. Some of these may have...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:49 PM PDT
By Osama Al Sharif It has been more than two months since a Saudi Arabia- led Arab coalition intervened in Yemen in order to restore the legitimate government, force the Houthi militias and soldiers loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to withdraw from key Yemeni cities and provinces and put an end to Iran’s meddling in that country’s affairs. The air campaign has achieved some objectives but not all. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies were able to pass UN Security resolution number 2216,...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:46 PM PDT
By Edwin S. Estrada* Protesters marched in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs last year demanding the lifting of a deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to war-torn Libya. One of the protesters’ placards read, “Ibalik kami sa Libya!”, which strongly underscores the sentiments of the Filipino migrant worker. While the government insists that deployment bans serve as protection of OFWs from the harsh realities of working in a volatile foreign security environment, perceived...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:41 PM PDT
By Siwei Liu* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his first visit to China since assuming office, from 14-16 May 2015. The visit has a great significance for present-day Sino-India relations, and also has a high importance for the geostrategic dynamics of the Asia Pacific region. Both China and India should seize the opportunity to build closer bilateral ties and work together for the stability and prosperity of the Asia Pacific. Modi’s three-day China trip created a positive and friendly...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:37 PM PDT
By Ranjit Gupta* On 17 April, the White House announced US President Barack Obama’s invite to GCC monarchs for a summit on from 13-14 May to reassure the Saudi Arabia-led GCC bloc about the nuclear framework agreement with Iran and against the backdrop of the then three-week-old war against Yemen embarked upon by Saudi Arabia and its GCC allies without consultation with the US. Reflecting the widespread sentiment amongst GCC governments, a senior Arab diplomat had said, “We don’t have to...
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:34 PM PDT
Sepp Blatter has said he will resign as president of football’s governing body, FIFA, at an extraordinary congress of the organization. The sensational announcement comes just four days after Blatter was reelected as FIFA boss for a fifth term. Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, who gave in to Blatter during the vote last Friday, will run in the new FIFA election for president. “As for new elections, Prince Ali is ready,” Sala Sabra, vice-president of the Jordanian football federation which...
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