scholarly journals Geopolitical anxieties of tourism: (Im)mobilities of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Mostafanezhad ◽  
Joseph M Cheer ◽  
Harng Luh Sin
Keyword(s):  
Political Geography ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Political ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region

Bringing the political geography of tourism to bear on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, this commentary reveals how the geopolitical anxieties of tourism are mediated by historical geographies of race as well as contemporary geoeconomic relations and the broader pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.

scholarly journals REVIEW: An emotional, eternal life struggle for peace, justice

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-218
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Eternal Life ◽  
Depth Of Field ◽  
The Political ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Investigative Journalism

Few books have been published in Oceania offering the political and social resonance achieved by some photojournalists in the Asia-Pacific region and further afield internationally. Books come to mind such as Depth of Field, a powerful collection of photographs of poverty and repression in the Philippines; The Brotherhood, a revealing portrayal of a corrupt police precinct in Manila by Alex Baluyut for the Philippines Centre for Investigative Journalism.

scholarly journals Could ASEAN be an economic and political counterbalance to rising china in the region?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Hoang Tien ◽  
Ha Van Dung
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
National Development ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Political ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Rising China ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Right

National security is one of the most critical elements for the society, economy and the political system of a given country. Especially, it is unconditionally important for the stability, sustainability and prosperity of national development. Moreover, it is also unconditio¬nally the top priority for all ASEAN countries that have to cope with the continually rising China in all aspects of development of the Asia-Pacific region. The present article is using case study analysis and comparative empirical analysis as a research methodology to investigate and find out the right answer to the question exposed in its title. The article approaches and treats security and military science as interdisciplinary area of contemporary research. At the same time they are considered as one of the branches of social science. In the beginning of 21st century, the economic relations as well as the geo-political relations between China and ASEAN have made many progresses and positive changes towards right direction, in line with common principles of peaceful and secured development in the region. However, this current relationship still shows many difficulties and obstacles that the two sides need to solve and overcome in order to benefit from the existing potentials of each other. The first aim of this present article is to focus on overall complex relationship between ASEAN and China that could pose real threat and danger to the ASEAN nations in terms of its inability to counterbalance the rising China in the Asia Pacific region. The second aim of the article is to propose some useful recommendations and viable solutions to guard the safety of the people, security in the society and economy, the political existence of the ASEAN bloc.

scholarly journals REVIEW: Noted: Political process online

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Evangelia Papoutsaki
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Political ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
General Overview

Review of: Political Polling in Asia-Pacific, edited by Alastair Carthew and Simon Winkelmann. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 2011, 116pp. www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_30290-1522-2-30.pdf? 120517085352The authors provide a useful and general overview of how political polling has evolved over the years and how it is practised across countries in the Asia-Pacific region; ranging from a still underdeveloped but gorwing activity in Singapore, to a tool well integrated into the political fabric of countries like Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines and to a highly sophisticated apporach as practised in Australia and New Zealand. 

scholarly journals A new arms race? The political economy of maritime military modernization in the Asia-Pacific

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Bitzinger
Keyword(s):  
Social Needs ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
Defense Spending ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Political ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Security Dilemma ◽  
Military Modernization ◽  
Conventional Weapons

During the 2000s, navies in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced a significant, if not unprecedented, bout of naval expansion. This buildup has been quantitative, but more importantly, qualitative as well, and in many cases goes beyond mere modernization. It has been driven by both rising regional defense spending and by an increasingly competitive arms business, which is resulting in the export of some of the most advanced types of weaponry. Regional military modernization activities are intended to increase national deterrent and defensive capabilities, but the process of mutual, reciprocated arming with increasingly advanced conventional weapons can also lead to costly arms competitions, perhaps draining resources from other, more pressing social needs. It also contains the kernel of a classic security dilemma, whereby such arming can actually undermine that very security it was intended to improve.

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