Perhaps no other issue in Africa’s international relations is currently attracting as much attention as the relations between China and the African continent. In recent times, China has demonstrated its determination to strengthen its economic and other ties with Africa,…

This paper examines the recent television series and movie Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007-2010) and its criticism of contemporary geopolitics. Gundam 00 posits a post-petroleum world where three competing superpower blocs use access to solar power from space platforms to…

Months after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, issues related to nuclear radiation contaminating food in Japan emerged. How have the Japanese media narrativized such food-related health issues as fear? What potential influence does this have on the Japanese mothers and wives…

The notion of sustainable development is widely accepted and considerable research has been conducted on the actual programs, initiatives, policies and measures taken, both in profit and non-profit organizations, to decrease respective actors' environmental, economic and social impacts. In contrast,…

When the subprime-induced financial crisis broke out in the US housing sector in the summer of 2007 and mushroomed into a global financial crisis by September 2008 it was widely assumed that Japan and South Korea, despite their deep integration…

Tibetan history is marked by its inability to become independent of foreign occupiers and antagonists. Today, it is under the coercive rule of China, which claims it as a historical possession. This is quite ironic in the sense that Tibet's…

The impact of globalization has been especially evident in the oil rich Gulf countries, the past 20 years having witnessed a major influx of immigrants that has put pressure on local cultures. The case of Bahrain, the smallest country in…

The large number of hungry people in a global economy based on industrialization, privatization, and free trade raises the question of the ethical dimensions of the worsening food crisis in the world in general and in developing countries in particular.…