The following study applies the relatively under-researched concept of cultural security to the context of India. Specifically, it re-examines the question as to what impact the English language has had on Indian culture. In so doing, the paper provides a…

Among the more fascinating themes in contemporary South Asia has been the "success" of democracy in India and its "failure" in neighboring Pakistan. Yet studies of democratic politics in India and the military-dominated authoritarian state in Pakistan have rarely addressed…

This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the religion, culture, and identity of Hindus in India. It describes how Hinduism, over epochs, adapted to outside influences and retained its unique character, but the sudden onslaught of globalization in our…

For more than two decades successive waves of People Power have acted as a paradoxical instrument of hegemony in the Philippines, serving to contain subversive social forces by reducing pressure for structural change from below. Much as Corazon Aquino forfeited…

This paper argues that globalization - in the sense of an increasing economic interconnectedness and cultural homogeneity - is a recent phenomenon linked to a long historical process with foundations in a specific religious doctrine: Neo-Calvinism. Free trade ideology was…

Territorial disputes in the South China Sea (SCS) have attracted significant attention in the international relations of the Asia-Pacific. Discourses often focus, however, on states as central actors, with sovereignty, national interests, and political and strategic calculations the key themes…

As occupants of Planet Earth, we are currently experiencing what might be described as “strange situations”: 9/11, global warming, and the demise of the grand narrative, to name three. Strange situations pose threats of psychological and physical annihilation. Individual reactions…

This paper focuses on the Mano River Basin in West Africa, Nigeria, Sudan/Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Great Lakes region of East Central Africa, and argues that the structure of ethno-religious conflicts in Africa, which are largely…

This study aims to explore the determinants associated with economic security, measured by the official poverty line, among Thai elderly aged 60 years and above. The data was derived from the 2002 National Survey of the Elderly in Thailand. Sample…

Taiwan and Japan share the related problems of an aging population and low fertility rate, both of which have contributed to labor shortages in their nations. Although the two countries have been importing workers from abroad to compensate for labor…