Despite the end of the Cold War, a “Cold Peace” seems to prevail in East Asia. Political divisions have been reinforced by China’s increasing wealth and power, instability on the Korean peninsula, and disputes related to Japan’s imperial legacy. Elsewhere,…

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,…

China's exports shrank by 16% in 2009 during the global financial crisis originating in the US. The incomplete recovery of the American economy in 2010 was followed by a debt crisis in Europe, prompting a tightening of fiscal expenditures by…

The term “Third World” refers to all developing nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. During the Mao and the Deng eras, China mainly responded to pressures from the United States and the Soviet Union and was not able to…

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…

Modern information and communication technology (ICT)provides novel and powerful opportunities to assist poor people in helping themselves, privately as well as embedded in their communities. PeopleNet is a concept and plan for a virtual community service based open ICT principles.…