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International and Area Studies

2018

Asian Review

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Environmental Conservation In Bhutan: Organization And Policy Jul 2018

Environmental Conservation In Bhutan: Organization And Policy

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This article is about Bhutan's success in conserving natural resources and the environment through its organizational and public policy perspectives. At the same time, it analyses the weaknesses and strengths of Bhutan's policy and organizational management in environmental conservation. The integration of the sustainable development approach and the Mahayana Buddhism philosophy has led to the creation of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) which is an important concept that drives the Bhutan government to pay more attention to environmental protection. The close relationship between the Bhutanese and the environment is in accordance with the old beliefs and the influence of Buddhism …

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The Dynamics Of The Cross-Border Trades And The Trades And The Traders Of Northwestern Thailand, 1950s To 2010s, Waraporn Ruangsri, Kriangsak Chetpatanavanich Jul 2018

The Dynamics Of The Cross-Border Trades And The Trades And The Traders Of Northwestern Thailand, 1950s To 2010s, Waraporn Ruangsri, Kriangsak Chetpatanavanich

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This research examines the dynamics of cross-border trade and the lives of the traders in the northwest part of Th ailand between the 1950s and 2010s, focusing on Mae Hong Son, a border province close to Burma. Since the 18th century, the ethnic Tai traders transported commodities by pack-saddle on trade routes cutting across northern Th ailand, Shan state, and the south of Burma. Under the process of nation-building throughout the 20th century and especially the centralization of the economy, their trading activities eventually came to a halt. Th e article explores three main points. First, it highlights the impact …

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The Management Strategy For Stateless Persons In Southeast Asia, Unchalee Srichomphu, Pitch Piyapramote Jul 2018

The Management Strategy For Stateless Persons In Southeast Asia, Unchalee Srichomphu, Pitch Piyapramote

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has affirmed the fundamental rights of every person without taking nationality into consideration. However, significant populations world-wide are unable to exercise these rights. Thus, citizenship is a prerequisite to gaining one’s rights within the state. When individuals are unable to register or are rejected from registering as legal persons in the civil registration of any state on earth, this creates problems in terms of individual status certification and renders certain rights to be inaccessible. Although the Asian Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with …

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Introduction, Supaphan Tangtrongpairoj Jul 2018

Introduction, Supaphan Tangtrongpairoj

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International Mechanisms Towards The Rohingya Crisis, Hakim Pongtigor Jul 2018

International Mechanisms Towards The Rohingya Crisis, Hakim Pongtigor

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The Rohingya crisis is extremely complex and will be very difficult to resolve if the only solution to the problem is up to the Myanmar Government alone and the Rohingya people. This is because the crisis involves gross violations of humanitarian principles. Resolving this conflict demands the participation of members of the international community as the violations fall within the realm of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). International mediation may also be required to resolve the conflict. The R2P seems to be an effective mechanism to …

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Belt And Road Initiative At The Historic Turn Of The 21st Century, Thanayod Lopattananont Jul 2018

Belt And Road Initiative At The Historic Turn Of The 21st Century, Thanayod Lopattananont

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Rohingya In Thailand: Existing Social Protection In Dynamic Circumstances, Ankana Kaewkuekoonkit, Supang Chantavanich Jan 2018

Rohingya In Thailand: Existing Social Protection In Dynamic Circumstances, Ankana Kaewkuekoonkit, Supang Chantavanich

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Rohingyas who have arrived Thailand with various motivations are vulnerable. They need legal and social protection and face the risk of being indefinitely arrested by Thai immigration. The purpose of this article is to identify existing protection mechanisms for the Rohingyas in Thailand by examining preventive, protective, promotive and transformative measures provided to them. Field research conducted in 2016 reveals that there are four main groups of Rohingya immigrants: those who arrived earlier than 2006, the recent arrivals during 2015-2016, Rohingya victims of human trafficking and Rohingya asylum seekers in temporary shelters. Each group has different access to protection based …

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Migration And The Challenges Of Social Inclusion And Integration, Supaporn Phokaew Jan 2018

Migration And The Challenges Of Social Inclusion And Integration, Supaporn Phokaew

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Peace In Abstract: Re-Integration Of Internally Displaced Persons In Northeastern Nigeria And Its Emerging Socio-Economic Challenges, Abiola Ruth Adimula Jan 2018

Peace In Abstract: Re-Integration Of Internally Displaced Persons In Northeastern Nigeria And Its Emerging Socio-Economic Challenges, Abiola Ruth Adimula

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This study examines the challenges associated with the re-integration of internally displaced people in Boko Haram insurgency-ravaged Northeast Nigeria. It traces the root cause of socio-political and ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria to 1914, when the British colonial administration merged the incompatible Protectorate of Northern Nigeria and the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria as one entity. After the return to democracy in 1999, the country witnessed growing insecurity, culminating in the growth of ethno-religious militias and separatist groups, including the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist sect, whose activities led to the deaths of many and the displacement of about two million …

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International Retirement Migration And Cultural Assimilation: A Study Of Western Retirees In Thailand, Kanokwan Tangchitnusorn, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin Jan 2018

International Retirement Migration And Cultural Assimilation: A Study Of Western Retirees In Thailand, Kanokwan Tangchitnusorn, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin

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Prevention Of Trafficking In Persons For Forced Sea Fishery Work In Thailand, Wicha Jampawan Jan 2018

Prevention Of Trafficking In Persons For Forced Sea Fishery Work In Thailand, Wicha Jampawan

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