their own territorial integrity and national interest against interventions through different approaches to survive. Hence, Philippines’ move in securing its territorial integrity through applying such approach as to say filing an arbitration case against China or other approaches if obligatory is necessary and inevitable due to the surrounding circumstances of the case. A week after the release of the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the issue in the West Philippine Sea, the verdict
I. INTRODUCTION The Scarborough Shoal and It’s Location Scarborough Shoal or Scarborough Reef, also known as Huangyan Island or Panatag Shoal is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon Island of the Philippines in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. It is a group of rocks or very small islands plus reefs in an atoll shape. The was named after the East India Company tea-trade ship Scarborough which was wrecked on one of its rocks on 12 September 1784 with all lives lost. Scarborough
The world now is facing a set of significant problems. I believe that there are three main International threats to global stability, the rapid rise of extremism, international disputes over territories, and corruption. Solutions to these issues facing humankind are compulsory to avoid some expected consequence. No more than two years ago people thought of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda organisation if we mentioned the nightmare, extremism. Instead, nowadays the new forces of evil would be the ISIS
complicated problems among countries, as well as tensions in foreign policies. One of these conflicts is the dispute in South China Sea between China and six neighbor ASEAN countries. With the intervention of the United States, the issue turns to be more serious as it attracts a lot of concerns from international community. This research tries to find a clear way of understanding the South China Sea conflict, specifically about the effort of China and Vietnam to gain the control over the two groups of
complicated problems among countries, as well as tensions in foreign policies. One of these conflicts is the dispute in South China Sea between China and six neighbor ASEAN countries. With the intervention of the United States, the issue turns to be more serious as it attracts a lot of concerns from international community. This research tries to find a clear way of understanding the South China Sea conflict, specifically about the effort of China and Vietnam to gain the control over the two groups of
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Later on countries like Brunei Darussalam joined on 7 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. The aim and purpose of this association was about cooperation related with economic, social, cultural, technical, educational and other fields. 2.0 Background history of the Organization They were some disputes which were going on between Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, while
Republic of the Philippines maintain close ties based upon the U.S.- Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, the period of U.S. colonization, common strategic and economic interests, and shared democratic values. The United States long maintained sizable naval and air forces bases in the country. Although the Philippine Senate voted against U.S. wishes to close American military installations in 1992, bilateral security cooperation resumed following territorial disputes between the Philippines and China in
ground, it can be observed that Chinese naval build-up is merely gravitated around its concerns over core economic and security interests. First, China’s dependence on oil and resources imported from the Middle East and Africa necessitates unobstructed sea-lanes through the Malacca Strait, around which the US has already established dominance. Therefore it is essential for China to avoid detrimental blockades by the US in case of crises, let aside US’s alternative option to create distant blockades like
need to tackle vigorously the economic and social disparities which fuelled racial antagonism. For his contributions in the area of national and rural development, Tun Abdul Razak is known as the Father of Development. MALAYSIAN’S FOREIGN POLICY Malaysia’s foreign policy is based on the principles of respect for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference in the affairs of other nations, peaceful settlement of disputes, peaceful co-existence and mutual benefit
and popular sovereignty. Using the documents, and your knowledge, how would you characterize this period of “Becoming a World Power”? Document A Document B “The title to territory of indefinite but confessedly very large extent is in dispute between Great Britain and the Republic of Venezuela. . . . Venezuela can hope to establish her claim only through peaceful methods. . . . The Government of the United States has made it clear to Great Britain that the controversy is one in which both