Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean ) Essay

This essay analyses the Australian-China bilateral relationship since 1945 and in particular its political significance to Australia. Many global factors have influenced this relationship, including the advent of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Soviet bloc European nations. In addition, internal political changes in Australia and China have both affected and been affected by the global changes. It will be analysed that Australia’s bilateral relationship with China has always had a sharp political edge but that approaching the new millenium economics and trade considerations are shaping Australias and for that matter Chinese politics.

The US has put their presence in Southeast Asia and it has resulted in dire consequences. Southeast Asia has terrorist groups known as Al Qaeda and evil leaders such as Saddam Hussein. America thinks that their presence is needed in Southeast Asia to help deal with relations like this and others to come. But, the US should not have a presence in Southeast Asia. The US should not have a presence in Southeast Asia because, our military has and will cause further damage to the ecosystem, we tend to reason with force and result easily to conflict when dealing with situations like this, and we ask if others what we wouldn't do.

Chapter six introduces the music of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is composed of eleven countries: Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, and Timor-Leste. The cultures are shaped by weather patterns, which generally stay the same year-round. As many as 200 ethnics group can be found throughout Southeast Asia and so, many different types of music can be found. The area is known for using bamboo and bronze to make instruments. Among the island nations, Indonesia is consist of over 13,000 islands making it the largest archipelago in the world.

In the fifteenth century, Europeans started to seek “treasures” in Asia. Their goals were to search resources and markets and spread Christianity. They found spice and sugar in South Asia. At that time, South Asian countries were not strong enough to restrict European’s activities on their own land. However, when Europeans tried to enter East Asian, the East Asian countries such as China and Japan set strict rules to prevent their countries from European powers.

East Asia consists of the countries China, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea. China takes up the most land mass, occupying four-fifths of the region. East Asia features an assorted arrangement of environments with subarctic forests to the north, tropical rainforests to the south, towering mountain ranges to the west, arid deserts in the heartland and monsoon drenched coastal areas. It’s two major rivers, the Yellow and the Yangtze, flow down onto the fertile plains of eastern China.

United States Policy toward Southeast Asia In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a trusteeship principle, in which the subjugated nations of Asia would prepare themselves for self-government, under the supervision of the imperial nations. FDR had ‘genuine humanitarian principles’[1] and was aware of the conditions under which colonial people sometimes lived. He also realised that the colonial system was detrimental to US interests.

It is one among many other perspectives which reveals the complexity in Southeast Asia, a region which requires classification by similarities and differences to understand it, even as conditions and events seem to resist such classification.

When given the opportunity to advise the president on how to interact with East Asian nations, he needs to understand that the present day relations between the three developed East Asian nations (China, Japan, and South Korea) is very complicated. The historic background is imperative to his understanding on how to diplomatically interact with these nations, otherwise any present day event will seem confusing. All three share a common ideology and instead of this creating a stronger alliance between these three countries, it creates competition and divide. Cumulatively, their economies have grown at such an unpredicted, exponential, and precedent rate that they are considered to become the next global super powers. On a global scale, these three countries can collectively get along with one another, but because of their intertwined self-righteous attitudes towards superiority, they have become brutal enemies. Although, these three countries do have two major binding principals: the first is the control Confucianism has over their cultures and governments and the second is wanting to become more modernized faster and more efficiently. Retrospectively, these countries are considered extremely modern, especially with their innovations in technology, but it is their deep-rooted respect for their past that is keeping them from being able to fully move on from their traditional

Even though I found a lot of information on Asia interesting, the section on East Asian Philosophical and Religious Thinking was what really resonated with me. I was always interested in Asian religions beforehand but my knowledge on the subject was somewhat limited. This subject is also important as I have friends and relatives that practice some of these religions. Also, I was able to expand my knowledge on Shintoism, which I have seen referenced to in Japanese media, such as the films of Studio Ghibli.

In 2000 the Compulsory Education Act codified compulsory education for children of primary school age (excepting those with disabilities),[5] and made it a criminal offence for parents to fail to enroll their children in school and ensure their regular attendance.[6]Exemptions are allowed for homeschooling or full-time religious institutions, but parents must apply for exemption from the Ministry of Education and meet a minimum benchmark.[7]

An economist in Indonesia, Frank Jotzo, presents a thorough report of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his government's targeted emission reduction objectives, examining ways in which they can be achieved (Mayer, Ryan, & Aspinall, 2011). Indonesia is one of few developing countries to announce the massive cut to their greenhouse gas emissions, showing their intense commitment to help provide a solution to this global crisis. Now, Indonesia is taking a seat with the major countries with equivalent climate pledges, "By choosing to join this group of major countries with climate pledges, Indonesia sent an important signal about the country’s readiness to engage on this global issue. Taking this stance was also in line with the

At the time of this writing, cooperation between East Asian countries remains despairingly low. North Korea continues to fire off missiles into the Sea of Japan. China has multiple territorial disputes with its neighbors and the South China Sea remains hotly contested. Japan continues to deny the atrocities it committed in World War II, including the gruesome rape of Nanking as well as horrific human rights abuses committed against the Chinese. Trade between India and China, the two largest economies on the continent as measured by PPP, is badly unbalanced and stands at a mere 70 billion dollars worth annually, compared to 650 billion dollars worth of trade annually between China and the United States.

ASEAN and APEC are two organisations that are involved with the aid, stability and economic growth of all countries associated with them. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations and includes countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand along of course with Australia. APEC is the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation and they focus on working to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers across the Asia-Pacific region, creating efficient domestic economies and dramatically increasing exports. The two demographics that I have chosen to compare are Burma and China. Burma and China both come from either ASEAN or APEC and I am going to compare the two on aid, defence, migration and trade.

ASEAN was officially founded in August 1967 when five founding member states jointly signed the Bangkok declaration. Since then ASEAN experienced number of threats, such as security threat in cold war, economic and financial threat in 1997 East Asia Economic crisis, and now being in the security dilemma between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, prominent major powers attempting to dominate the region, despite all the threat, ASEAN set its goal to become a community in December 2015 which has lot of potential to contribute to the world stage but it also has countless number of challenges, mainly caused by its diversities, nationalism and lack of

Malaysia is situated along the Straits Of Malacca, connecting the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean so trading in this area has been around for centuries. Spices were the main goods traded in the 15th century and as the Malacca Sultanate grew from strength to strength, it eventually gained a monopoly on all trade passing through the straits1. The Straits Of Malacca is still one of the most vital shipping lanes in the world.