Southeast Asia

Deforestation in Southeast Asia Living in a world where humans don’t destroy the environment should be something people wish to achieve. Deforestation is one of many things that should change because not only does it affects our wildlife but it will eventually affect humans as well. Southeast Asia, specifically, is losing their forests at a very rapid pace mostly due to agricultural activities, logging, and the furniture export market. Therefore, there should be stricter laws put into place and…

The United States must continue to ensure all areas of the world have the right tools and mechanisms in place to thwart terrorism so events like the September 11th attacks don’t reoccur. Counter Terrorism (CT) efforts in Southeast Asia have improved markedly in recent years. Despite this success, however, it’s still a potentially fertile ground for local terrorist organizations sharing al-Qa’ida’s ideology and aspirations. It is, therefore, in our nation’s best interest to ensure we play an…

Southeast Asia was a vibrant region even before the arrival of Western influences. Its inhabitants had a healthy existence based mostly on trade relations with other established civilizations such as China, India, and other merchants that travel the straits. Even after the arrival of the Western states, influences were centered more on maintaining the exchange of resources from Southeast Asian countries to their mother states. Meanwhile, the race for territorial expansion by the West was a…

throughout Asia for extensive sea voyage. This ship originated in the 2nd century and was used extensively for South East Asian trade between the 17th and 19th century. The highlighted region spans from the South Eastern parts of China, down to Indonesia and out to Japan. Junk Ships were very important for the transfer of goods and wealth throughout this region, as well as religions and cultures. The Junk Ship had a major influence on encounters and trade between the Chinese and South Eastern…

filled with varying cultural traditions and a great deal of differences between regions, and smaller states. Culturally, in a magnitude of manners, the Vietnamese people have more in common with Confucian China than Buddhist Southeast Asia. Most cultures throughout the Southeast Asian regions, appear to regard the Vietnamese people as fighters, and are not particularly fond of them despite their Confucian nature. From the evidence presented within Vietnam a Television History, one of the…

The ASCC reflects ASEAN 's social agenda of poverty eradication and human development, which also addresses the cultural and civilizational cohesions in ASEAN (ASEAN, 2014). Success of such integration depends on the level of cooperation among the diverse cultural groups in ASEAN. The inspiration of specific religio-cultural norms and practices often dictates the inter-cultural cooperation. Islam as the most widely practiced religion in ASEAN inspires the success of ASCC. This paper provides an…

21st century. Industry part is in charge of considerable material streams inside human culture and the trade of material and vitality with the nature of environment. According to Achieving sustainable construction in developing countries of South East Asia Sustainable development…

purchasing power parity (Raquiza, 2013). This has led to its classification as the second largest in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Despite this ranking, Thailand is still midway in the spread of its wealth since it is classified as the fourth richest nation on the basis of gross domestic product per capita after Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia respectively. The high gross domestic product in the Southeast Asia region has made it to become an anchor economy to its neighboring developing nations…

basic health needs and in each case the primary systems involved the most of these therapies involved the usage of plant derived extract or their active principles (Bruneton 1995). Adhatoda vasica (L.) Nees is a shrub widely seen throughout the Southeast Asia tropical regions…

External Invasions: Cholas and Mongols – tunnels, first Indian dynasty to conquer SE Asia, Cholas coming to area with an idea that they might be able to control the area, Phlembang (capital) overthrows the Cholas and kicks them out, Cholas helped to break down the Srivajayan empire, Mongols made it to Nanchao, 1292 - Mongols fleet from China to Java and attacked Java, Mongols never conquered SE Asia SRIVAJAYA – 9th century – MARITIME STATE - No major agriculture area - Cholas came out in the…