Tag: East Asia

2. Nov 2009

Challenges to peace in East Asia by Jordi Urgell

InFocus, Peace

This article attempts to contribute to the
discussion about the emerging concept of ‘East Asian Peace’, which in its
narrower formulation refers to a dramatic decline in the number of battle
deaths from 1979 onwards. By using the data on armed conflicts and peace
processes from the School for a Culture of Peace at the Autonomous
University of Barcelona, the following article raises some
academic questions that need further research.

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2. Nov 2009

Understanding the East Asian peace: some findings on the role of informal processes by Mikael Weissmann, University of Gothenbur

InFocus, Peace

Understanding the East Asian peace: some findings on the role of informal processes by Mikael Weissmann, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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30. Oct 2009

Peace and Protest: Unarmed Insurrections in East Asia, 1946–2006 by Isak Svensson and Mathilda Lindgren, Uppsala University

InFocus, Peace

Whereas the discussion on East Asian Peace has primarily focused on
armed conflicts, this article contributes by discussing unarmed conflicts in the East Asian region. The article presents
the regional picture of the prevalence of these types of non-violent, popular
uprisings and contends that these types of social conflicts are important to
consider in order to get a better grasp of what kind of relative peacefulness
that East Asia is experiencing.

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19. Oct 2009

Peace for Asia

InFocus

By Stein
Tønnesson

Research
Professor, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

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11. Mar 2008

Human rights in China: the 2008 Olympics and beyond

China, InFocus

Cecilie Figenschou Bakke
Director, China Programme
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo

Mounting criticism of China

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24. Feb 2008

South Korea, 25.02.08: a new president is sworn in

InFocus, Korea

A personal comment by Geir Helgesen, Senior Researcher, NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

A change of leader in South Korea: does it matter much? Is it not, after all, the institutions and rules that characterize democratic governance while the president is more of a figurehead? Well, yes and no. South Korea is a democracy, as is the USA, but in both countries the president plays a decisive role, in Korea even more so than in the USA.

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