Essays about: "ASEAN Region"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words ASEAN Region.

  1. 16. Assessing an ASEAN Human Rights Regime - A New Dawn for Human Rights in Southeast Asia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Wictor Beyer; [2011]
    Keywords : International human rights; regional protection for human rights; regional human right regimes; ASEAN; Southeast Asia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is devoted to examining the recently established human rights regime within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), consisting of the ASEAN Charter, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Women and Children (ACWC). The overall purpose is study if the regime will ensure better adherence of human rights amongst Southeast Asian nations. READ MORE

  3. 17. Thailand's Competitive Advantage in ASEAN after Asian Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Panpat Muengmor; [2011]
    Keywords : Competitive advantage; diamond model; quantitative approach; factors; sophisticated demand and products; upgrading; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Analyzing Thailand’s competitive advantage in ASEAN after Asian crisis in 1997 is vital for a nation’s economic development in the region where the neighborhood could be both complementary and hostile. Utilizing Porter’s diamond model with the quantitative approach has concluded that Thailand is ranked as the third-most competitive nation in ASEAN. READ MORE

  4. 18. There Will Be Blood: Southeast Asia as the Second Front on the War on Terror – A case study

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Christian Österlind; [2009]
    Keywords : Southeast Asia; Terrorism; Neo-realism; Al Qaeda; Jemaah Islamiyah; Al-Jama’ah Al-Islamiyyah; Jama’ah Islamiyah; Islamism; Islamofascism; Abu Sayyaf; PULO; MILF; MNLF; Extremism; Fundamentalism; Jihad;

    Abstract : International terrorism is a relevant and acute issue to deal with for most states across the globe. The horrors and fear of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in New York and Washington left governments with new priorities and challenges to cooperate and coordinate efforts to combat terrorism. READ MORE

  5. 19. Integration, tax competition and harmonization: Should ASEAN be concerned?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kirsten Hayes; [2008]
    Keywords : harmonization; Tax competition; ASEAN integration; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : In the European Union (EU) policymakers are faced with many challenges in national corporate taxation policy from globalization, in particular the increasing cross-border mobility of capital. The EU member countries have become a highly integrated single market and this has meant that trade and investment flows are highly sensitive to corporate tax rates. READ MORE

  6. 20. Singapore and ASEAN: A Study on Intra-Industry Trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Wiklander; [2008]
    Keywords : economic integration; ASEAN; AFTA; intra-industry trade; Singapore; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Southeast Asia, with Singapore in the lead, has seen the importance of integration, both regionally and with the rest of the world. The region has had high growth rates during the past years and it has benefited from trade creation through its free trade agreements, both multilateral and bilateral. READ MORE