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Human rights violations have been the world phenomenon for a very long time and the damaging effects are even becomes more magnified in today's world. For several decades, researchers have attempted to answers this question only by analysing the political, economic and legal factors. besides, many scholars have been debated the effects of sovereignty, leadership and political will on human rights violations and claimed that it appear to affects states policy-making. However, most of the st...

 With the rapid technology advancement, it seems impossible for everyone not to have at least one social media account in their lives, in particular, the younger generation or Gen Y. Hence, it is no surprise that youths are the prominent users of social media such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn with 92% of online daily access, including negative accessibility, for example terrorism. The likelihood of these youths’ involvements in terrorism-related activi...

The Spratly Islands archipelago is claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The dispute becomes complicated with the increasing assertion of China’s Nine-Dash Line claim over the South China Sea, which involve militarisation of the region. The study seeks to identify the implication of China’s nine-dash line over the Southeast Asia region, the barriers that have prevented for a peaceful settlement and the possible solutions for a peaceful settlement over the...

Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is part of globalization that facilitates and strengthens trade between FTA partners. Malaysia needs to maintain the economic momentum and compete with Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam in the foreign markets. By having same trading partners and produce similar products, Malaysia needs to find ways in minimizing the gap by signing FTAs with its trading partners. The effectiveness of FTAs on Malaysia’s International Trade Competitiveness was analyse...

Statelessness is a global phenomenon affecting millions of people of all ages, across all regions of the world. The problem is bigger than just a human rights issue. In Malaysia, the rising number of stateless has been so rapid and worsening. The Sabah borders milieu has been described as porous. Intrusion of about 200 armed Filipinos the followers of Jamalul Kiram III, the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu into Lahad Datuon 12th February 2013 is an eye opener that stateless issues can be ser...