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Since the late 20th century, the world has experienced a great revolutionary in the area of information technology. This can be seen where cyber space has becoming necessity for individuals’ life, governments, business and also organizations. According to Internet World Stats (2017), the internet users in Asia region in as of June 2017 is 49.7%.This is because, cyber space has become an essential platform to support national growth due to its borderless connection. However, this bor...

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...