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Although the “Indo-Pacific” term has gained attention in the last couple of years especially among policy makers and scholars, the existing literature on the concept of Indo-Pacific particularly on the structure, purpose and actualization of its organization is still under deliberation. While some scholars and practitioners are embracing and adopting this recent formulation, others remained doubtful on its functions and significance. Despite its sudden rise in popularity in foreign policy ...

Terrorism has become one of the most important threats today, not only because of the acts themselves, but because of the complex instruments that are used in order to put these actions into practice. Among them, the financing of terrorism has developed more diversified and increasingly complex facets, with various channels that terrorists use in order to launder funds and finance these actions. In order to better combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the Financial Action Task F...

China has focused on improving its image in the developing world by using “soft power” to exert its influence over the less develop countries. China invested billion of dollars to convince the world to accept its rise in the international system. This study focuses on the soft power tools used by China that play a significant instrument in the developing world. It also discusses the consequences of China involvement in the domestic affairs of the countries. To this end, China has employed ...

Public diplomacy has established itself as one of the most important core in the field of diplomacy of the transformations in the global politics since the 20th century onwards. The turning point of the transformations in global politics came at the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, with the non-existence of a two polar system (Soviet Bloc vs US Bloc i.e. Blue vs Red) the world politics came to its own evolution thanks to globalization. New public diplomacy came about thanks also to global...

 Despite Malacca Strait has been use a long time ago as maritime economic trading route, there are still uncomfortable feeling regarding what is the current status of safety and security of Malacca Strait and the guarantee safety of the ships and crew while transiting the strait. Those doubtful mind about Malacca Strait never has been academically explain to shipping company and stake holder that sometimes afraid to use Malacca Strait as one of the passage route for worldwide d...