(MENAFN- The Conversation) Indonesia is known worldwide for its remarkable marine life. It lies at the heart of the Coral Triangle – an area that hosts 76% of the world's coral species – and its ...

In Political Order in Changing Societies, published in 1968, the political scientist Samuel Huntington wrote that across much of what was then called the Third World, “the city becomes the continuing ...

More than seventy years into independence Pakistan continues to be bedeviled by major socio-economic challenges, to its credit many have beenovercome but not all problems have been resolved. The major ...

Patron-client system has dominated Lebanese politics since the Ottoman Era Damascus: One month ahead of the Lebanese parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 6, a debate is emerging over the calibre ...

Thai society, as part of the current "reform process", is accepting proposals to improve its education system. However, piecemeal ideas are not going to last long in the face of systemic failures and ...

“NO STATE can exist without justice,” the distinguished historian José Arcilla, SJ, correctly asserted in a forum years ago on culture and the state. He thus argued that the state’s role in developing ...