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  • Eclecticism in the Study of International Relations of the Middle East

    Click pictures to view larger image:     World Congress for Middle Eastern StudiesJuly 19th – 24th, 2010 / Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain  With co-presenter Ms. Ellinor.  Panel 457:  Challenges to Theoretical Perspectives of International Relations  Chair and Presenter:  Nassef M. Adiong, Middle East Technical University, TurkeyPresenters: Simon Mabon, University of Leeds, UKEllinor Zeino-Mahmalat, German Institute…

  • 20th International Youth Leadership Conference

     20th IYLC, Prague, Czech Republic, 11-16 July 2010 Although I miss my flight and was not able to attend the first day of its program, I was able to come the following day with help of my Filipino friends in Ankara who supported me financially. I have some reservations about this conference, however, what’s important…

  • Book Review on Khaled Abou El Fadl’s The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From The Extremists

    This book represents a chronological account of opposing ideologies between the Moderates and Puritans of the Islamic faith. The author posited a claim that Puritans dominates Moderates in a politico-power dynamics game. He is also distraught with the illogical misconceptions of some non-Muslims, albeit to misunderstanding the Islamic theology. It is divided into two parts:…

  • United States of America’s Foreign Policy in the Security of Asia-Pacific Region

    This paper will examine the determining factors through the questions posited in the course outline regarding a gradual change of focus of U.S. foreign policy from terrorism to citing fomenting predictions and future tenses that China would be a ‘threat’ in the Asia-Pacific region as well to the world. Utilizing ‘Hedging,’ one of foreign policy’s…

  • The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

    The same peculiarity as the first paper was entailed subject to delimitations provided by the syllabus, this study will entirely focus on oil security, its political and economic adversaries concomitant with the foreign policy of Iran towards OPEC. It will explain the dynamics and mechanisms on how policies in Iran are extensively constructed especially in…

  • MIS Comprehensive Examinations (Part III, 4 of 4)

    Master in International Studies’ Comprehensive Examinations University of the Philippines-Diliman   August 24, 2009 B. Islamic Studies 221 (Arab Historiography)   Question number THREE: Ibn Khaldun’s idea and method of historiography are rare elements in both classical and modern historical and sociological writings. Why? Discuss fully.   Ibn Khaldun’s thesis on the “Science of Sociology”…

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