Lebanon: open arena for regional feuds

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Lebanon resembles an arena for regional feuds under the pressure of its own domestic conditions and regional religio-political developments. The competing regional Islamic Shia and Sunni fundamentalists find a chance to counterbalance each other through strategic utilization of Lebanese territory. Syria tries to counterbalance the rise of Sunni fundamentalism by helping Iran backed Shia fundamentalist group, Hizb Allah, inside southern Lebanon. The strategy is intelligent enough to pose a threat to Syrian territory. Israel maintains silence as the strategy protects its interests.

Middle East, Lebanon, Islamic fundamentalism, Strategic aspects

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Modernization and Cambodia

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The forces of globalization on contemporary Cambodia, a small Southeast Asian nation and the influences of modernization on the political, economic, and socio-economic levels is discussed. Cambodia in the 21st century has reached an important juncture with massive international donor aid, given a better footing as a developing nation and as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN's) latest member without which, Cambodia would not have reached its existing state.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Powers and duties, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Globalization

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Regional geographic influence on two Khmer polities

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The effects of Cambodian geography in two Khmer-polities, Funan, an empire that occupied the southeastern portions of modern-day Cambodia and Vietnam during the early centuries A.D., and Democratic Kampuchea, a Cambodian state that existed from April 17,1975, until the Vietnamese invasion of December 25, 1978 are examined. The prerequisites for the construction of a national identity are highlighted.

Science & research, Vietnam, Research, History, Khmers, Cambodian history

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