Despite the signing of the ASEAN Charter in 2008‚ the recent border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has shown that the organisation places the onus of avoiding armed conflict on the disputants themselves. Following Michael Leifer’s account of the ‘ASEAN paradox’ (1983)‚ this dispute has further demonstrated that ASEAN is an association rather than an alliance. Leifer argued that security matters are addressed bilaterally rather than regionally‚ and national interest prevails over regional
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Weakness of Aristocracy: Aristocracy has‚ in common with monarchy‚ but the evil inherent in all kinds of Aristocracies is that they form a separate interest which is almost certain to come into conflict with the interests of the community. No wise and just principle has so far been devised for the selection of the ruling class‚ and no safeguard has been suggested to ensure that the few will rule in the interests of all and not for their selfish advantage. The privileged persons‚ who are destined
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I want to start from my weakness as a writer. One of my weakness as a writer will be starting to write or getting the idea to start my writing. I always have a hard time to start my essays it seems like I will have a hard time to gather my idea or will be confuse where to start my writings from. To avoid this‚ I will write down everything I am thinking then I will re-read it that way I can avoid the ideas I don’t need. My other weakness is summarizing some one else’s work or to summarize an article
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Fortinbras‚ Laertes and Hamlet all seek to avenge the deaths of their fathers. In the process of seeking revenge‚ the three of them expose themselves to a great gamble that inevitably leads to the loss of power‚ prosperity‚ status and life for all but one. When Shakespeare first introduces Fortinbras‚ Laertes and Hamlet to the reader‚ there is a clear contrast in the way these characters react to the problems they are prone to overcome. Hamlet on the one hand tends to think clear and rational of
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Dunkelburger‚ Anthony‚ Williams and Zhang‚ children with speech sound disorders (SSD) demonstrate delayed achievement of developmentally appropriate speech sounds‚ resulting in reduced intelligibility of their speech. The authors hypothesized that the weakness in students ability to hear sounds and print with
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Strengths and Weaknesses It is very difficult to outline my strengths and weaknesses (I would say areas of improvement) at any point of time‚ as they keep on changing. This is because when I see any area of improvement‚ I make it a point to mend it as soon as I can. It is really important to keep on building on skills all the time. I believe this attitude of recognizing my area of improvement and working on to improve it has been biggest strength. Another thing which has always worked in my
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Othello’s weakness is as much a cause of tragedy as Iago’s malice; do you agree? The power to use another person and manipulate them is a great skill which Iago possess‚ but without all of Othello ‘s weakness’‚ it would be a pointless skill‚ which is why the main cause of Othello’s tragedies is his weaknesses. His passion to follow his will‚ not his mind‚ means he is easily susceptible to jealously which‚ for Desdemona‚ means her untimely death. The fact that Othello is an outsider makes him vulnerable
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Downfall of Othello Humans feel the need to interact with one another‚ to fulfil this need humans build relationships. These relationships can either bring great joy or can become the very cause of human frailty. In the play ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare we witness the downfall of the main character Othello and the underlying factors which lead to his downfall. One of the main factors is the relationships he had with others. The relationship between Othello and Iago is built on friendship
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Fear is Weakness When we face our so called fears it seems like it was not nearly as bad as we thought it would be. Those so called fears are just little pebbles‚ if compared to a fear that sooner or later we will have to face to reach our destination. In my case my biggest fear is to speak in public. This fear erodes away my confidence; especially when I have projects that have to be presented in front of a big audience. If I’m not familiar with the people I forget everything‚ my face changes
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As Facebook expands‚ with 250 million users posting 1 billion pieces of content every week‚ the site continues to draw sharp criticism from privacy advocates‚ lawyers‚ and governments over how it uses the data that members regularly – and often cavalierly – post onto the site. This week five California Facebook users joined the chorus of critics. In a lawsuit filed Monday‚ they charge that Facebook – the Web’s dominant social networking ecosystem – unlawfully used their private information or
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