{"title":"Malaysia-Singapore Maritime Boundary Dispute: Salient Issues, Prospects and Challenges","authors":"W. S. R. W. Jaffri","doi":"10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.8","url":null,"abstract":"This paper looks at the latest maritime boundary dispute between Malaysia and Singapore and examines the salient issues and means of dispute settlement mechanisms open to both in resolving this quagmire. With Singapore submitting its declaration pursuant to Article 298 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982) on 12th December 2018 is not accepting any of the procedures provided for in Section 2 of Part XV of UNCLOS 1982, this effectively means that resort to adjudicative tribunals as per the said Section is now out of the equation, and the only method(s) to pursue now would be via consensual or diplomatic channels. This paper will look at the opportunities lost from this choice made by the government of the Republic of Singapore, but, at the same time will ponder upon the possibilities of resolution of the dispute by bilateral efforts, and possibly the engagement of third parties as provided under Article 33 of the UN Charter, e.g. via the ASEAN dispute settlement mechanism. With Singapore still continuing with massive reclamation works along its coast, while at the same time not recognizing any of the official maps published by the government of Malaysia, and with the change of the diplomatic ambience brought by the new government under Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the prospect of a definitive resolution seems to be rather grim.","PeriodicalId":33531,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of International Relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45955847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chinese Soft Power Approaches towards Pakistan: An Analysis of Socio, Economic and Political Impacts","authors":"Mehmood Hussain, Sumara Mehmood","doi":"10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.5","url":null,"abstract":"This research seeks to find out the ambition behind the United States's aggressiveness towards China by providing tariff and non-tariff policy to cause a trade war. This research is qualitative research, because it seeks to explain the reasons possessed by the United States in order to provide tariff and non tariff barriers to China. The time span used for this research is from December 2017 to September 2019. This research uses library research for data collection through books, journals, and search engines. The data analysis technique used in this paper is congruent analysis. After going through the research process, the researcher found the answer that the United States wanted to gain hegemony over China by providing tariff and non-tariff policies that caused trade war","PeriodicalId":33531,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of International Relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45812215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statement by Y.A.B. Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad at the General Debate of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 28 September 2018, New York","authors":"Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad","doi":"10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/MJIR.VOL6NO1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The abstract is not available. To access, please order the printed version or browse the electronic version of this article.","PeriodicalId":33531,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of International Relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45152438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}