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The keyword Asia is tagged in the following 9 articles.

Russia and Iran: Strategic Partners or Competing Regional Hegemons? A Critical Analysis of Russian-Iranian Relations in the Post-Soviet Space
April 7, 2012 - 4819 words | International Affairs » International Relations
Russia and Iran have a long history of being geographic neighbours, rivals, competitors and partners - a history which has coined mutual expectations, stereotypes and interactions. Still present in the Iranian collective memory, Tsarist Russia expanded territorially... Read Article »

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Iran Russia Central Asia Geopolitics Hegemon International Relations
The Model Minority: Asian-American Youth and the Harmful Perpetuation of a Cultural Myth
September 8, 2011 - 4712 words | Sociology » Minority Studies
My living room piano speaks loudly through its stillness. Drawn to the haunting beauty of its polished black wood, visitors would constantly inquire about the dust on its keys. As its former player, I was expected to replace the quiet with a symphony; only a weak voice... Read Article »

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Minorities Asian-American Model Minority
Debating Voluntary Human Adult EuthanAsia
August 2, 2011 - 4085 words | Health Science » Euthanasia
One of the fastest growing medical phenomena is that of human euthanAsia. No matter what the argument or the entity involved, the common question seems to be whether or not the act of human euthanAsia is an ethically acceptable practice. Frequently a person takes a... Read Article »

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Euthanasia Health Systems American Health Care
The Effect of CEDAW Ratification in Central Asia
May 16, 2011 - 3447 words | Political Science »
Despite the increasing number of states that have ratified binding international human rights treaties, human rights abuses continue unabated. The persistence of rights abuses cast doubt on the efficacy of human rights treaties. This paper empirically examines whether... Read Article »

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Women's Rights CEDAW Central Asia
Understanding Iran: Between Central Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council
April 5, 2011 - 4259 words | International Affairs » Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran today sits at the crossroads of Asia between the Middle East and Central Asia. This inherently places it in very close proximity to over half of the world's known energy reserves both in the form of petroleum and natural gas. Thus, an understanding... Read Article »

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Iran Central Asia Middle East International Relations Gulf Cooperation Council
Japan's Multilateral Gambit: Leading the Charge Toward an East Asian Community
June 24, 2010 - 940 words | Opinion » Japan
If Japan was a person, it would be an exceptionally wealthy yet rapidly aging individual, who, for two decades, had been struck by illness. One might therefore find it unexpected for this person to be busily working on constructing the new face of Asian regional economic... Read Article »

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Japan East Asia Multilateralism ASEAN East Asian Community EAC Hatoyama
Exploring the American Immigrant Experience Through Literature
February 23, 2010 - 2011 words | English » Immigration
In “Amor de lejos: Latino (Im)migration Literatures,” B.V. Olguin writes, “Latino/a (im)migration narratives…often illustrate the traumatic aspects of displacement by focusing in part on how immigration, migration, exile, and colonization place... Read Article »

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Immigration Migration American Immigration Narratives Asia Haiti China Nationalism Cultural Identity Buddhism Marriage Stereotypes Spirituality
In Defense of The Spirit Of An Author: On Anne Fadiman's "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down"
February 19, 2010 - 1743 words | Literary Criticism » Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures is a non-fiction exploration of culture and medicine that tells the tragic story of the Lee family and their daughter Lia, an epileptic... Read Article »

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Hmong Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down Asian American Critique
Reconstructing Bridges: Heritage Language Education of Asian Americans
October 26, 2009 - 2052 words | Linguistics » Heritage Language
Language use is a major factor in defining one’s cultural identity. People learn slang, lingo, jargon, idiomatic phrases, and other language tools, and with them participate in a cultural, social environment in which they can thrive. For ethnic minorities, however... Read Article »

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Heritage Language Asian American Heritage Language Education Interview Culture Race