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The Impact and Effects of Power Politics of United States, China, & Japan Arising from South China Sea Conflicts on the Sovereignty and Socio-Political Fabrics of Philippines

Introduction

The South China Sea (SCS) is a partly enclosed body of water that connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is marked with several island attributes which are grouped into four island bodies-- the Pratas or Dongsha Islands in the northeast, the Paracels or Xisha Islands in the northwest, the Spratlys or Nansha Islands in the south, and the Scarborough Shoal or Zhongsha Islands to Paracels' southeast (Hayton, 2014). It is teeming with ...

In the United States, members of sexual minorities began to fight for the right of marriage to each other in the 1970s, which evolved with the wave of mass movements for civil rights of racial minorities. This idea, which was originally categorically rejected by American society, gradually acquired the right to life. In 2002, after the European Court of Human Rights called for the registration of marriages of transsexuals in the United States, a new wave of debate and litigation, this time centered on the acceptance of homosexual marriages and their compliance with the Constitution of the United States. In ...

The United Nations (UN) - is a unique international community with a goal to contribute to the promotion of peace, economic and social development of all countries and nations. It was formed on 24 October 1945. Fifty-one countries gathered together with the purpose of advancing peace all over the world through joint cooperation. Nowadays, almost every single nationality has joined the United Nations, furthermore, there are 193 members currently. The United Nations statute provides the directives that every nation must observe. This treaty sets the rules and obligations which are mandatory for the member nations. The UN charter has the ...