Nishikawa, Yukiko Ph.D., is a professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. Nishikawa obtained a Ph.D. in peace studies from the University of Bradford, U.K. Her main publications include "The Reality of Protecting the Rohingya: An Inherent Limitation of the Responsibility to Protect" (Asian Security, 2020); Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism (Routledge, 2018); Human Security in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2010); "Human security in Southeast Asia: viable solution or empty slogan?" (Security Dialogue, 2009); Japan's Changing Role in Humanitarian Crises (Routledge, 2005). Her research interests include peace and conflict in Southeast Asia and security and international relations in the Indo-Pacific region.

1. Introduction

Yukiko Nishikawa

2. Globalization and the Nation-State in Africa and Asia

Yukiko Nishikawa

Part I Globalization and Local Conflict in Africa

3. Energy Security and the Paradox of Global Peacebuilding Interventions in Nigeria's Niger Delta

Tubodenyefa Zibima

4. International Policies and Illegal Logging Exploitation Sustaining Local Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Bosakaibo Bomino Georges

5. The Politics and Political Economy of Violent Conflicts in Post-War Mozambique

Manuel Francisco Sambo

Part II Globalization and Local Conflict in Asia

6. Local Conflicts in Post-Reform Myanmar

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7. Battles on AIDS Drugs in Thailand

Benjamas Nillsuwan

8. Afghanistan and the Curse of Resources: Taliban's Greed-based Jihad in the Heart of Asia

Mohammad Reza Qasemi

9. Conclusion

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