Why Should You Study in India?

Having an opportunity to study abroad may be every student’s dream in their academic life. Frankly speaking, I am also the one among them who always dream to study abroad since I was a child. After my graduation of B.A. in International Relations from the University of Cambodia in late 2018, I decided to apply for Indian Government Scholarship 2019-2020 under Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Scholarship Scheme of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Luckily, I was awarded the scholarship to study a Master’s Degree in Political Science at Central Government University, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.  To study in India, some Cambodian students may hesitate to make a decision to apply. 

Article Review: “Does Democracy Cause Peace?”

Published by Annual Review of Political Science Journal on Volume 1, 1998, the article on “Does Democracy Cause Peace?”, James Lee Ray, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, discussed on the proposition that democratic states are peaceful in their relations with each other and are less war-prone in general, the greater number of democratic states in the international system, the lower the incidence of war in that system.

Article Review: "Democracy and Armed Conflict"

The article on “Democracy and Armed Conflict” published by Journal of Peace Research, Havard Hegre, Professor at Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University spoke about the democracy and armed conflict relations, focusing on both conflicts internal to states and interstate conflicts.

Starting from the background of the democratic peace idea, Havard Hegre identified that idea of democracy rarely fight each other is origin from Immanuel Kant by citing his work: ‘The citizens of a (democratic) republic will hesitate before embarking on a war, for this mean calling down on themselves all the miseries of war.’

Article Review: Democratization, Elite Transition, Violence in Cambodia, 1991-1999

In the article “Democratization, Elite Transition, and Violence in Cambodia, 1991-1999”, published on 21 October 2010 in Critical Asian Studies, David Roberts spoke about the influence of the elite’s role in managing the transition of democratization in Cambodia from 1991 to 1999. He discussed reasons, and approaches that brought elites to reform or not reform away from personal interest and self-aggrandizement and lead to fairly represent the whole interest groups.

2nd Place Winner of Quiz Competition for Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Cambodia-China Diplomatic Relations

On 28 December 2018, The University of Cambodia, represented by 4-IR students, namely Miss. Sin Sina, Miss. San Kimnay, Mr. Chen Heang and Mr. Vann Bunna from College of Social Sciences won the 2^nd place of quiz completion for celebrating 60^th Anniversary of Cambodia-China Diplomatic Relations (1958-2018).