The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is an exemplar result of global health diplomacy, based on its global reach (binding on all World Health Organization member nations) and its negotiation process. The FCTC negotiations are one of the first examples of various states and non-state entities coming together to create a legally binding tool to govern global health. They have demons...

precipitation plays an important role in the global energy and water cycle. special interest in long-term precipitation analyses arises from the need to assess climate change and its impacts on all spatial scales. based on this demand national and international organization initiated and support many research and monitoring programs. there are a lot of centers developing gridded precipitation d...

disclosure of classified public interest information has become one of the major legal challenges in recent years. in the past decades the conflict between the right of people to receive information and principle of sovereignty within the framework of traditional media (direct broadcast satellite) resolved in favor of  principle of free flow of information and the said conflict was replaced by ...

The South China Sea is a strategic water area and abundant in natural resources. China's historical claims activities the have given rise to territorial disputes between countries around Sea. Disputes over waters of are challenge for regional stability, including Indonesia. This dispute poses threat defense sovereignty Indonesian state because contested location near border, namely Natuna Islan...