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Azija je dugo vremena bila slabo zastupljena u zapadnoj znanstvenoj literaturi, a još manje razumljena, ali unatoč tomu, neupitno je da Azija danas ima značajan globalni utjecaj, posebice velike azijske sile poput Japana. Upravo radi tog velikog globalnog utjecaja, važno je shvatiti i povijest koja veže azijske zemlje, a čiji se odjeci osjećaju dan danas. Dio te povijesti je imperijalistička i ekspanzionistička politika Japana u prvoj polovici 20. stoljeća koja je zajedno s Mirovnim sporazumom u San Franciscu iz 1951., pod dirigentskom palicom SAD-a, stvorila teritorijalne sporove Japana s čak tri susjedne zemlje. Odnosno, sa Sovjetskim Savezom oko Sjevernih Teritorija (Južnih Kurila), Južnom Korejom oko otoka Takeshima (Dokdo) te Narodnom Republikom Kinom oko otoka Senkaku (Diaoyu). U radu je obrađena povijest upravo tih sporova, odnosno njihov tijek u 20. stoljeću te uloga SAD-a u teritorijalnim sporovima Japana i stvaranju mira na Pacifiku. Asia has long been poorly represented in the Western scientific literature, and even less understood, but nonetheless, it is indisputable that Asia today has a significant global influence, especially great Asian powers like Japan. Precisely because of this great global influence, it is important to understand the history that binds Asian countries, and which echoes are felt even today. Part of that history is Japan's imperialist and expansionist policies in the first half of the 20th century, which together with the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, under the baton of the United States, created Japan's territorial disputes with as many as three neighboring countries. With Russia over the Northern Territories/Southern Kurils, South Korea considering Takeshima/Dokdo Islands and the People's Republic of China considering Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. The paper covers the history of these disputes, i.e. their course throughout the 20th century, as well as the role of the United States in the territorial disputes of Japan and the creation of peace in the Pacific

The bachelor's thesis "Secessionist trends in the Southern Pacific region within geopolitical context" focuses on secessionist movements, which emerged in the Southern Pacific region during the second half of the twentieth century and in the beginning of the twenty-first century. It deals with the circumstances of the formation, development and outcome of these movements in regional context. The secessionist movements are being characterised geographically, economically and socially in case studies and the preconditions of formation of these movements are identified according to John R. Wood theory. The thesis aims to describe the development and result of those movements.

Usponom i potvrđivanjem Kine kao sile u suvremenim geopolitičkim odnosima raste važnost Tihog oceana i pozicioniranja u azijskopacifičkoj regiji. Sukladno tomu, raste interes za morsko strateško pozicioniranje, pitanje razgraničenja, plovnih putova i kontrole pomorskih pravaca.

In the context of international relations, Australia might seem as a big state with a relatively substantial power establishment. However, the reality is much more complicated. Australian position in the whole international environment is primarily determined by its position within the Pacific region, because it is the closest definition of environment where Australia belongs to. And that is the subject of this thesis.

Diploma thesis 'US-China Relationship in the Field of Naval Security - Cooperation or Conflict' focuses on the current phenomenon of Chinese naval rise and its implications for the relationship between China and today's leading naval power United States both in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean region. Using the comparative analysis, both the strategies as well as naval capacities of China and the US in both aforementioned regions are compared in order to assess the future character of their naval relationship. This thesis addresses also the evolution of Chinese navy and Chinese naval modernization on its own as well as its motives and those ideational and material factors which have a considerable impact on this modernization.

Budući da je trend regionalnog integriranja u punom jeku, te se smatra izvorom ekonomskog rasta i razvoja, povećanja obujma trgovine, ulaganja i suradnje s ostalim zemljama, Australija aktivno sudjeluje u nekoliko regionalnih trgovinskih sporazuma u kojima je ili punopravni član (Sporazum o suradnji između Australije i Novog Zelanda - ANZCERTA i Forum za azijsko-pacifičku ekonomsku suradnju - APEC) ili s kojima surađuje (Savez država jugoistočne Azije - ASEAN). Važnost njenog sudjelovanja u regionalnim integracijama očituje se u poticanju ekonomske i političke suradnje, te međunarodne razmjene s brzorastućim ekonomijama svijeta kako ne bi ostala izolirana od globalnih trendova ili uskraćena u prilikama za ekonomski napredak. U radu se analiziraju sporazumi ANZCERTA i APEC s aspekta liberalizacije intraregionalne trgovine, liberalizacije kretanja proizvodnih faktora rada i kapitala, inozemnih izravnih ulaganja, osnovnih problema, dostignuća i učinaka samih sporazuma, te se analiziraju perspektive njihovoga budućega razvoja.

This thesis surveys the history, development and the present state of trade relations between the European Union and the developing world, represented in this case by the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). It primarily explains why the EU has such close relations with these countries. The thesis analyzes the types of agreements that fostered current relations between the EU and the ACP over recent years which were, in part, based upon trading options offered during former times. The thesis also seeks to explain why the standing agreements had to be replaced and what problems arose from their respective negotiations. Last but not least, the thesis describes the present state of trade relations between the EU and the ACP States and presents the current free trade agreements and the specifics.

U članku se najprije objašnjavaju neki osnovni pojmovi, kao što su El Nińo, La Nińa i južna oscilacija. Potom se opisuje kako se El Nińo razvio 1997. godine i kako je oslabio 1998. godine, koristeći mjerenja izvršena in situ i sa satelita u području ekvatorskog Pacifika. Naposljetku, prikazuju se združeni modeli atmosfere i mora, koji se rabe u prognoziranju El Nińa i s njime povezanih pojava ; naglašava se da se tim modelima uspješno može predvidjeti vjerojatnost srednjeg stanja atmosfere i mora u ekvatorijalnom području, a ponegdje i u umjerenim zemljopisnim širinama (npr. u području Sjedinjenih Američkih Država), ali da se za sada nisu pokazali toliko korisnima za Europu.