Āna (Pāna) Relates to inhibition A pervasive aspect of Burmese culture, āna literally means to have one’s strength (ā) hurt (na); the optional suffix pāna literally means ‘cheek hurts’. Āna can be interpreted as a security strategy employed in one’s social interactions with others of unknown, equal, or greater power so as not to offend [...]
Languages of Security in the Asia-Pacific
College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
Categories
- FORUM (1)
- LANGUAGES (176)
- *Introductions (10)
- Burmese (24)
- Chinese (18)
- English (Australian) (11)
- English (Indian) (4)
- Indonesian (17)
- Japanese (16)
- Karen (17)
- Korean (North) (11)
- Korean (South) (12)
- Malaysian (12)
- Shan (19)
- Thai (16)
- RELATES TO (166)
- Alliance (2)
- Apology (4)
- Autonomy (1)
- Ballistic Missiles (1)
- Bilateral ties (1)
- Border (5)
- Ceasefire (3)
- Civil Disobedience (1)
- Communism (1)
- Community (6)
- Confidence (5)
- Defence (6)
- Democracy (1)
- Deterrence (3)
- Development (1)
- Engagement (1)
- Ethnicity (7)
- Expansionism (1)
- Fear (1)
- Federalism (1)
- Followership (1)
- Forced Labour (3)
- Harmony (1)
- Hegemony (1)
- Historical Revisionism (1)
- Human Rights (1)
- Human Security (5)
- Imperialism (1)
- Independence (4)
- Inhibition (1)
- Institution (1)
- Jammu and Kashmir (1)
- Kidnapping (1)
- Leader (1)
- Legitimacy (1)
- Middle Power (1)
- Military (1)
- Militia (1)
- Nation (8)
- Non-interference (1)
- Offence (3)
- Order (5)
- Patriotism (1)
- Peace (6)
- Pluralism (1)
- Race (3)
- Region (10)
- Religion (1)
- Riot (1)
- Rise of China (5)
- Sacrifice (1)
- Security (14)
- Security Community (3)
- Self-determination (2)
- Socialism (1)
- Sovereignty (7)
- Stability (5)
- State (3)
- Territorial Integrity (2)
- Terrorism; terrorist (8)
- Threat (4)
- Transparency (1)
- Trust (1)
- Turmoil (2)
- Unification (1)
- Unity (1)
About Us
Our Partners
Meta
© 2006–2007 Languages of Security in the Asia-Pacific — Sitemap — Cutline by Chris Pearson