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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 7
page report discusses the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam located on the northern coast of
Borneo. For the past century, the tiny nation was one of the wealthiest in the world but it
has recently had to deal with numerous economic problems and is being forced to change
many long-held habits and attitudes. In addition, since oil has evolved as the primary
resource of the nation, the population of Brunei (approximately 330,000 people) has
received the benefits of the “Shellfare State - free cradle to grave health care and
education.” Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWbrunei.rtf
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(Malay, Negara Brunei Darussalam), sultanate" (Encarta). The sultanate is most often referred to as "Brunei Darussalam." However, nearly any student in the West would not find the description as particularly
useful. Sadly, they are also unlikely to be able to pinpoint its location on a world map, even after reading: "... northern coast of the island of Borneo, eastern Asia,
bounded on the north by the South China Sea, and on all other sides by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which also divides the country into two parts" (Encarta). Furthermore,
the entire nation is only about the size of Delaware (the second smallest of the United States). But other aspects of the nation will seem more familiar. Mention of the
title "Sultan of Brunei" and images of vast wealth come to mind, especially as those same encyclopedic references explain that petroleum and natural gas are the countrys most important natural
resources and the taxes and revenues associated with the oil and gas industries fuel (pun intended) the entire nations economy and infrastructure. The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, is
supposed to be one of the richest men in the world. And in the current political climate in which the West seems to almost categorically mistrust anything related to Islam,
the majority of Bruneis population are Muslims. Dynasty of 600 Years In an article about the abuses of power and wealth by the Sultan of Bruneis younger brother, Prince Jefri,
in Asia Week (08-16-01), the point is made that the current Sultan of Brunei represents an "unbroken 600-year-old Muslim dynasty" (pp. ASWK18373734). At one time, the sultans of Brunei "...controlled
an empire that stretched to the southern Philippines. But during the 19th century, it had plumbed the depths, reduced almost to extinction by the expansionary claims of the neighboring white
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