Economic integration — a foreign policy tool
East Asia is an economically integrated region. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is expected to come into force in January 2022, are reflective of region’s economic integration. The regional countries’ collective drive towards economic growth has contributed towards region’s cohesion. The economic …
China and India regional approaches
CHINA and India are two important countries of Asia and their population “accounts for 40 percent of the 6.5 billion plus people on earth.” Seeing the governance structures of China and India, they are led by different systems’. China is ahead of India in development. As per the International Monetary Fund statistics, China will be …
Political unrest in Myanmar
THE political discord between the military and protestors in Myanmar have become violent. Security forces are using tear gas and stun grenades to deter the protestors. Nearly, 50 people have lost their life in protests over a period of one-month. As per the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Advocacy Group about 1,700 people are kept …
India’s politics and society
THE Hindu nationalist political parties struggle towards constitutional empowerment has brought religion as a political and social factor in India. Whether, it has strengthened the country’s political culture or it has made India a Hindu democracy? India’s democracy and secular character are often cited as progressive tools. During initial years of independence, the Nehruvian policies …
