Future of Saarc

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”, author cautions neo-liberal approach of 'The Art of War' [BC 445] for the speculation of regional strategic hegemony and inject Global economic superiority by emerging markets in response to Western aggression in Asian mainland. One of the unique work I have struggled with this past year for an honors thesis entitled “BRICS Trade: Possibilities of New Multi-polar World”: paradigm shift of world focus to east. As shown in the title, thesis explores a provocative, but as of yet scarcely narrow down issues of bridging gap between eastern giants and probable

The relationship between cricket and politics is clearly portrayed in South Asia from 1880 to 2005 through the easing of the tension between different caste members, although the tension eased was not always from a religious aspect between the Pakistanis, Indians, and the British. The different problems that arose in South Asia was mostly class or caste systems (Docs 2, 3, 4), rivalry (Docs 1, 6, 10), and religious tensions (Docs 5, 7, 8, 9) against the different countries and cricket teams.

Three levels of analysis, each with its own distinct strength, reveals three different ways of understanding international relations. The first states that all nation-states behave similarly, the second emphasizes the unique internal factors of a nation-state, while the third level of analysis focuses on the individual deciding a state’s course of action. Each level of analysis is useful in the study of international relations. Indeed, used all together, it is not long before arriving at a point where a vast number of explanations for the actions of a country are brought to light. However, to best understand international relations, one level of analysis is more useful than the rest, because it provides the most comprehensive

The ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan has been the subject of speculation and study by political scientists and historians for a number of years. The ethnic conflict seems to have been sparked at the very beginning in 1947, when the British used Muslim and Hindu mercenaries against each other before the area finally split into today’s countries of India and Pakistan (Spiegel et al. 2015, 185). The timeline since then has been full of conflicts, both major and minor. Brutal tactics used by security forces and a high rate of unemployment have added to the issue (BBC News 2016).

India during this time also included Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh but that would change during their fight for independence. Religion in India is majority Hindu at 82%, and 12% Islamic, Pakistan is 97% Islamic, Bangladesh is 87% Islamic, and this is the cause for their separation from India and the sub-continent. Kashmir is another region that is highly

On the other hand, India has spent a majority of its history as a colony of England. It was not until 1947 that India became an independent nation state, after a grassroots nationalist movement started by Gandhi, and even then they were a one party congress. They are also an interesting case of democracy because of how many unfavorable aspects towards it they had, such as high inequality, many peasants, and many different languages and religions (Lecture). In 1956, India was broken up into states by the States Reorganization Act, that made state lines based on linguistic group. India’s founding leaders mirrored the ideas of America, in balancing states rights with a central government (Sil, 2014). They have also more recently gone through a liberalization of their economy. India is unique in the way that their social hierarchy is constructed because of the fact that they have a caste system. The caste system is a combination of religious practice and community organization that is a part of Hinduism (Sil, 2014). This system was officially demolished in the country, but in the country it is still very prevalent, and the focus on helping those who were in lower castes succeed has made people more aware of the way they institute social policies.

One thing that the world does not always acknowledge, is that many countries have actually been demanding for independence ever since the 1800’s. The partition that created Pakistan was a long and tedious process before it got approved. Before World War II, Great Britain had full control over the country of India and its resources, even though the people were demanding for self-rule for several years. At the time, India consisted of both Muslim and Hindu cultures, and the tensions between the two

In the article, author John J. Mearsheimer highlights that a state’s main objective in their actions were meant to survive and take any measure to ensure their safety. The state will focus on surviving and will plan around that objective. However, the safest possible position is to be the hegemon of their region. States aim to achieve this whilst still maintaining a secured surviving status. A state that has potential and holds a respected status may be safe now but is still exposed to downfall corresponds to the idea that states will search for opportunities to gain power over rivals. The author supports the notion of creating alliances and absolute power. In reality, states are not seeking equilibrium, rather they seek hegemony. With a regional hegemony

The traditional buffer state of Afghanistan, due to its location at the cross roads of Asia and tri junction of three strategic regions, and its trade route linking and branching out to Central, West and South Asia has earned an attractive spot in the eyes of the world powers. This prompted Amir Abdur Rehman to remark, “Afghanistan is

"To what extent did events and policies during the Cold War involving India and Pakistan determine their growth till 1991?"

India has Hinduism as its major religion with Islam as its second largest religion, while Pakistan and Bangladesh has Islam as its major religion with Hinduism as its minor religion. The patterns shown on the map illustrates the mass migration of Muslims in India to Pakistan and parts of today's Bangladesh, as well as the mass migrations of Hindus from Pakistan and Bangladesh to India, following the split between India and Pakistan in 1947. The patterns make sense as the Hindus from Bangladesh and Pakistan want to move to Hindu majority country of India, while the Muslims in India want to move to a Muslim majority country like Pakistan or

In this essay I hope to look at the issues of conflict in South Asia focusing on India and in particular the continuing Hindu-Muslim tensions, and look at possible reasons for the continuing conflict which appears to have escalated since the withdrawal of British Rule from India. Multiple events had shaped the Indian subcontinent with

Times have changed now and the countries of this continent are embarking on the era of economic development like never before. Southeastern countries like India, Sri Lanka and China are experiencing amazingly high rates of per capita GDP growth. These countries have also made an effort to preserve communal harmony and unity by following a policy of inter-regional cooperation and forming associations for the above purpose like SAARC.They have also forged important trade alliances with each other to mutual boost economic growth.

The paper discusses three circumstances in three different epochs of world politics where forceful interventions were justified. The paper presents the interventions chronologically so as to demonstrate the evolutionary nature of the concept. Firstly, the paper presents the often neglected untold circumstances of the Indian subcontinent in the cold war, when India invaded East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) in 1971 against the West Pakistan

Different countries have different cultures in the region at the same time we can see internal conflicts being the major issue within the countries. The SAARC countries have their own ethnic issues also intra-regional issues are common. India and Pakistan are two nuclear countries which are rivals of each other. The Kashmir issue is there since the independence of the countries and according to researchers, there is no possible solution for this conflict in the nearby future. If SAARC can choose cooperation over the conflicts, they can achieve much more than the fancy goals which is declared in the