The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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Introduction South Asia is a volatile region. In particular‚ India and Pakistan have‚ since the end of the Cold War‚ been widely regarded as the two countries most likely to become involved in a nuclear war. The cultural‚ religious‚ and ideological tensions that underlie the state-tostate antagonism are very deep-seated. The long and contested border‚ frequent armed conflict and mutual distrust result in an inherently unstable situation between the two nuclear armed rivals. This study will summarize
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Subject: Islam in Central Asia Essay topic: 1. “Jadidism was a movement for cultural and social renewal in Central Asia in the early 20th century. For all their belief in progress as embodied by modern Europe‚ the Jadids never wavered in their commitment to seeing themselves and their audience as Muslims.” What were the main elements of the Jadids’ project‚ and how did they synthesise Western modernity and Islam? Introduction: Islam reached the Central Asian region in the 8th century
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to 1600 CE: Spain‚ Portugal‚ Asian Gunpowder Empires 2. 1600 to 1750 CE: English‚ Dutch‚ French‚ and Russians Ascendant D. Modern Period 1. 1750 – 1800 CE: The Enlightenment and 1st Industrial Revolution 2. 1800 – 1850 CE: Early Political Revolutions 2. 1850 – 1914 CE: 2nd Industrial Revolution‚ New Actors & Imperialism E. Contemporary Period 1. 1914 – 1945 CE: The Long World War 2. 1945 – 1990 CE: The Cold War‚ Decolonization 3. 1990 CE to Present: Globalization and
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Cultural ‚ Political‚ and Religious Interactions in Ancient Asia By Eunice Andong‚ Grade 10 Since Asian countries came in contact with each other‚ Cultural‚ Political‚ and Religious interactions between them‚ began. The Ancient Asian countries’ interactions with each other play a big role in affecting how the Asian countries are today. Political contacts and interaction were most often made because a country wanted to become allies to gain military security‚ or to join their forces to fight
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VOICES FROM MARGINAL WOMEN: GENDER IN SOUTH-ASIAN LITERATURE. “ Na Stri Swatantra Marhati” – [ Shloka ( verse ) from Mahabharat ] “My life is my own……My will is my own. My wishes are my own. No one can kill those - no one ! I will do what I like with my self and my life ! I will decide ……” [Tendulkar‚Vijay. Silence! The Court Is In Session. Trans. Priya Adarkar. India: Oxford University Press‚ 2004.] These two contradictory comments are about women – the first one is the rigid
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Tourism in south Asia: This world contains a facet of nations‚ peoples‚ scenario etc. critically visualizing everyone in this world is racing infinitesimally with the needs and challenges emerging in their general life in response to their daily work. So as a means to get relief and refreshment from the daily work ‚ most of the people visit abroad for recreational ‚ business‚ educational purposes etc. And this is known as tourism. From the definition point of view; theobald in 1994 suggested
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Social‚ Cultural and Economic Impact of Globalization in India 79 rate or flag this page By premsingh glimpses Click thumbnail to view full-size Fatehpur Sikri Socialization of people for improving business and financial activities across the globe can be referred as globalization. It is not a new phenomena as people kept searching new places and avenues to increase their business activities as evident by explorations of Vasco degama‚ Columbus and East India Company. Bitter experiences
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South Asia contains seven nations: India‚ Pakistan‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan‚ Bangladesh‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Maldives. The combined area of these seven nations is approximately 1.7 million square miles‚ and it contains 1.3 billion people. South Asia has five times the population of the United States in an area that is only one-half the size of the United States . South Asia is made up of three topographic regions. The Himalaya‚ Karakorum‚ and Hindu Kush mountain ranges and their southern slopes ‚the Indo-Gangetic
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ASSIGNMENT NO.1 IMPACTS OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY Group-1: Junaid-ur-Rahman (ME-123052) Muhammad Zaid (ME-123051) Shamoon Tariq (ME-123053) Section: ME (09) Submitted On: 08-10-2012 Submitted To: Sir Aijaz Athar IMPACT OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY ARRIVAL OF ISLAM IN INDIA Muhammad bin Qasim in A.D. 712. After the foundation of Muslim rule in India‚ Islam spread far and wide and brought about a great change in the social a religious outlook
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