The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually. It
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The British Empire has forever changed the landscape of the world. Their interest in trading with Asia fueled trade routes and territory grabs. No area has been more impacted than South Asia and more specifically their shining jewel at one time India. The British directly ruled India under what can be reared to as the British Raj. The British were able to bring their industrial influence and military strategy of creating the illusion of resolved conflict within micro states of their colony. They
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Japanese Nationalism and its Impacts in East Asia Introduction Led by a new group of conservative leadership‚ Japan is undergoing a rise in nationalism fueled by complex mixture of causes spanning from internal politics‚ economy‚ perception of new threat from China‚ and external influence know in Japan as Gaiatsu. Meanwhile‚ East Asia is experiencing a dramatic shift in regional dominance from Japan to China. Due to the rapid growth in China’s economy‚ East Asian nations‚ having depended on Japan
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The Security Dilemma（Spiral） and its aftermath in Northeast Asia Wang Kai‚ 10210170049 Part 1: Why the security dilemma or spiral in NEA deteriorated after the cold war? 1. Historical legacies A. Memory of the World War II Originating from its brutal occupation of China‚ the natural aversion to Japan has been preserved in part by Japan’s refusal to recognize and apologized for its imperial past. Chinese anti-Japan nationalism explodes recurrently by specific incidents—for instance‚ the revision
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The concept of medieval in South Asia has been a long and contested one. The concept of medieval and was firstly introduced by the colonial administrators. Medieval is a highly debated concept. The reasons which make this concept a debated are chronological uncertainty‚ model building and different. As far as relation of medieval with India term is concerned‚ this term was introduced to India during the colonial encounter‚ before that‚ medieval was not known to India. In our national language medieval
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Task 1: Observe your community I live in Pointe d’esny‚ Mahebourg‚ a small town on the south east coast of Mauritius. Most days I go into Mahebourg and people are always chatting to one another‚ bike riding between shops and houses ‚ walking with dogs‚ fishing in the sea or just relaxing under a tree alongside the road. Every afternoon there are school children walking home or playing in the streets‚ laughing and having fun. Many of the men are fishing or coming home after a long day of fishing
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How has Confucianism influenced modern economic development in East Asia? The rise of Asia’s so called “Tiger” economies followed by China‚ has given rise to the spectrum of a distinctly East Asian economic development model. The pioneering economic success of in particular‚ Singapore‚ South Korea and Japan since the 1970’s has highlighted the need to evaluate and distinguish how such economies achieved such successive growth. A variety of possible factors can explain or highlight possibilities
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of these phenomena is the existential vacuum. In the 1960s‚ Viktor Frankl observed that people twentieth century have lost meaning of purpose. He also observed that the existential vacuum was worse in the United States than in Europe or developing countries. A potential cause for this feeling of emptiness is the loss of animal instinct throughout human history. Every living culture‚ whether it was human or animal has an innate set of instincts that guide how we live. However‚ through time‚ humans
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Asia is the most enormous and populous continent in the world‚ so much so that it has been geographically split into five Realms. These five realms consist of Central Asia‚ Southwest Asia‚ East Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ and South Asia. South Asia is one the most diverse realms of the world with its continuously snowcapped mountain peaks‚ deserts‚ lush farmlands‚ and tropical forests it is a topographical marvel in its own right. South Asia is bordered by the Arabian Sea on the West‚ the Bay of Bengal
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INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT=1 SOUTH ASIA AND MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY SECURITY 3/27/2013 SUBMITTED BY FAIZAN-ALI BBA-7C * Introduction: The article named south Asia and management of energy security has been written by a well known associate professor of international relations miss DR MUSARRAT JABEEN Quetta university Baluchistan. The writer herself a very competent and well known to her subject of specialization with the great exposure
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