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171728
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As a conflict zone for power and supremacy, history cannot exclude the
oceans. During the early phases of modern history, oceans were the zones of
intense contestation where most of the conflicts among major and aspiring
powers played out. The contestations played the most significant role in shaping
both history and civilisation. It would not be farfetched to say that the modern
history of the world is also, in a way, the history of oceans. The tussles for
power, resources, land, and people were mostly fought over the seas and
oceans, as these were the only modes of communication and transportation
linking distant countries and continents. Though the Indian Ocean, covering
the expanse from East Africa to the Indian subcontinent and Australia, has
always been the theatre of human interactions, it caught global attention only
in 1498 when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut (now
Kozhikode) after a successful sea voyage.
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ID:
147988
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‘Regionalism’ has emerged as the most important aspect of contemporary international relations. Across the world, the countries are preferring to form regional groups to achieve the goals of peace and development. Instead of being a grand global narrative, politics is increasingly becoming regionalized, resulting in significant changes in the power dynamics at both regional and global level. There are efforts to build up regional networks and infrastructure to expedite the processes of resource generation, mobilization and economic modernization. In Asia, however, the push towards regional integration runs into political tussle as the two major actors-China and India- try to counter each other and have parallel regional network projects.
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ID:
116213
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ID:
098483
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ID:
157302
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Indo-Pacific, for its economic potential and strategic importance, has surely emerged as the new ‘power zone’ of global political system with the entire world attention focused on it. In the context of belligerent war threats from North Korea, the intensification of geo-political conflicts among dominant players like India, China, Japan and ASEAN members and the ensuing power realignments, the region has become the new theatre of power struggle in Asia.
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ID:
110410
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ID:
148575
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ID:
100379
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ID:
116092
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ID:
169811
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Kashmir has been the bone of contention ever since the inception of India and Pakistan as two separate independent countries after the end of British colonial rule in 1947. It is perhaps one of the longest continuing political disputes in world history. While India justifiably claims Kashmir as an integral part of its territory after the King of Kashmir Raja Hari Singh, facing aggression from Pak-sponsored militia, signed the Instrument of Accession in October 1947, Pakistan’s obduracy to accept this reality and demand to hold Plebiscite
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ID:
136855
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Subhas Chandra Bose, popularly known as Netaji, occupied a unique position in the political scene of pre-independent India because of his distinctive political methods and strategic thinking. Ever since he appeared on the political scene of India, his courage, conviction, personality, patriotism, and sacrifice made him an icon for the people, especially the youth of the country. Though he believed in the collective leadership of the Congress to lead the masses towards the goal of national emancipation, he refused to toe the Gandhian line of phase-wise political movement based on constructive programmers and the ideology of non-violence.
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ID:
143992
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India, in recent times, has been assiduously trying to redefine its role in Asia as well as global political system. There have been new (foreign) policy formulations and recalibration of old policies in order to adjust effectively to the ever-changing power relations, both at the regional and global level, and also the emerging world order.
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ID:
109055
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ID:
140619
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The Asian countries have failed to get their acts together. Despite the economic imperatives pushing for a grand alliance among the Asian countries along the lines of European Union, any such formation had not been possible even after more than a decade into the 21st century. In fact, Asia, of late, has become a hotbed of conflicts, controversies and contradictory claims and counter-claims among the various countries. The increasing tensions over territorial disputes, rising military budgets and dawdling economic growth threaten to “impede trade, tourism and investment especially if incidents occur between rival air or naval forces operating in close proximity over or around disputed waters and territories. Cyberspace is another domain in which competition could get out of hand.” As Asia is passing through a phase of transition- from poverty and political irrelevance to prosperity and political dominance- it has to contend with power imbalances and growing security challenges. The resurfacing of Cold War era territorial and maritime disputes has led to formation of alliances and counter-alliances and reconfiguration of power equations in the region. The intensification of geo-political competition among the major Asian countries has thwarted any attempt towards political integration that would have resulted from greater economic interdependence.
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ID:
158239
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The dispute over South China Sea is reflective of the continuing politico-strategic tussle in Asia. On one side is China asserting its hegemonic ambitions, while on the other are India, Japan and other South East Asian countries trying their best to counter China.
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ID:
152925
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ID:
154016
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Kashmir, once again, is in turmoil. Peace eludes the state as large scale violence, killings, blasts and uprisings dominate the scene severely affecting daily lives of the people. With the dramatic rise in infiltration from across the border coupled with internal resentment against some of the policies and actions of the ruling regime, Kashmir remains on the edge. The efforts of the Indian government, both political and military, have failed to restore peace and normalcy in Kashmir.
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