South Asia in World Politics

Lucian W. Pye; Devin T. Hagerty

doi:10.2307/20031891

Space of Green Politics in South Asia: Myth Or Reality?

Review of Economics and Development Studies ◽

10.26710/reads.v5i2.595 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 253-260

Author(s):

Altaf Majeed ◽

Mussawar Hussain Bukhari ◽

Ali Shan Shah ◽

Mian Muhammad Azhar

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

South Asia ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Political Ideology ◽

Forest Conservation ◽

World Politics ◽

Social Progress ◽

The Political ◽

Green Politics ◽

Grass Root

Green politics is a political ideology comprises social progress through sustainable development, peace, social justice, and grass-root democracy. Green politics is an evolving trend in world politics emerged in 1970s and revolutionized the political scenarios after the mid-80s with the discovery of ‘Ozone Hole’ in 1984. Currently, green or eco political parties are popular in many advance countries such as Germany, France, UK, Netherland, and Spain etc. Regions which present a bleak picture on eco-politics are backward in environmental sustainability, and same is the case with South Asia. Environment is considered a secondary thing in South Asia; because region is already tackling the primary goals of life such as food, shelter, inflation, health, and education etc. Until achieving these goals; eco-politics will remain an illusion in South Asia despite facing many environmental related challenges. Hence, environmental slogans are not Asian political parties. Yet, there are some conservation and reforestation projects such as a billion-tree project in KPK of Pakistan or KFCC (Kerala forest conservation campaign) etc. South Asia is prone to climate change and global warming; Karachi, Mumbai, and Maldives are in the immediate threat to be drowned till 2050 if the sea level keeps rising due to the melting of glaciers. Hence, the need is to focus on more environmental oriented political programs before it is too latepopular in the region. There is a nominal finding about environment in the manifestoes of South.

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George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts - Music as a Platform for Political Communication ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1986-7.ch008 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 149-166

Author(s):

Mohammad Delwar Hossain ◽

James Aucoin

Keyword(s):

Popular Music ◽

South Asia ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

New Left ◽

Humanitarian Aid ◽

World Politics ◽

Severe Weather ◽

The South ◽

George Harrison

The Concert for Bangladesh occurred on August 1, 1971, forever changing the dynamic between popular music, politics, and humanitarian aid. The concert was organized by former Beatle George Harrison, reflecting New Left political leanings. He was inspired to put on the concert by Bengali Ravi Shankar, who sought aid for victims of war and severe weather in East Pakistan, soon to become Bangladesh. The concert raised consciousness among the counterculture movement and mixed with world politics as the War of Liberation raged in the south Asia country on the Indian subcontinent.

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South Asia in world politics

Choice Reviews Online ◽

10.5860/choice.43-2474 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 43 (04) ◽

pp. 43-2474-43-2474

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

World Politics

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CHINA-INDIA’S CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE REGION OF SOUTH ASIA

ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ◽

10.17721/apmv.2020.142.1.4-14 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 4-14

Author(s):

M. Doroshko ◽

S. But

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

World Politics ◽

New Delhi ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Expansion Strategy ◽

Important Region ◽

One Belt One Road ◽

Road Project ◽

The One

The trends of the growing confrontation of international relations and the increasing role of Asian countries in world politics directly affect the issue of China-India interaction in the strategically important region of South Asia. It is clear that the role of the region for each of the sides has a different weight: if India considers leadership in South Asia as a key geopolitical goal, for the PRC it is only one element of the global expansion strategy. Both states are trying to consolidate their influence in the region through various kinds of collaboration and assistance, using bilateral and multilateral formats of cooperation. In particular, at the level of competition of geoeconomic initiatives, China is actively promoting the “One Belt, One Road” project, while India seeks to balance using a wider range of integration tools – SAARC, “NorthSouth”, “Spice Route” and “Look East” policy. However, the Chinese side is achieving success due to great financial opportunities and promises, the needs of the countries of the region for external impulses for economic development, the lack of determination in Indian regional politicy, and the rejection by South Asian countries the prospect of Indian domination, key reason of what is various kinds of problems in relations with official New-Delhi. This concerns primarily Pakistan, which at the same time is a key regional partner of China. Now the regional policy of India has a clear advantage over the Chinese strategy of "geopolitical ticks" only in Bhutan and tactically in the Maldives. However, Chinese influence is increasingly causing concern among the regional given the growth of financial dependence, the use of so-called “debt-trap diplomacy” and even a demonstration of strength, the most colorful evidence of what is the experience of Sri Lanka.

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