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In this chapter of the Strategic Survey 2004/5, the authors analyze issues & events impacting strategic developments of Asian regions in light of economic & defense strategies that indicate changes in the security relationship to the US & Europe. The most daunting security issue facing Asia is argued to be North Korea's efforts to build nuclear weapons since the nonprogress of the six-party talks, & a more flexible approach by the US is recommended. China's domestic & foreign policies are in flux, as well as the bilateral relationship to the US since China forgave errant states important to China's strategic interests. The fragile peace process between India & Pakistan is viewed as more positive since the bilateral security environment, but faces continuing challenges regarding Kashmir, water disputes, & increased military developments. Both Central & Southeast Asia face instability as key regional partners change the geopolitics through breaking & creating common ties with security partners & extra-regional relationships. Japan's Koizumi government continues to develop an attitude of defense & security policy activism towards the US & North Korea. J. Harwell

Die europäisch-asiatischen Beziehungen, so die Herausgeber, kranken immer noch an einem Hegemonialdenken, das auf die Kolonialzeit zurückgeht, und das einer gleichberechtigten Partnerschaft im Wege steht. Die vorliegende Publikation möchte diese polarisierende Sichtweise hinterfragen und dazu beitragen, ein differenzierteres Bild nicht nur der geographisch-kulturellen Entitäten Asiens und Europas, sondern auch der komplexen europäisch-asiatischen Beziehungen zu zeichnen. Die Autoren der Beiträge aus den Bereichen Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften hinterfragen dazu eingefahrene Denkfiguren auf unterschiedliche Weise und auf verschiedenen Gebieten: Da geht es um den Zusammenhang von Übernahme westlicher Technologie und der kulturellen Pluralität Asiens, um Machtstrukturen im akademischen Diskurs im Sinne von Edward Saids "Orientalism", und um die wechselseitige Abhängigkeit von Europa und Asien. Weitere Beiträge sind unter anderem den britischen und indischen Gesundheitswesen im 19. Jh. sowie der Frage nach der gegenwärtigen Situation von Migranten aus dem indischen Raum in Europa gewidmet. Die Beiträge sind aus dem an der Universität Singapur veranstalteten gleichnamigen Workshop hervorgegangen, an dem Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Disziplinen im Dezember 2001 teilgenommen hatten. (ifa)

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table fo Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Introduction and Overview; Current State of Cross-Regional Economic Ties; Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure; Energy Infrastructure and Trading; Infrastructure Finance and Financial Sector Development; Trade Facilitation; National and Regional Policy Reforms; Risks to Connectivity and Institutional Arrangements; Assessing Impacts of Regional Integration; Background Papers for the Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia Study.

This report analyzes how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process. It examines major developments in South Asian–Southeast Asian trade and investment, economic cooperation, the role of economic corridors, and regional cooperation initiatives. In particular, it identifies significant opportunities for strengthening these integration efforts as a result of the recent opening up of Myanmar in political, economic, and financ

While economic problems are undermining defence spending in the US and European countries, Asia is becoming increasingly militarised. In a regional context of strategic uncertainty, many Asian countries' sustained rapid economic growth is providing substantially increased resources for their armed forces. Asian states' growing defence budgets are being used to purchase increasingly sophisticated conventional military systems that potentially provide armed forces in the region with the capacity to located and destroy targets at longer ranges and with greater accuracy. Adapted from the source document.

A recent study by the Asian Development Bank notes that by 2050, Asia's per capita income would rise six-fold to reach Europe's levels today, one of many indications of Asia's "re-emergence". By then, Asia's share of global GDP would have doubled and it would have regained the dominant economic position it once held some 300 years ago before the industrial revolution. What is less well-known is that during the previous eras of globalization, Asia was also regionally integrated and globally connected. During the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, Asia was divided and fragmented. This unique book argues that, led by the economic dynamism and "re-encountering" between China and India, we are witnessing the "Renaissance of Asia". As in the bygone eras, Asia is integrating within itself and the global economy is intensifying, now driven by market-oriented production networks and economic policies. Asia is starting to be "re-centered" as trade and investment relations between South Asia and East Asia surge. Asia's rise is a restoration of the past, not a revolution. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the economic development of Asia