World Affairs

Vol. 3, Number 1 (Jan.–Mar. 1999)

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• Letter from the Executive Editor

 

Interview:

• Attempts at Regional Cooperation in South Asia
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  In a wide-ranging interview, Nihal Rodrigo, secretary general, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, provides an overview of SAARC’s objectives and evolution, and discusses the particular challenges facing the regional body.

 

Comment:

• Foreign Policy in a Changing World

  The new international changes in the post cold war era have major ramifications on the foreign policy of South Asian countries. In this context J N Dixit, Khaled Ahmed and Abul Ahsan analyse the international behaviour of their countries.

 

Articles:

• Governance and Religions: The Role of Religion in Public Policy

  A new way of thinking regarding religion and governance is emerging which is a creative mix of the rational and intuitive, combined with the tolerance of diversity, argue Harlan Cleveland and Marc Luyckx.

• Bombs, Sanctions and State Destruction: US Action in a Unipolar World
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  Raju G C Thomas is of the opinion that unrestrained and discriminatory US actions in the Balkans are generating serious problems in the area.

• An Emerging Relationship: The European Union’s New Asia Strategy

  The European Union is striving to forge an all-round relationship with ASEAN but many among European officials perceive the economic dimension as more important than anything else, notes Georg Wiessala.

 

Review Essay:

• Hong Kong — The Patten Effect, by Neville Maxwell
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Documents:

1. Joint Statement on Common Security Challenges at the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century, September 2, 1998

2. Korea–China Joint Statement, November 13, 1998

3. The Lahore Declaration, February 21, 1999