What are four factors to consider when discussing security?
Who created them?
Jerald Sigel
1. Nature of Political System
2. Economic interdependence
3. role of regional organisations
4. balance of power
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What conflict is there between India and Pakistan?
Territorial dispute over Kashmir since 1947.
Both claim it in full, but control only parts of it.
Wars in 1965 and 1999
It affects trade
Modi has taken tougher line
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When was SAARC created?
name two areas of unsuccess.
created 1985 to check Indian hegemony
not able to bring India and Pakistan together
not able to prevent Islamist terror
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Who is part of ASEAN + 3?
10: Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
+ 3: China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
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What is the 'winderners' understanding of security?
New understanding , bottom up, holistic, not state-centric. More diverse. Attention to other areas of security such as environmental, economic, terrorism, human security, (food, health etc
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How does Mary Kaldor add to the new security agenda?
post cold war conflicts, very grey , in context of erosion of political legitimacy, secessionist movements, active dispora, civil wars
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What is washington's roles in regards to dictators?
They supported Pakistan dictator in cold war, supported Mujahadeen.
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What is Islamism?
Extreme political ideology. Islam in conflict with western world, and everyone not as religious as them.
About society with Islamic orientation
rejection of intellectualism, pluralism, free speech and democratic governance
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what is Jihadism? and lesser Jihadi?
Jihadism is struggle to become good human.
lesser Jihad is to wage war but only for defensive reasons.
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what are the two varieties of Islamism?
where do they originate from?
Deobandism- south Asian. context of forcefully converting Hindu and Muslim to Christianity
Wahhabism - middle eastern version
1750-1850
Ottoman and other empires on verge of collapse.
so turn to Islam for answers
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What is Islamic modernism?
1850-1950
arose out of external pressure from European expansionism.
more accommodating
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What is Islamic radacalism?
post 1945
Qutb from Egypt: realised Muslim world was cultural and political besieged by the west, and Muslim youth were being westernised. cultural decay and western influence, on youth.
reactionary to west and modernity
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When was financial crisis?
Where did it start?
impact?
1997 in Thailand
Reminded that social order, political stability, and even national security rested ultimately on economic performance.
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which countries claim the Spratly Islands in the SCS?
why?
- China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines
- natural gas, economic
- Conflict in these highly travelled sea lanes would immediately put interests of US, Japan and other major powers at stake.
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Card 2
Front
What conflict is there between India and Pakistan?
Back
Territorial dispute over Kashmir since 1947.
Both claim it in full, but control only parts of it.
Wars in 1965 and 1999
It affects trade
Modi has taken tougher line
Card 3
Front
When was SAARC created?
name two areas of unsuccess.
Back
Card 4
Front
Who is part of ASEAN + 3?
Back
Card 5
Front
What is the 'winderners' understanding of security?
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