Foreign Policy Watch: India-ASEAN Regional Groupings
Post-Doklam, India asserts itself in China’s backyard
Mains Paper 2: IR | Bilateral, regional & global groupings & agreements involving India &/or affecting India’s interests
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: ASEAN, East Asia summit, Doklam issue, South China Sea, UN laws of the seas (UNCLOS)
Mains level: India’s rising stature in world affairs
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Convergence of interests with the new quadrilateral grouping
Displaying convergence of interests with the new quadrilateral grouping with U.S., Japan, and Australia, India reached out to China’s backyard
It addressed an array of issues ranging from the tension in the Korean peninsula to freedom of navigation and sought a crackdown on chemical weapons during the ASEAN and the East Asia summits
India emerges as a more dependable partner for South-East Asia
Following the Doklam faceoff with China, India has emerged as a more dependable partner for South-East Asia
South-East Asian countries expect New Delhi to be assertive with Beijing
Outcome of the Doklam crisis has shown that India has reached a stage where it can be a resilient strategic and defense partner for them
Southeast Asian region had been facing uncertainties following the exit of President Barack Obama as he took visible interest in the region
Fundamental change in India’s foreign affairs
India is now embracing the big-ticket issues of East Asia like the North Korean nuclear crisis as well
PM Modi shared concerns of DPRK’s pursuit of missiles and nuclear weapons and called for complete verification and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
He also said that North Korea’s proliferation links must be investigated and the parties who have supported these unlawful programmes must be made accountable
Taking up of North Korean threats was part of a new Indian set of concerns that also covers major global issues like terrorism by the Islamic State and its capability to inflict mass casualties, and tensions in the South China Sea that concern the world as well as India
India’s stand on the South China Sea
India remains concerned about China’s man-made structures in the South China Sea that are likely to create navigational problems and international friction
The situation in the South China Sea also featured in the statement of PM Modi in the ASEAN who asked for upholding of the ‘rules-based regional security architecture’, an expression often described to refer to China’s opposition to adhere to the UN laws of the seas (UNCLOS)
India wants total ban on chemical weapons
India also pushed for a total ban on chemical weapons in the region and for an end to terrorist financing
The agreements on terror financing, chemical weapons and de-radicalization adopted at the East Asia Summit will help the region cope with the threat of terrorism effectively in future
Post-Doklam, India asserts itself in China’s backyard
Mains Paper 2: IR | Bilateral, regional & global groupings & agreements involving India &/or affecting India’s interests
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: ASEAN, East Asia summit, Doklam issue, South China Sea, UN laws of the seas (UNCLOS)
Mains level: India’s rising stature in world affairs
News
Convergence of interests with the new quadrilateral grouping
Displaying convergence of interests with the new quadrilateral grouping with U.S., Japan, and Australia, India reached out to China’s backyard
It addressed an array of issues ranging from the tension in the Korean peninsula to freedom of navigation and sought a crackdown on chemical weapons during the ASEAN and the East Asia summits
India emerges as a more dependable partner for South-East Asia
Following the Doklam faceoff with China, India has emerged as a more dependable partner for South-East Asia
South-East Asian countries expect New Delhi to be assertive with Beijing
Outcome of the Doklam crisis has shown that India has reached a stage where it can be a resilient strategic and defense partner for them
Southeast Asian region had been facing uncertainties following the exit of President Barack Obama as he took visible interest in the region
Fundamental change in India’s foreign affairs
India is now embracing the big-ticket issues of East Asia like the North Korean nuclear crisis as well
PM Modi shared concerns of DPRK’s pursuit of missiles and nuclear weapons and called for complete verification and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
He also said that North Korea’s proliferation links must be investigated and the parties who have supported these unlawful programmes must be made accountable
Taking up of North Korean threats was part of a new Indian set of concerns that also covers major global issues like terrorism by the Islamic State and its capability to inflict mass casualties, and tensions in the South China Sea that concern the world as well as India
India’s stand on the South China Sea
India remains concerned about China’s man-made structures in the South China Sea that are likely to create navigational problems and international friction
The situation in the South China Sea also featured in the statement of PM Modi in the ASEAN who asked for upholding of the ‘rules-based regional security architecture’, an expression often described to refer to China’s opposition to adhere to the UN laws of the seas (UNCLOS)
India wants total ban on chemical weapons
India also pushed for a total ban on chemical weapons in the region and for an end to terrorist financing
The agreements on terror financing, chemical weapons and de-radicalization adopted at the East Asia Summit will help the region cope with the threat of terrorism effectively in future
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