BIOC0578 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation, Hegemony, Human Capital
Document Summary
Due to indian stubborn attitude saarc is failed in achieving its objectives. Cooperation (saarc) is one of the major regional organizations operating today. It occupies a land area greater than the eu and. Asean, and enjoys superiority in terms of population over the two. In terms of gdp, it stands second to the eu. India and pakistan, the two largest powers of saarc were initially very suspicious of the organization. However, they too were to later join saarc. Saarc enjoys several advantages that boost its significance. It is a regional organization that gives its participants a platform to interact. It is a wholly indigenous project not introduced by an outside power and this makes the regional forum free of foreign interference. Unlike the european union and the asean which were formulated as us-aided, localized resistances to outside hegemons like russia and china, saarc came into being out of a genuine need for regional integration.
