DIPLOMATIST MAGAZINE
Published monthly from India covering political, public, economic, and soft diplomacy; promoting goodwill amongst nations; enabling people-to-people contact and communications worldwide Subscribe

PUBLISHER’S NOTE/EDITORIAL

Welcome to the December edition of the Diplomatist.From the picturesque locales of Addu in Maldives to occupying a place at the high table in Bali, New Delhi’s post-Diwali diplomacy has been crackling, to say the least. It certainly has been a hectic day at the office for Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and for the editorial team at the Diplomatist that has made every attempt to cover all aspects of India’s diplomatic endeavours.

Read the Note

News

> International News

> Corporate News
> Bilateral Notes

Read the News

Myanmar and the Road Ahead

The most authoritative voice on Myanmar, Dr Tint Swe who was elected to parliament for Myanmar’s National League for Democracy in the 1990 elections, subsequently toppled by the military regime, now an exile in New Delhi for over two decades.

Read an Article

The spectacular growth of the Indian economy has been a puissant tale. Its soaring growth has catapulted India to the position of one of the leading economies of the future. The increasing interest in India’s role and significance in the global economy is, therefore, completely understandable.

Read an Article

Through the years, Indonesia has successfully worked on its comparative advantages which have also consequently helped enhance its global competitiveness. As per the Indonesia Competitiveness Report 2011 published by the World Economic Forum, Indonesia is ranked 44th out of 139 economies in the Global Competitiveness Index in 2010.

Read an Article

The USGA puts the value of minerals at about a trillion dollars, with iron ore valued at about $500 billion, copper at about $275 billion, niobium at about $80 billion and cobalt, gold and molybdenum valued at about $100 billion. Other minerals include rare earths, silver and aluminium, valued at about $7-8 billion. The greatest interest of the West lies in rare earth elements, which is in short supply and forms the basis of future economic and military advancements.

Read an Article

The Fall Of Europe: The End of a Love Affair

Ireland has not lost all its battles in Europe. It has successfully blocked attempts to get it to raise its low corporation tax rates. But battles to maintain the status quo are easier to win than ones to make positive changes

Read an Article

Kyrgyzstan- An Island of Democracy in Central Asia

It would seem that a country in the corner of Central Asia with a population less than that of New Delhi, with minimal oil and gas resources and limited gold mining, would hardly matter in the international system.

Read an Article

With “Building Bridges” as its theme, the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit began on November 10 at Addu City, Maldives.

Read an Article

The South Asian region has been described as a conflict ridden zone because two important members of the region, India and Pakistan.

Read an Article

SAARC’s Growth in a Globalised World

Cooperation among the peoples of South Asia goes back centuries. Since 1985, this has been institutionalized with the formation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It reflects a form of South-South Cooperation and exists, not in isolation, but as part of the global world.

   Read an Article

South Asia is a region predominantly characterized by common legacies of the past, socio-cultural and ethno-linguistic similarities, geo-strategic and geo-economic interlink on one hand, and deep rooted turbulence, hostilities, misperceptions and small power complexities on the other.

   Read an Article

South Asian Road beyond Regionalism

It all started with good intentions. Like those of many other regional organizations, the Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), signed in Dhaka on 8 December 1985, was fairly ambitious. SAARC’s official objective was “to promote welfare of the people of South Asia and to improve their quality of life”

Read an Article

SAFTA: Overlooked Barriers; Underrated Benefits

The fact that South Asian countries are importing many products from outside the region although regional trading partners are relatively more price competitive, also indicates the existence of numerous non-tariff barriers.

Read an Article

A Vision for South Asia

If India and Pakistan lay the foundation of a Confederation in the sub-continent, other countries of the region will come in before long, as in Europe. Further, the example of South Asia may even inspire the warring countries of the Middle East to benefit from a good example.

Read an Article

Revisiting the SAARC Visa Regime

Visa restrictions are one of the serious impediments affecting intra-regional trade promotion in the SAARC region. In order to facilitate business development.

Read an Article

One Who does not look ahead always remains behind

The Earth is a unique, interconnected system that mankind has always tried to understand. Although there have been great discoveries made in science, there are many aspects of our planet that are beyond our understanding or control.

Read an Article

CHOGM 2011 - Building Resilience Beyond Borders

The Commonwealth of Nations is a unique organization. It covers nearly thirty percent of the world’s total population, and its present membership consists of 54 states from all six continents of the world. Yet, it does not have a formal constitution – it functions on the basis of certain moral and ethical principles which include peace, democracy, liberty, equality, an end to racism and eradication of poverty.

Read an Article

New Reality in the Middle East

Some international observers felt that Palestine’s inclusion in the UNESCO was more a symbolic than a political victory, but could serve as a precedent for its entry into other UN bodies.

 Read an Article

Syria Spared Libya’s fate

The current round of trouble in Syria began on 26 January 2011, when one case of self immolation was reported. Protesters thereafter have been calling for political reforms in Syria, for a restoration of civil rights and for an end to the state of emergency, which was in place since 1963.

 Read an Article

Ever since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established in 1992 with a near universal membership to tackle the defining challenge of our time, international deliberations over the past two decades have led to a larger and globally coordinated effort to fight climate change.

 Read an Article

with global businesses focusing on ‘transaction costs’ that rely on conditions like stability, consistent policy and good governance, Gujarat offers one of the best locations in the world for investment. During the last decade, Gujarat Government has created visible vibrancy in both social and economic life in Gujarat, using ‘best global practices and local devices’ as a yardstick. The State is all set to create a new ‘worldclass city’ as a Special Investment Region (SIR). The planned US$8 billion Dholera Special Investment Region, will be a self-contained manufacturing and financial hub on the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Similarly, the upcoming GIFT city with worldclass infrastructure and state of art facilities will be the hub of technical and financial activities in India. Gujarat has as much to offer by way of stable policies, worldclass infrastructure and business opportunities as Japan or any other place in the world. Sports University in the State will have a tie-up with a counterpart in China.

 Read an Article

 Read an Article