Asia

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Region

• Asia: geopolitics and new regionalism (ASEAN) - Judith Akkerman

Areas

• The Afghanistan–Pakistan vortex 1 – The rise of the Pakistani Taliban - Claude Rakisits
• The Afghanistan–Pakistan vortex 2 – The security situation in Afghanistan - Claude Rakisits
• The Afghanistan–Pakistan vortex 3 – The role of the international community - Claude Rakisits
• Afghanistan: Politics, Security and Drugs - Julien Mercille
• Jammu-Kashmir conflict: history, identities and resolution - Nathalène Reynolds
• North-Korea - Model United Nations Simulation Exercise (2009) - David Criekemans
• Pakistan: Women's rights, civic society and Benazir Bhutto - Nathalène Reynolds

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Introduction

The Asia section offers academic analysis of geopolitical trends, tensions and risks in Asia.

This section seeks to answer questions such as:

• What could the UN do to ease the tensions between South and North Korea?
• Why did the Taliban become powerful in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
• What are the roots of the conflict in Jammu-Kashmir?

Simulation Exercise North Korea

October 2009

Dr. David Criekemans (Assistant Professor in ‘Belgian and Comparative Foreign Policy’ at the University of Antwerp) publishes his third Model UN simulation exercise, this year about North Korea:

North-Korea - Model United Nations Simulation Exercise (2009) - David Criekemans

"North Korea is bringing the region and the world 'to the brink' of war and disaster, and nothing seems to stop them. Furthermore, dangerous ‘cat and mouse’ games between the North Korean fleet and the naval fleets of the US, South Korea and Japan might even provoke incidents which would lead to war eventually. The Security Council meets to stave off potential disaster."

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Politics and security in Afghanistan

October 2009

Julien Mercille (Lecturer at the School of Geography of the University College Dublin) gives his views on a broad range of topics such as corruption, democracy, warlords, NATO's accomplishments and opium production in Afghanistan:

Afghanistan: Politics, Security and Drugs - Julien Mercille

"There are not so many non-governmental, democratic movements in Afghanistan, the result of decades of destruction brought to the country."