Asia and Europe in Changing Geopolitics, Rising Powers, Peoples' Security

Achin Vanaik, Anuradha Chenoy — 2018-12-26T09:56:46Z

Major trends of changing geopolitics impact Asia and Europe and provide space for positive interventions from peace movements for people's security. Even as the rise of Asia is seen as impacting international geopolitics the current reality in the Asian Continent is as follows:

Most riven by nationalist tensions of various kinds, religious, ethnic or otherwise.

Uncertain implications of China's general rise even as no other country has so many neighbours (14) although border demarcations with most (12) have been agreed upon.

Four of the five most significant world powers (as evaluated by population size/total GDP/military strength) operate here – Russia, China, India, Japan – plus two other emerging powers of Turkey and Indonesia.

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Asia and Europe in Changing Geopolitics, Rising Powers, Peoples' Security