List Of Asian Countries

Due to tectonic shifts of the various Pacific plates, strong earthquakes repeatedly occur in these regions, which in turn trigger volcanoes and tsunamis. As the importance of the region increases in the globalizing world, both generalist and specialist knowledge about Southeast Asia become critical to the world and the region itself. In that sense, Southeast Asian studies as a knowledge construct transforms itself into a lived reality, especially for the Southeast Asians themselves.

Southeast Asia

Only a multidisciplinary approach could capture these complexities embedded in the societies of Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, radical changes to health care accompanied the overthrow of French colonial rule in 1954, land reform, and agricultural collectivization. A socialist health policy was instituted based on principles of preventative medicine, combined use of Western and traditional medicine, and popular participation. The health system was highly decentralized and focused on the commune health center. Decentralization was consistent with socialist principles but was also a practical response to three decades of war (1945–75), including heavy US bombing in the last decade. From the health perspective this translates into self-serving, urban and elite-centered ‘enclave’ medicine that is reliant on Western medical education and technology.

In Mongolia, for example, 75 percent of agricultural land is allocated to the rearing of livestock, such as sheep, goats, and cattle. Participants issued the Hanoi Declaration in which States pledged to intensify their efforts to address arms smuggling, and to intensify consultations with NWS with a view to their accession to the Protocol to the SEANWFZ Treaty. The Hanoi Plan of Action, also adopted at the Summit, also called for the convening of the Commission for the SEANWFZ to oversee implementation and ensure compliance with the Treaty.

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More than six languages are spoken in the country, where Urdu is considered as the lingua franca with the understandability by over 75% of the total population. English is the official language, which is primarily used in official business, government and legal contracts. The Punjabi language is mostly spoken in Punjab, Saraiki in South Punjab, and Pashto in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan.

South And Central Asian Affairs: Countries And Other Areas

Hyderabad, India, the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh, has a population of more than 5 million people. Nicknamed “Cyberabad,” the city has developed into one of the world’s major hubs for information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical production. Hyderabad has aggressively promoted its skilled labor force and cheap investment opportunities. In fact, the city inaugurated a township known as HITEC City in 1998 in order to attract international IT firms. Today, HITEC hosts offices from an array of national and international IT companies, including Oracle Corporation, General Electric, and Microsoft.

Leaders also recognized the role of inter-faith dialogue in fighting the spread of terrorism and promoting understanding. On 2 April, Foreign Ministers of ASEAN member states began a two day summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Deputy Assistant of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs gave a lecture on U.S. multilateralism and Asia. The lecture was given on the 35th anniversary of U.S.-ASEAN relations, and covered America’s role in promoting stability, fostering democracy and human rights, as well as encouraging economic development. Being the biggest continent in the world, Asia includes 50 independent countries and occupies the eastern part of the single Eurasian landmass.

The Bali Regional Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism, co-hosted by Australia and Indonesia, met on 4-5 February. The 1st East Asia Summit was convened on 14 December, with a view to establishing closer and substantial relations between the member countries of ASEAN and the participating countries of India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea. A landmark event was the signing of a Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter by its leaders.

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The facility opened in the late 1950s, when the steppes of Central Asia were part of the Soviet Union. The world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched from Baikonur in 1957, and the first spacecraft to carry a person into orbit was launched in 1961. Today, the Baikonur Cosmodrome is in southern Kazakhstan, although it is leased to and maintained by Russia. The state-of-the-art facility allows for the launch of both manned and unmanned spacecraft, and is vital to the support and maintenance of the International Space Station . A surge of economic investment, primarily funded by the oil, technology, and pharmaceutical industries, has fueled the development of medium-sized cities into important metropolitan areas.