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Most notably in S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram (1989), when the Supreme Court held that the government cannot cite the possibility of violence to prohibit a film’s screening

India and Southeast Asia

 Southeast Asia and India to boost cooperation
 Western economies comes down
 Continuing tensions between the “great powers”- between
• 1)-The U.S. and Russia, or
• 2)-The U.S. and China
 China‟s moves in particular, both its naval forays in
• 1)-The Indo-Pacific and
• 2)-Its Belt and Road Initiative connectivity project, Have the potential to change equations in the region.
 Trade withASEAN at $76 billion, India ranks lower than not just the U.S.and China, but also South Korea, Japan and Australia- China-ASEAN trade value reached $452.2 billion in 2016
 ASEAN and India called for measures to deepen security, economic and socio-cultural
cooperation, and connectivity
 Three Cs of commerce, connectivity and culture
 India-Myanmar-ThailandTrilateral Highway,
 Kaladan multimodal highway, and
 Tamu-Kalay rail link to Myanmar has lagged behind deadlines
 Border trade posts and infrastructure in the Northeast need much improvement to
attract investment in the region.
 Commercial flights
 Bay of Bengal can be used as an exploratory ground
 India and the ASEAN countries have much to gain from each other
 Year 2017 was an important landmark as India and
• ASEAN commemorated 25 years of their partnership,
• 15 years of summit – level interaction,
• 5 years of strategic partnership

 The physical size of a nation did not matter during the 19th and most of
the 20th centuries.
 Britain, Germany, France and Japan leveraged their Industrial Revolution advantage
on technology
 Europe thus became the global centre till the late 1950s.
 Continental shift
 Now, potential power is shifting to the two large nations of theAsian mainland, China and India,
• 1)-Which are nuclear weapons states and
• 2)-With fast-growing economies.
• 3)-Together they represent 60% of theAsian mainland
• 4)-Asia already accounts for almost half of the world’s population,
• 5)-One-third of its bulk cargo and
• 6)-40% of the world’s o•-shore oil reserves.
 Home to several fast growing new economies with GDP growth rates above
7% per year,
 Asian defence spending ($439 billion) is also much more than Europe‟s ($386 billion)
 Potentially both are poised to •the role of global powers.
 To achieve that potential, both require
 Hardware, software and the clear mindset for exercising this power.
 Global power matrix has undergone a paradigm change,
 concerns to emerging Indo-Pacific ocean strategic issues.
 Thus India China relations matter as never before.
 Looking beyond Pakistan
 Since 1971, Pakistan has already broken into two, and there are still internal pressures.
 India therefore needs a new mindset: to look beyond Pakistan
 U.S. has become a much friendlier nation for India
 India’s economy is growing fast to become an open, competitive market economy, the
third largest in PPP term
 After my recent visit to China, I believe there is an unfortunate trust deficit that requires bilateral
discussion at a high political level and not between bureaucrats
 Indian Ocean has now emerged as the epi centre of global power play in the 21st century
 With Indonesian partnership, India can monitor the Malacca Strait through which
over 80% of the freight traffic of China and EastAsia passes
 China would be more flexible in dealing with India if it is convinced of India’s equidistance- U.S.
 On China-U.S. disputes involving distant places such asTaiwan and South China Sea islands.
 Of course, we will require that China respond with similar nonchalance on Pakistan-India disputes.
 India has thus to develop deeper cultural and civilisational linkages with China and rest of Asia

Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis

 Page-1-Trump pushes „America First‟
“Now is the best time to bring your money, your jobs, your businesses to America,”
“America First does not meanAmerica alone.When the U.S. grows so does the world.”
Armed forces set to be reduced in Northeast
Another o•fficial said no •final decision to repeal theAFSPA had been taken, but the
Jeevan Reddy committee report that recommended it was discussed from time to time.
 February elections in Nagaland,Tripura and Meghalaya.
“A decision has been taken that no more Central forces would be sent to the northeastern States.
The State governments will deploy the police for regular law and order and patrolling duties,”
 Trump must walk the talk: Karzai
 Ex-Afghan President hopes U.S. will help stop Pakistani support to terror forces
FormerAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai called upon U.S. President Donald
Trump to “walk the talk” on curbing Pakistan’s support of extremist forces.
Mr. Trump, in a tweet at the beginning of the year, had chastised Pakistan for giving
“safe haven to terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan”
 India, ASEAN target swift deal on RCEP