Emerging threats in Asia – UPSC GS2
In Asia today, the economy is global, politics are local, and security is local, regional and transnational. Emerging regional security threats in Asia: Intensified Sino-American tensions. Standoff on the India-China border. The tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. The uncertain trajectory of Iran’s nuclear programme. The Taliban’s rapid return to power in Afghanistan. Offensive arms acquisitions: Asia now has a …