Tag: Cyclone Nargis 2008

• When disaster strikes, politics is not far away

  In an inter-dependent world, one country’s tragedy is just as much a tragedy for the world at large and an opportunity to come together to cooperate and move beyond the past. Yet, in the Asian context at least, competitive politics both between countries and within polities appear never to be far from the surface.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bangladesh, China, Cyclone Nargis 2008, Cyclone Sidr 2007, discrimination, Indo-Pak relations, Japanese quake and tsunami 2011, Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake 2005, PLA, Sichuan earthquake 2008, Sino-Japanese relations, Sri Lanka, tsunami 2004

• Disaster Relief Politics

  In Asia, as important as the aid itself is, is who provides it and how. There is clearly politics – foreign policy interests and domestic factors of both donor and recipient nations – involved in humanitarian relief and assistance.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  28 August 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bangladesh, Cyclone Nargis 2008, Cyclone Sidr 2007, discrimination, Myanmar, Pakistan earthquake 2005, PLA, right-wing organizations, Sichuan earthquake 2008, Sri Lanka, tsunami 2004