Strategic Dialogue Forum

"Third World" is a phrase commonly used to describe a developing nation, but actually started as term used to describe a country's allegiance. A Third World country is a country whose views are not aligned with NATO and capitalism or the Soviet Union and communism. The use of the term "Third World" started during the Cold War and was used to identify which of three categories the countries of the world aligned with. The original definition for a Third World country, which referred to a country's allegiance, was straightforward, but now that definition is archaic. Third World countries were labelled during the Cold War to reference those nations that were not aligned with either the United States or the Soviet Union. Now that the Soviet Union no longer exists, the term Third World is still used, but the definition is not as precise and is open to some interpretation.  The New Explanation of Third World Country is  Third World countries are for the mo...

THE NORTHERN DRUG ROUTE AND HIV IN CENTRAL ASIA Commentary Ananthu S S,  MA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, University of Madras Afghanistan holds 90% of world’s opium production. The afghan opium finds its ways to Russian Federation-the largest opium consumer in the world- and Europe through northern route, which crosses the Central Asian republics and the Balkan route which includes Iran and the east European countries respectively. As per the estimates of World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2012, 190 000 people in this 5 Central Asian countries practices Injecting drug use. Among the Injecting Drug Users (IDU) 17.6% in Tajikistan, 8.48% in Uzbekistan, 3.77% in Kazakhstan and 14.62% in Kyrgyzstan are HIV positive. All though the numbers are comparatively negligible but the rate of HIV spreading is high in the region. Injecting Drug trend which is an outcome of the illicit drug trade is the major factor behind the HIV rate in Central Asia. Central Asia and East...

DRUG TRAFFICKING IN CENTRAL ASIA, ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ROUTES ANANTHU  S S MA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS , University of Madras Central Asia is one of the primary transit regions of the international drug trade acting as the staging area for opiate exports out of Afghanistan. This region mostly feeds the northern route through Russia and very peripherally the southern route through Iran and the Balkans. While 4 of the five countries here seem to follow a set and well known pattern in the drug trade - one country Turkmenistan seems to buck the trend. The Northern Route Tajikistan is the main hub of the northern drug route which runs from Afghanistan through Russia. The Afghan-Tajik border due to its extremely challenging topography & climate is very difficult to police and therefore easy for traffickers to access.  UNODC estimated in 2011 around 105 tons of opiates transited through Tajikistan annually. Of this only 1.64% was seized....

my Kerala was hosting for my India's 35th national games........ we presented a fabulous opening ceremony ..... my question is .... where were u Mr.Narendramodi??? u came to shankhumukham in begging for votes... where were u Mr.amith shaw??? u came to Kerala to promote GHAR WAPSI .....u guys avoided us ..... remeber ..its not d game of kerala..its d fair of the whole land u rule...