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2. Asia Pacific and South Asia and the World
Acceleration of globalization.
Defined as the worldwide integration of economic,
political, social, and cultural.
Emerging influence of Asia as a global force.
These process is Absolute, each contains elements of
variety, contingency, and uncertainty.

3. Asia
It comes from the Ancient Greek who categorized the world into three
continents.
1. Europe
2. Africa
3. Asia
Asia as a region was initially defined externally rather than
within.
Boundaries of Asia have been a matter of contention since its
inception and demarcation has often been made, along cultural or
political lines rather than according to any clear geographical
rationale.
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4. Asia Pacific
A more recent and even less precise regional label.
'Asia Pacific' It refers broadly to the area of the world in or
around Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
It includes the states in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
It refers to an even broader area as evidenced by the regional
grouping, APEC(Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation),which includes
economies of 'Pacific Rim' such as;
1.Canada
2.United States
3.Chile
4.Mexico
5.Peru

5. Asia Pacific includes South Asia and even Central Asia, though
usually it does not .
'Pacific' refers to Pacific Islands, or Oceania, the island
groupings of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

6. Asia Pacific and South Asia
Refers together to the regions of East (or Northeast)Asia, Southeast
Asia, the Pacific Islands, and South Asia.
In Addition to differences in language and culture, the variation
among states and peoples in the world's most economically developed
states such as;
1.Japan
2.South Korea
3.Singapore
4.Taiwan
And the impoverished countries such as;
1.Cambodia
2.Laos
3.Nepal

7. It includes the largest and most populous states on the globe
including;
1.China
2.India
And the some of the world's smallest such as;
1.Maldives
2.Bhutan
The countries in the region also vary widely according to geography
political systems, historical experience, and broad demographic
characteristics.

8. Lumped together, the area makes up nearly a third of the world's
land mass and two-thirds of the global population.
The combined economies of the region now generate the largest share
of global GDP (gross domestic product) at 35 percent, compared with
Europe (28 percent) and North America (23 percent)(Asian Development
Bank, 2012: 156).
It also accounts for just over aa third of total world exports of
merchandise goods up from a quarter in 2001 (Asian Development Bank,
2012: 211).
Despite this economic growth, there are still millions of people
affected by;
1.Poverty
2.Hunger
3.HIV/AIDS
4.Gender Inequality
5.Other Socio-economic problem in the region.

9. In addition to its sheer size, the Asia Pacific and South Asia has
emerged over the past decade as a new political force in the world.
Much of this is driven by the robust economic growth in China and
India and the strategic implications this brings to regional and
global players.
Japan also remains relevant if declining force in the region and the
world, and the other countries including;
1.Koreas
2.Indonesia
3.Vietnam
4.Pakistan
All have economic relevance in today's global system.

10. For all of these reasons, global powers outside of the region are
focused intently on the Asia Pacific and South Asia.
The United States has implemented a foreign policy shift dubbed the
'Pacific Pivot' committing more resources and attention to the
region.
In a widely read article in Foreign Affairs, US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton called this the shift from the 'Atlantic Century' to
the 'Pacific Century' She notes: the Asia-Pacific has become a key
driver of global politics Stretching from the Indian subcontinent to
the western shores of the Americas, the region spans two oceans-;
Pacific and the Indian -; that are increasingly linked by shipping
and strategy.
It boasts almost half the world's population.

11. It includes many of the key engines of the global economy, as well
as the largest emitters of greenhouse gases.
It is home to several of our key allies and important emerging
powers like;
1.China
2.India
3.Indonesia
(Clinton, 2011)

12. Relationship between Globalization and
this Economically and Politically
It takes an externalist view illustrating the way in which the
region has been affected by globalization.
It takes a generative view showing how the region is an active agent
pushing the process of globalization forward.
The perspective shows how the region can be understood as posing an
alternative to globalization.

13. In putting forward these perspectives, sees Globalization in broad
historical terms focusing not just on the late twentieth and early
twenty-first centuries but further back to colonial and even pre-
colonial times.
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