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“Since its inception the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to deliver on its promises.” What initiatives should be taken to reinvigorate the organization.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • Regionalisation of World Politics

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SAARC (Dhaka, 1985) joined states sharing rivers, culture and one colonial economic space. Yet intra-regional trade is barely 5% of members' total; the World Bank (A Glass Half Full, 2018) put actual regional trade near $23 billion against a potential of about $67 billion. No summit has met since Kathmandu (2014), after the Uri attack…

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