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Sometimes we visualize that SAARC’s efforts come to halt because of various impediments to regional cooperation.” Elaborate with reasonable examples of impediment.

  • UPSC 2016, 2015
  • 10 marks
  • India and South Asia

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SAARC's record since 1985 is slow and halting: real but modest outputs (SAPTA, SAFTA, a food bank, the South Asian University), then no summit since 2014. The impediments are familiar; what matters is how they combine to turn slowdown into paralysis.

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  • Institutional impediments
  • Political and security impediments
  • Economic impediments
  • Conclusion
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