(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a world where Cold War era politics of alignment no longer exist, more than one hundred developing countries are holding a Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) summit as a way to reflect their independence and strategic autonomy in an inter-dependent world.
The buzz word of today's extensively inter-dependent world is 'economics', whereas, the NAM's raison-d'{tat is 'politics'. "It is hard to justify the existence of NAM when its members include countries like Pakistan, India,... and other such states who are closely aligned to the sole super-power", opined former Foreign Secretary Tanvir Ahmed Khan while talking to KUNA. However, he stressed, "The platform provides an opportunity to such states, largely former colonies, to nevertheless assert, but symbolically, their independence and strategic autonomy." Pakistan's participation in the summit has also been seen in this context.
"It is important for Pakistan to reflect its anti-colonial heritage", said a strategic and political analyst Makhdoom Javed.
Ghani was also of the opinion that the summit is significant in the context of the Arab spring.
He said that it provided a platform to the Gulf states to develop a shared understanding for the region's future amid social and political turbulences.
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31 August 2012 - 12:29
News ID: 342768
In a world where Cold War era politics of alignment no longer exist, more than one hundred developing countries are holding a Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) summit as a way to reflect their independence and strategic autonomy in an inter-dependent world.
