The Asian Relations Conference in Perspective

Appadorai, A.

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“…After the Conference when the Jewish National Council applied for affiliation, Nehru, who was now the Prime Minister of independent India, asked it to be filed and no response was sent. 147 As Appadorai acknowledges, this reflected the dual position that Nehru was inbut it also highlights how the rituals of statehood and sovereignty killed the promise of the Conference.…”

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An Asian Drama: The Asian Relations Conference, 1947

Thakur¹

2018

The International History Review

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The Asian Relations Conference has long served as a historical footnote to the more famous Bandung Conference of 1955. In this paper, however, I argue that this Conference needs to be read and analysed independently. As the opening act of decolonial solidarity, this Conference juxtaposes the moment and the movement of decolonisation, alerting us to the promises and pitfalls of both. In particular one needs to be conscious of its Eurocentric readings which almost always place the 'Third World' within the context of the Cold War project and thus are incapable of understanding its historical relevance.

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An Asian Drama: The Asian Relations Conference, 1947

Thakur¹

2018

The International History Review

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“…Nehru as President, unfortunately failed to properly take off. 178 Aside from conflicting political interests on the part of India back then, 179 competition between India and China for leadership became pronounced and this was to the dislike of many participants. 180 Moreover, the Asian Relations Conference to begin with was organized with pan-Asian sentiments, or the future establishment of a pan-Asian federation, which were weak and discredited by the willingness of leaders to only provide either political or moral support to those facing their own anti-colonial struggles.…”

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“…181 Any aspiration of an Asian Unity during this time period seemed farfetched and did not reflect the zeitgeist. 182 Thus, it did not come as a surprise that the Asian Relations Conference, together with the so-called Asian Relations Organization failed to further develop.…”

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East Meets West

Aguinaldo¹

2021

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The first and only book of its kind, this book tackles how mutual legal assistance in criminal matters can develop within and between the ASEAN and the EU. Through this book the reader can gain knowledge on international cooperation in criminal matters, especially on mutual legal assistance, in the ASEAN and the EU, including its member states such as the Philippines, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany. This includes discussions on the regional organizations’ historical and socio-political underpinnings, each one’s existing mutual legal assistance mechanisms, and other considerations to further develop mutual legal assistance within and between the ASEAN and the EU.

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“…It marked the re‐emergence of the idea of Pan‐Asianism, which was led by Indian President Jawaharlal Nehru and supported by Burmese leader, Kyaw Mint. However, as noted by Appadorai (), the discourse of Pan‐Asianism was interpreted differently by Indian delegations due to disagreements with Chinese delegates and the unclear notion of the term “Asia” (Appadorai, ).…”

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Rethinking the Legacies of Bandung Conference: Global Decolonization and the Making of Modern International Order

Umar¹

2019

Asian Politics and Policy

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This article aims to investigate the extent to which the Bandung Conference affected the international order after the Second World War. By locating the Bandung Conference in the international order transition between 1945 until 1970, I argue that the Bandung Conference should not be treated as merely a milestone of historic anti‐colonial struggles but also a site for the emergence of a modern international order. The Bandung Conference played a key role in shaping the Westphalian interstate system that acknowledges equal sovereignty among states in world politics. From this viewpoint, this article argues that the legacy of the Bandung Conference lies in its role to mediate the transition from colonial order before the Second World War to the modern international order, which is based on sovereignty and equal status among states as the primary members. It does so by putting forward an agenda for global decolonization and delegitimizes the practices of colonialism. The diplomatic struggle after the Bandung Conference continued until the UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 1960, which further locates the contribution of the Bandung Conference to the making of the modern international order as we know it in the present day.

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The Asian Relations Conference in Perspective

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An Asian Drama: The Asian Relations Conference, 1947

An Asian Drama: The Asian Relations Conference, 1947

East Meets West

Rethinking the Legacies of Bandung Conference: Global Decolonization and the Making of Modern International Order

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