The security environment surrounding Japan has become more severe as North Korea continued to develop its nuclear arsenal. Additionally, China’s military development within Japan’s surroundings has also increased the security dilemma in East Asia, galvanizing Japan to respond to the contingencies accordingly. As North Korea and China were known to cooperate closely in developing North’s nuclear arsenal, Japan which is geographically close to North Korea and has been one of its missile targets, responded militarily to protect its mainland from future nuclear aggressions. To that end, Japan has endeavored to increase its ballistic missile defense capability through strengthening its alliance with the United States, Japan’s strategic ally since the end of World War II. This research elucidates Japan’s national strategy and defense policy in response to North Korea’s ballistic missile threat, and how Japan cooperates with the United States in building its ballistic missile defense capability under the Japan-U.S. Alliance.
{"title":"Sword and Shield","authors":"Maria M. Widhi Putri, Anak Agung Banyu Perwita","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v1i3.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v1i3.82","url":null,"abstract":"The security environment surrounding Japan has become more severe as North Korea continued to develop its nuclear arsenal. Additionally, China’s military development within Japan’s surroundings has also increased the security dilemma in East Asia, galvanizing Japan to respond to the contingencies accordingly. As North Korea and China were known to cooperate closely in developing North’s nuclear arsenal, Japan which is geographically close to North Korea and has been one of its missile targets, responded militarily to protect its mainland from future nuclear aggressions. To that end, Japan has endeavored to increase its ballistic missile defense capability through strengthening its alliance with the United States, Japan’s strategic ally since the end of World War II. This research elucidates Japan’s national strategy and defense policy in response to North Korea’s ballistic missile threat, and how Japan cooperates with the United States in building its ballistic missile defense capability under the Japan-U.S. Alliance.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127515242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India has shown a special interest towards ASEAN under the overall context of its Act East policy. This relationship is expected to be significant in the development of northeast part of India. It is in this context, an assessment of Northeast India’s perspectives assumes significant, although the actual engagement and role of this area of India are still negligible. We must also not expect a great result in a short period of time as there are multiple impediments facing this area. But, the purpose of this engagement is not unachievable at all. Moreover, some people argue that this policy is unrealistic in Northeast India.
{"title":"Reimagining India-ASEAN relations :","authors":"M. Singh","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.91","url":null,"abstract":"India has shown a special interest towards ASEAN under the overall context of its Act East policy. This relationship is expected to be significant in the development of northeast part of India. It is in this context, an assessment of Northeast India’s perspectives assumes significant, although the actual engagement and role of this area of India are still negligible. We must also not expect a great result in a short period of time as there are multiple impediments facing this area. But, the purpose of this engagement is not unachievable at all. Moreover, some people argue that this policy is unrealistic in Northeast India.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114541969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Philippines has been a founding member of the ASEAN which came into existence in 1967 at the height of the Cold War and US’s deep military engagement in Vietnam. With Philippines history of close ties with the US, and being an ally during the Cold War, this Organization came into existence to meet the external and internal ‘Communist’ threat. It charts the history of Philippines-ASEAN relationship, in the evolving geopolitics up to the current period, and the ups and downs of that relationship. These ups and downs are attributable to both a certain ‘insularity’ due to its unique historical background and also the inadequacies of ASEAN’s economic integration and in the protection of its vital national interests. The article examines the geopolitical pressures, as epitomized by the South China Sea tensions, on the ASEAN as it pursues its objectives of maintaining its ‘centrality’ in the regional strategic framework whilst adhering to the ‘ASEAN Way’ of seeking consensus on issues critical to its geopolitical relevance. In that context, the Philippines role and its expectations from this Organization are examined, especially in regard to the intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region
{"title":"The Philippines and ASEAN-Building Synergies","authors":"Y. Kumar","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.90","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.90","url":null,"abstract":"The Philippines has been a founding member of the ASEAN which came into existence in 1967 at the height of the Cold War and US’s deep military engagement in Vietnam. With Philippines history of close ties with the US, and being an ally during the Cold War, this Organization came into existence to meet the external and internal ‘Communist’ threat. It charts the history of Philippines-ASEAN relationship, in the evolving geopolitics up to the current period, and the ups and downs of that relationship. These ups and downs are attributable to both a certain ‘insularity’ due to its unique historical background and also the inadequacies of ASEAN’s economic integration and in the protection of its vital national interests. The article examines the geopolitical pressures, as epitomized by the South China Sea tensions, on the ASEAN as it pursues its objectives of maintaining its ‘centrality’ in the regional strategic framework whilst adhering to the ‘ASEAN Way’ of seeking consensus on issues critical to its geopolitical relevance. In that context, the Philippines role and its expectations from this Organization are examined, especially in regard to the intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124242270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The author of the book with his deep knowledge about international law and negotiations under different UN instruments has put his experience on paper. The book is deep and intense, and it provides a first-hand experience with regard to the changes in negotiations for the full statehood of the state of Palestine. The two sides -Israel and Palestine- have put their arguments based on their interpretations of historical facts and the resulting debate has been clearly projected within the book. For many, tracing the Israeli-Palestine conflict has been confusing and various observers and scholars have worked hard to find a solution to this historical conflict. Peace agreement has been the centre of the book discussion and the author Robert P. Barnidge, Jr has done a wonderful research on this book which speaks about the historical context of the conflict that evolves around the question of ‘Self-Determination and Statehood’. This book reflects serious research that is based on primary documents, and the academic rigour is visible in effort put by the author in documenting the process, procedure and at the same time giving a complete historical context of the conflict and the negotiation process. The book will be an essential reading to all those involved in peace studies, international negotiations and Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
这本书的作者对国际法和联合国不同文书下的谈判有着深刻的了解,他把自己的经验写在了纸上。这本书深刻而激烈,它提供了关于巴勒斯坦完全建国谈判变化的第一手经验。双方——以色列和巴勒斯坦——把他们的论点建立在他们对历史事实的解释的基础上,由此产生的辩论已经在书中清楚地反映出来。对许多人来说,巴以冲突的来历一直令人困惑,各种观察家和学者都在努力寻找解决这一历史冲突的办法。和平协议一直是本书讨论的中心,作者小罗伯特·p·巴尼奇(Robert P. Barnidge, Jr)对这本书进行了精彩的研究,讨论了围绕“自决和国家地位”问题演变的冲突的历史背景。这本书反映了基于主要文件的严肃研究,学术严谨性是作者在记录过程、程序和同时给出冲突和谈判过程的完整历史背景的努力中可见的。这本书将是所有参与和平研究、国际谈判和巴以冲突的人的必读书目。
{"title":"Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., Self-Determination, Statehood, and the Law of Negotiation :","authors":"Raghunandan M C","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.94","url":null,"abstract":"The author of the book with his deep knowledge about international law and negotiations under different UN instruments has put his experience on paper. The book is deep and intense, and it provides a first-hand experience with regard to the changes in negotiations for the full statehood of the state of Palestine. The two sides -Israel and Palestine- have put their arguments based on their interpretations of historical facts and the resulting debate has been clearly projected within the book. \u0000For many, tracing the Israeli-Palestine conflict has been confusing and various observers and scholars have worked hard to find a solution to this historical conflict. Peace agreement has been the centre of the book discussion and the author Robert P. Barnidge, Jr has done a wonderful research on this book which speaks about the historical context of the conflict that evolves around the question of ‘Self-Determination and Statehood’. This book reflects serious research that is based on primary documents, and the academic rigour is visible in effort put by the author in documenting the process, procedure and at the same time giving a complete historical context of the conflict and the negotiation process. The book will be an essential reading to all those involved in peace studies, international negotiations and Israeli-Palestinian conflict.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115325506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With the development of ASEAN as a regional institution, Japan-ASEAN relations have matured into a strategic partnership based on friendship and cooperation. The long-standing partnership has developed following Japan’s wellknown diplomatic approach, so-called as the Fukuda Doctrine of 1977, toward a “heart-to-heart” relationship. Japan has steadily provided economic cooperation, ODA and various initiatives and funds for ASEAN’s development and its community building including economic infrastructure building, competitive environment for investment, human resource development, technical assistance, education and health care. Recent cooperation projects have extended to disaster management, people-to-people exchange, maritime safety, and ASEAN connectivity. With growing interdependence, Japan and ASEAN regard each other as indispensable partners. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has strengthened the Strategic Partnership further following the Five Principles of Japan’s ASEAN Diplomacy in 2013. Facing China’s expansion and majorpowers’ competition, Japan-ASEAN strategic partnership needs further multilayered cooperation on ASEAN’s community building and connectivity in Southeast Asia as well as on its leading role in ASEAN-centered regional institutions in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
{"title":"Japan and ASEAN partnership :","authors":"Y. Ishida","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.83","url":null,"abstract":"With the development of ASEAN as a regional institution, Japan-ASEAN relations have matured into a strategic partnership based on friendship and cooperation. The long-standing partnership has developed following Japan’s wellknown diplomatic approach, so-called as the Fukuda Doctrine of 1977, toward a “heart-to-heart” relationship. Japan has steadily provided economic cooperation, ODA and various initiatives and funds for ASEAN’s development and its community building including economic infrastructure building, competitive environment for investment, human resource development, technical assistance, education and health care. Recent cooperation projects have extended to disaster management, people-to-people exchange, maritime safety, and ASEAN connectivity. With growing interdependence, Japan and ASEAN regard each other as indispensable partners. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has strengthened the Strategic Partnership further following the Five Principles of Japan’s ASEAN Diplomacy in 2013. Facing China’s expansion and majorpowers’ competition, Japan-ASEAN strategic partnership needs further multilayered cooperation on ASEAN’s community building and connectivity in Southeast Asia as well as on its leading role in ASEAN-centered regional institutions in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124250259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In its early documents related to Asianist orientation, Australia looked at engaging its immediate neighbourhood through institution such as ASEAN. ASEAN which was created to bring about synergies within the region and also engage important stakeholders as dialogue partners. Australia has been involved in Vietnam as part of its alliance obligations with US in 1970s and subsequently also. Australia has looked into ASEAN as a vehicle for cooperation, development and building better relations with Indonesia. The author argues that while Australia has aligned itself with the concept of the ASEAN way, there has not been any tectonic shift in the way Australia conducts its foreign policy. Even though Australia was one of the earliest dialogue partner in ASEAN, it has calibrated its policy depending on the national government priorities and the international interests of the country. The article also outlines the narrative from Australian perspective and situates ASEAN in the larger foreign policy discourse in Australia.
{"title":"Australia, and ASEAN at Fifty","authors":"A. Bloomfield","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.85","url":null,"abstract":"In its early documents related to Asianist orientation, Australia looked at engaging its immediate neighbourhood through institution such as ASEAN. ASEAN which was created to bring about synergies within the region and also engage important stakeholders as dialogue partners. Australia has been involved in Vietnam as part of its alliance obligations with US in 1970s and subsequently also. Australia has looked into ASEAN as a vehicle for cooperation, development and building better relations with Indonesia. The author argues that while Australia has aligned itself with the concept of the ASEAN way, there has not been any tectonic shift in the way Australia conducts its foreign policy. Even though Australia was one of the earliest dialogue partner in ASEAN, it has calibrated its policy depending on the national government priorities and the international interests of the country. The article also outlines the narrative from Australian perspective and situates ASEAN in the larger foreign policy discourse in Australia.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128292212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India Vietnam relations have weathered the pre and post-Cold War world order and have remained unaffected with the disintegration of erstwhile Soviet Union and the emergence of unipolar world. The new configuration which is likely to emerge with China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) and the emergence of an alternate order in the form of BRICS would have an effect on the trajectory of this relations, but given the fact that both countries are balancing their interests between China and the US, it shows that ASEAN centrality would remain core to their interests in the Southeast Asian region for the future. The two countries have joined ASEAN as a member and dialogue partner in 1990s, thereby undermining the Cold War configuration. The two countries have elevated their partnership and are destined to play a more proactive role in ASEAN. This paper outlines the bilateral relationship and argues that ASEAN would be an important platform for interaction and exchange of views between the two nations.
{"title":"India-Vietnam Strategic Partnership and ASEAN","authors":"S. Sarma","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.92","url":null,"abstract":"India Vietnam relations have weathered the pre and post-Cold War world order and have remained unaffected with the disintegration of erstwhile Soviet Union and the emergence of unipolar world. The new configuration which is likely to emerge with China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) and the emergence of an alternate order in the form of BRICS would have an effect on the trajectory of this relations, but given the fact that both countries are balancing their interests between China and the US, it shows that ASEAN centrality would remain core to their interests in the Southeast Asian region for the future. The two countries have joined ASEAN as a member and dialogue partner in 1990s, thereby undermining the Cold War configuration. The two countries have elevated their partnership and are destined to play a more proactive role in ASEAN. This paper outlines the bilateral relationship and argues that ASEAN would be an important platform for interaction and exchange of views between the two nations.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117031409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The book encapsulates a new conceptual approach to understanding the interconnected economic, political and social situations and systems, and how they work. Their metaphor- society is a garden- provides a vision of citizenship, democracy, and role of the government. It advocates the need to adapt to meet the prerequisites of economic, political and social evolution. The authors have drawn a comparison between gardeners and statists to highlight the complexities and limits of social policy, and urge free marketers and government to see how the system needs some tending. Gardening requires the right setting: fertile soil, good light, water, fertilizers and nurturing what we seed, and so do government, society and governance. In other words, insert proper inputs to get beneficial outputs. The writers eloquently manage to convey their noble message; that is “we harvest what we plant”.
{"title":"Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer,The Gardens of Democracy :","authors":"Jihan Mohammad","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.105","url":null,"abstract":"The book encapsulates a new conceptual approach to understanding the interconnected economic, political and social situations and systems, and how they work. Their metaphor- society is a garden- provides a vision of citizenship, democracy, and role of the government. It advocates the need to adapt to meet the prerequisites of economic, political and social evolution. The authors have drawn a comparison between gardeners and statists to highlight the complexities and limits of social policy, and urge free marketers and government to see how the system needs some tending. Gardening requires the right setting: fertile soil, good light, water, fertilizers and nurturing what we seed, and so do government, society and governance. In other words, insert proper inputs to get beneficial outputs. The writers eloquently manage to convey their noble message; that is “we harvest what we plant”.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116285852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This book, which is produced from the Tokyo-based United Nations University Press as the main publisher and distributed to the Washingtonbased Brookings Institution Press as a retail outlet, is actually the result of a five-year long research project completed at the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI) under Waseda University’s Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) (frankly, from where the reviewer earned his highest degree), and largely financed by the so-called Center of Excellence (COE) Program of the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The coeditors invincibly presume that their volume is an apex of onerous and rigorous study, which unfurls the boundary of a state-of-the-art research as a significant component in the field of Asian regional integration at a deadlock now despite the past rash of regional integration groupings for various circumstances (including historical, political, strategic, economic, social and cultural) at the beginning of the 21st century. But the reviewer does not think so highly of it in all of their purposes, contexts and approaches.
{"title":"Satoshi Amako, Shunji Matsuoka and Kenji Horiuchi(eds), Regional Integration in East Asia: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives (Tokyo, New York and Paris :","authors":"M. Moni","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v2i2.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i2.93","url":null,"abstract":"This book, which is produced from the Tokyo-based United Nations University Press as the main publisher and distributed to the Washingtonbased Brookings Institution Press as a retail outlet, is actually the result of a five-year long research project completed at the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI) under Waseda University’s Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) (frankly, from where the reviewer earned his highest degree), and largely financed by the so-called Center of Excellence (COE) Program of the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The coeditors invincibly presume that their volume is an apex of onerous and rigorous study, which unfurls the boundary of a state-of-the-art research as a significant component in the field of Asian regional integration at a deadlock now despite the past rash of regional integration groupings for various circumstances (including historical, political, strategic, economic, social and cultural) at the beginning of the 21st century. But the reviewer does not think so highly of it in all of their purposes, contexts and approaches.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122279229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With the rise of China and its increasing exposure to the international media, voices were raised regarding the development and social changes that have been happening in the various provinces of China. The developments in Xinjiang also came under scrutiny and it has been used by the international media to criticise China with regard to the human rights issues and religious freedom in Xinjiang. The Uighurs Muslims being the ethnic minority in China, this article looks into the concept of minority in China, the constitutional provisions, as well as outlines the development that have happened in the province. Taking an objective view of the developments in Xinjiang in terms of education, health, employment and other parameters, the article provides an empirical glimpse into the province.
{"title":"Rise of China and Ethnic Minority in Xinjiang","authors":"Chittaranjan Senapati","doi":"10.54945/jjia.v1i2.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v1i2.104","url":null,"abstract":"With the rise of China and its increasing exposure to the international media, voices were raised regarding the development and social changes that have been happening in the various provinces of China. The developments in Xinjiang also came under scrutiny and it has been used by the international media to criticise China with regard to the human rights issues and religious freedom in Xinjiang. The Uighurs Muslims being the ethnic minority in China, this article looks into the concept of minority in China, the constitutional provisions, as well as outlines the development that have happened in the province. Taking an objective view of the developments in Xinjiang in terms of education, health, employment and other parameters, the article provides an empirical glimpse into the province.","PeriodicalId":188565,"journal":{"name":"Jindal Journal of International Affairs","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124126126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}