Developing Nations Final Exam

India developement

• Increasingly democratic

• Economic Liberation (dismantling protectionism and socialist elements) growth → 6-8%

• growth in ability to become global power

• Strong government spending on infrastructure is a key driver, alongside increased digitalization.

• opening and seeing great increase in foreign relations

India government

Multi-party System (Bhariyta Janata Party) → Hindu nationalist (RSS)→ Narenda Modi (PM) & Droupadi Murmu (President)

Single Member District

President and Prime Minister

Quasi Federal Republic (democratic regime)

Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary Branch

What are the major domestic and international policy concerns for India today?

• Domestic ( Child marriage, rape/ sexual violence, large impoverishment aside from economic growth and education gap)

• Domestic ( Caste system, Over 25% live on $1 a day, 40% malnourished children) Democratic backsliding , muslim rights, and weak individual rights

• International (Hindu nationalism and poor democratic records which causes western allies to be cautious of them, external assassinations, that would continue to induce their nationalistic perceptions,

• wants to force Pakistan to join them by using economic and military force

What sort of role does India play in the international community?

Not ally or Axis

• independent approach to foreign policy

• gradual increase in direct foreign investments in things like railroads and businesses, which has grown India’s GDP at a rate of 5.5% over the eight years that Modi has been serving. 

• gain more territory and also avoid Western ideology, essentially establishing independent perspectives and ideology.

•  many diplomats would also gain a new confidence that would insinuate their desire for higher-ranking countries to make room for them, while lower-ranking countries would essentially be ignored

• As one of the fastest-growing major economies, India is a crucial market and supply chain partner,

• growing as a global power

development of the modern state of Russia

moving in reverse*****

What is the basic structure of its government? (Russia)

No developed party system, legislature, executive (Premier and President)

• Elections are not free (heavily corrupt and controlled by state media)

• “call for return of stalin’s idea” , under Putin’s “Party of Russian Federation”

• heavy nationalism, political and cultural isolation

• Russian orthodox church very strong conservative political and social influence

What are the major domestic and international policy concerns for Russia today?

Domestic (Bad health, low birth rate, low life expectancy, d#ath, $uicide, accidents, corruption, hom!cides, no democracy, no human rights)

International (Sanctions from West , skepticism about anti-western motives, privatization, recession, in a resource trap)

What sort of role does Russia play in the international community?

• European and Western antagonism (anti-Nato)

• Putin’s obsession with the reassertion with Russian influence (pan- Slavism), militarism

• weaken western democracy → election interference

• Invasion of Ukraine for more economic gain (even allies don’t agree with them)

• China and India → friendly rivals, more trade since western sanctions (bring Russia into their sphere of influence)