1. The Prospect in Asia.
- Author
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Isaacs, Harold R.
- Subjects
DEVELOPING countries ,DEVELOPMENT economics ,ECONOMIC indicators ,ECONOMIC policy - Abstract
This article focuses on the impact of peace between Russia and the U.S. on the socio-economic development of the Asian countries. The question here, therefore, is not what kind of "negotiated settlement" between Russia and America can produce peace in Asia. It is rather what kind of world organization can be created in which these issues can be resolved in the most rational possible way. It is not a matter of what Russians and Americans can agree on, but of what the Asian peoples themselves need and of what they need to do. From the Asian point of view, the Russian-American power struggle is a major obstacle in the path of everything Asia needs and everything Asia needs to do. Nationhood, as such, is a blind alley for everyone, but more particularly for the new nations emerging so tardily in Asia.
- Published
- 1950