Manu Bhagavan

Publication

Regional Organizations and Maritime Dispute Resolution: Challenges in ASEAN and the Baltic Sea

Academic research demonstrates that regional organizations have great influence in resolving maritime conflicts, as its members are immediately affected by contention in the region. However, regional organizations also face challenges stemming from the organization’s own mechanism, capacity, and role which reduces the regional organization’s active role in preventing and resolving conflicts. This article examines the case of the Baltic Sea and South China Sea regions, specifically, comparing, analysing challenges in maritime conflict resolution between the ASEAN and CBSS.

Towards a World Community: Thoughts on India and the Idea of United Nations Reform

The title of this article is derived from a famous speech made by Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, at the United Nations in December 1956. Over the previous decade, Nehru, together with his sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and Mahatma Gandhi, had been working to build the UN into a form of global government. They termed their vision One World, and it had democracy and human rights as its basis.