Center for Political developments in the last week has become Asia. Delhi received U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while on the island of Phuket finally managed to hold the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has repeatedly postponed because of unrest in Thailand, the country's presidency in the organization.

Hillary Clinton visit to India, most observers rated as very good. Secretary of State has not been able to address the existing differences between countries (in the first place, we are talking about the US-Pakistani relations, the traditional concerns of Delhi, as well as the tensions that arose after India attempted to lead the developing countries in negotiations on climate change at the WTO) and move on those issues where possible. Have been signed three major agreements: on cooperation in education, on the monitoring of end-user, which gives the green light to the delivery of high-tech military equipment, and technical cooperation agreement. The signed documents will be in New Delhi, the American economy - atomic energy and defense industry - at least 20 billion dollars, and Delhi offer a serious step forward in the military-technical development.

However, one important difference did not managed to overcome: India has once again refused to reduce emissions under the international plan to combat global warming. Official Delhi said that per capita emissions in the country one of the lowest and the world should not fear the growth of Indian economy, despite the fact that in quantitative terms, India is the 4th largest in the world by the level of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. The country spends around 2.6% of its 1,2 - trillion GDP to mitigate the effects of emissions to air and did not consider it necessary to further reduce these emissions or increases in funding to deal with the consequences. Moreover, the Indian economy, according to the official New Delhi, responsibility in the 4% of global emissions in the atmosphere, whereas for the States the figure is 20%, passes Bloomberg.

Visit ASEAN Summit, where the secretary of state went after Ms. visit to India, Hillary Clinton became a logical continuation of its first foreign tour in Asia. It was during that visit, Mrs. Clinton promised to visit the summit of ASEAN and to join the treaty of friendship and cooperation, which includes a paragraph on non-interference in the affairs of the region. United States back - both commented Mrs. secretary of state, its presence in the forum. If Obama is seriously the administration decided to increase its influence in the region, there will have to compete, especially with China, and India (both countries are usually present at the Summit of the Organization as an observer). As ASEAN is composed of 10 south-east Asian countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, the value of the block, according to most observers, will only grow. Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Myanmar and Vietnam have significant prospected hydrocarbon reserves, and Bay of Bengal has become a vital transit route in the region, which explains the interest of China and India, importers of fuel, to the ASEAN. In what capacity to the region wanted to return to the United States, and that hope is still not entirely clear. Significantly, that Mrs. Clinton the day before the visit more than once expressed the need to squeeze on a non-democratic regime of Myanmar to the exclusion from the ASEAN countries. At that since the organization was followed by an immediate and very hard answer: the exclusion of Myanmar would be unhelpful step and the reasons for this organization does not see. In all likelihood, the core region and is aware of its importance and independence of its decisions do not hurry.

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