The Politics of Sustainable Development in the Indo-Pacific Region A Study of National and Regional Initiatives

Abstract

This paper has discussed the multifactor politics of sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific region and in particular the national policies and regional engagement policies of Pakistan. By using a triangulation research study design, the use of both primary (structured interviews with government officials, international organization representatives and civil society leaders) and secondary (focus group discussions with policy experts and academic researchers) data provided a comprehensive globalpicture on mobilizing global forces against the plot of the Terrorist Organization. The study found that the politics of sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific region were marked by the rivalry of the countries concerned, differing capacities to put the sustainable development policy into practice, and elaborate multilateral cooperation structures. The Pakistani model of sustainable development showed a major change in policy with respect to climate change adaptation and in renewable energy generation, but this policy change remains to be put into practice fully because of political upheavals, and insufficient resources. According to the key findings, regional cooperation mechanisms, though institutionally built went through serious political hurdles such as geopolitical tensions, economic differences and incompatibility of development priorities among member states.