1. AS-4100Lesson 20 Regional Study: South Asia Lt Col Wayne Doherty 13 Oct 09

2. Overview - LLAB 3 up/3 down - Consider the Unified Command Plan Map - Student Presentations - Remaining Material on South Asia - EXERCISE - AF Topics of Your Choice * Money Management Suggestions for 2d Lts * What Else is on Your Minds? 2

3. South Asia

4. Combatant Commands Two Regional Combatant Commands United States Central Command - USCENTCOM (HQ: MacDill AFB, in Tampa, FL) United States Pacific Command - USPACOM (HQ: Camp H. M. Smith, in Honolulu, HI) 4

5. South Asia

6. South Asia

8. Economics and Environmental Issues

9. Culture and Society

11. Leads to natural segregation

12. India alone has 112 languages with more than 10,000 speakers

14. For example

16. South Asian society was initially divided into 4 castes

17. Brahmins (bra-min) (priests and teachers)

18. Kshatriyas (ke-shat-te)(warriors and rulers)

19. Vaishyas (vai-sha)(farmers, merchants, and traders)

20. Sudras (laborers and servants)

23. In much of South Asia, family life is centered on the extended clan, with several generations including uncles, aunts, and cousins living together in the same, adjoining, or nearby dwellings

25. The elderly are respected and cared for.

26. South Asian parents almost always arrange the marriages of their children, with caste, ethnicity, and class considerations playing prominent roles.

28. Women have influence in family affairs, but men head the household, expecting respect and obedience

30. Often, they are considered inferior and a family liability

31. Women often are denied education, access to health care, and jobs outside the home.

32. They sometimes are thrown out of the house if they do not bear children

34. Selective abortions

35. 74 million “missing women”Some things are changing for the better

39. Religions born elsewhere, including Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism, have also taken root in South Asia"In religion, all other countries are paupers. India is the only millionaire." Mark Twain

41. Some 63% of South Asians practice Hinduism, itself a collection of various philosophical traditions

42. Another 30% practice Islam

43. Buddhism is the dominant religion in Sri Lanka and Bhutan Brahma

45. Since the 1940s, millions have been lifted out of poverty

46. Life expectancy in the area has almost doubled

47. India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have taken significant steps toward slowing their population growth

49. 1/3 of South Asia's 1.4 billion inhabitants live below the international poverty line of $1 a day

50. 3/4 live on less than $2 a day

51. Roughly 300 million are undernourished, including half the region's children under five

52. 2/3 don’t have access to adequate sanitation facilities, the worst showing for any region

53. South Asia has the world's highest illiteracy rates

56. Over 50% of the world's Fortune 500 companies, including General Electric, American Express, and Dell Computers, outsource IT operations to India, where they have found that the labor is cheap, errors are few, and productivity is high

58. Half the size of the United States, the region has five times as many people, almost a quarter of the world's population

59. India 1947 -- 350 million

60. India 2005 -- 1 billion+

61. Tens of millions of South Asians lack access to basic health services. The prevalence and spread of diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS spark intense concern

63. A massive cloud of air pollution hovers over large parts of the region sickening people, altering the climate, and damaging crops

65. The region's eight states include:

67. 2 authoritarian states (the Maldives and Pakistan)

68. 2 monarchies (Bhutan and Nepal)

70. Current Issues Discussion Items: Coping with Disaster: The US and Indian air forces will train together during the next installment of the Cope India exercise that begins on Thursday and runs through Oct. 24 at Air Force Station Agra in Uttar Predesh, India. This year's activities will focus on airlift to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief support. More than 150 USAF airmen, along with one C-17, three C-130Hs, and one C-130J, will travel to India to train with their Indian counterparts. "Exercises like Cope India strengthen solid military-to-military relationships with our air forces in the region," said Raymond Bundschuh, lead planner for the exercise with 13th Air Force at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Spooling Up in Afghanistan: Link to article - http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/October%202009/1009afghanistan.aspx Enduring Airlift: Link to article - http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/October%202009/1009airlift.aspx Your Questions??? 28

71. Summary - LLAB 3 up/3 down - Consider the Unified Command Plan Map - Student Presentations - Remaining Material on South Asia - EXERCISE - AF Topics of Your Choice * Money Management Suggestions for 2d Lts * What Else is on Your Minds? 29

72. Next Class No Class Meeting Next Week! For 27 Oct 09 Class Meeting: - EXAM 1 is Due by 1800L - Officer Force Development CBT - Air, Space and Cyberspace Power Functions - Air and Space Expeditionary Force 30

73. Questions?