Viangchan Province, Laos Jul 21, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - The cultural undercurrents between India and Lao PDR can help form the basis of its modern bilateral relations, helping in socio-economic growth of the countries, says a new paper created by the Geopolitical Division of government advisory firm, Sapio Analytics, mandated by the Embassy of the Lao PDR to India and acknowledged by them and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
The report talks about the underlying common cultural currents between the two countries, and how the historical bond between them can help guide their current economic growth while providing insights on correlations between modern trade and cultural interdependencies. Through research rooted in the pasts of the two countries and a data-driven evaluation of the significance of the same in the current socio-economic contexts of the countries, the report shows the benefits of a deeper relationship between the countries.
Speaking about the report, Gandhali Bhide from Sapio Geopolitical team and lead author of the paper, says, “Discovering the cultural undercurrent between India-Lao PDR has been a journey to understand not only the nation-state relations between the two countries but people-to-people relations and things that affect the everyday life of people.”
The embassy of the Lao PDR to India provided the authors and researchers with data and access to invaluable information and assets that could facilitate the research and related evaluation presented in the report.
“This report marks the beginning of a new relationship between the countries, with the strong realisation of the inter-dependencies between them. We hope to initiate new avenues of trade relations on the basis of this report”, adds Bhide.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic was once called the outpost of Indian culture a few centuries ago. It remains to be seen how the initiation of this data-backed research would lead to modification in the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Sapio Analytics’ Geopolitical division has previously released a paper on India’s relations with Cambodia and is now working with the Government of Zimbabwe, along with other countries, to decode the power of lost relations rooted in ancient history and impacting modern trade.
The full report can be read here.
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