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  • The South Asia-East Asia Linkage Process: The Perspective of President Joe Biden’s Administration

    From the early 21st century, East Asia has emerged as a strongly developing region with large economies such as Japan, Korea and China. East Asia experienced the ‘Asian economic miracle’ of rapid growth, a shift into manufacturing for export and rising living standards.Footnote1 Meanwhile, South Asia is the region ostensibly with the weakest external connections. Since the 1990s, India has made important adjustments in its foreign policy. India had shifted from the ‘Look East Policy’ to the ‘Act East Policy’, and has been expanding cooperation with other Asian countries.

    May-June 2024

    Strategic Rebalancing: China and Us Engagement with South Asia

    • Publisher: Pentagon Press
      2024
    The relationship between China, the US, and South Asia holds significant implications for global politics and security dynamics due to several reasons. South Asia is strategically located at the crossroads of major global trade routes, making it crucial for regional stability and economic prosperity. Its geopolitical significance is further amplified by its proximity to the Indian Ocean, a vital maritime corridor for global commerce. As such, any developments in South Asia have far-reaching consequences for international trade and security.

    China’s rapid economic ascent and expanding influence in South Asia has altered the traditional power dynamics in the region. With its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has invested heavily in infrastructure projects across South Asia, enhancing connectivity and economic ties. This has enabled China to assert itself as a major player in the region, challenging the influence traditionally held by the US and other Western powers.

    This book delves into the intricate relationship between China`s rise and US engagement with South Asia, addressing several key questions. First, it explores how China`s rise as a major power has influenced US involvement in South Asia. Additionally, it investigates the significance of South Asia in the broader strategic calculations of the US. Finally, it examines how evolving geopolitical dynamics shape American strategies in the region.

    This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the intricate relationship between the US, China, and South Asia, offering insights into the geopolitical shifts and strategic considerations that have shaped the region`s dynamics.

    • ISBN: 9788197198618 ,
    • Price: ₹ 1295/-
    • E-copy available
    2024

    Ch Harshawardan asked: Do states influence foreign policy decision making in India?

    Ashok Behuria replies: In South Asia, India is the only country having either land or maritime borders with all its neighbours. Except Pakistan and Afghanistan, other countries in the region do not share borders between them. In this context, it is but natural that a large and ethnically diverse country like India will have ethno-cultural and linguistic overlaps with geographically contiguous areas along its borders.

    Political Islam: Parallel Currents in West Asia and South Asia

    • Publisher: Pentagon Press
      2023
    This book deals with the history of Muslim political thought from the time of the Prophet to early 21" century in `West Asia` (an Indian alternative to the `colonial` term Middle East) and South Asia. Although Islam does not present nor recommend any political philosophy or state-like system per se, Muslim scholars and theologians have over the centuries recommended ways for establishing an ideal Islamic polity based on Quranic inferences, precedents of the Prophet and some early Caliphs. Although Political Islam strictly refers to only a century-old religious-political revivalist movement, this book covers historical concepts and developments that serve as political antecedents for contemporary Political Islam in the two regions.
    • ISBN: 9788195189458 ,
    • Price: ₹ 1995/-
    • E-copy available
    2023

    Re-Energising Science Diplomacy in South Asia

    Science diplomacy can be used effectively to address critical challenges facing the South Asian region.

    January 31, 2023

    The Pacific Islands and Geopolitical Jostling: Can India Play a Stabilising Role?

    India can carve a niche as a capacity-builder in helping the southern Pacific countries meet developmental goals and tackle climate change.

    September 02, 2022

    Shashank Mittal asked: What is the difference between frontier and boundary in the context of India?

    Pushpita Das replies: A frontier, etymologically, suggests what lies ahead or “in front” of an inhabitation. So, a frontier is an area that is ahead of a hinterland. It is an area towards which an ecumene (inhabited land) can expand. Generally, frontiers are not recognised as a legal or political concept.

    Abhishek Singh asked: Is the Indian foreign policy being increasingly shaped by the neoliberal outlook?

    Ashok Kumar Behuria replies: The term 'neoliberalism' has an economic refrain. It advocates a free market, laissez-faire economy. In international relations, neoliberal institutionalism has a slightly modified tenor that lays emphasis on economic interdependence which has been a marked feature of international politics in the post-Cold War period. Such interdependence leads to inter-connectedness and linkage that ensures peace and reduces the probability of conflict between states.

    South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation

    Regionalism in South Asia continues to evoke intense academic interest among scholars. SAARC, an organization that was conceptualized in the early eighties, evinced both hope and despair. A hope to overcome the factitious past and move onto the path of prosperity, and the despair that was embodied in its inability to achieve its potential. The fight against poverty and the path to prosperity has mostly been an individualistic journey among countries.

    January 2021

    Samarpan Samajdar asked: What are the implications of ethnic sub-nationalism on bilateral relations in South Asia?

    Ashok K. Behuria replies: Most states in South Asia are multi-ethnic/cultural ones. The peculiar history of the region ensured large scale migration across different subregions of South Asia over time, resulting in ethnic, cultural and linguistic overlaps by default when the modern states were constituted as a byproduct of both colonial politics and anti-colonial struggles in the mid-twentieth century.

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