Asian Strategic Review 2007
ABOUT THE BOOK
The volume, divided into four sections, deals with strategic developments pertaining to Asia. Recognising the diverse ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors impinging on a country’s strategic posture, the volume starts off by dealing with issues which the Advisory Committee of Experts guiding this publication felt were of immediate relevance. Accordingly, the first section, on “International Security Issues” has articles analysing India’s responses to the global energy security challenges, the resurgent Russia, the emerging military technologies and their security implications for India, the ‘global war on terror’ and the issues concerning the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
The next three parts contain in-depth analyses of major events in South, East and the West and Central regions of Asia. These constitute India’s immediate and extended strategic neighbourhood. The wide range of issues dealt with include the evolving partnership between India and the United States, the changes in the contours of the Sino-Indian and the Sino-Japanese relationship, an evaluation of the India-Pakistan peace process, the challenges of institutionalising democracies in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Afghanistan, the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, the East Asian ‘economic dynamism and political flux’, Pyongyang’s nuclear ‘brinkmanship’, Iran’s nuclear programme, developments in Israel-Palestinian relations, and the role of major powers in Central Asia.
The volume also presents a Statistical Appendix containing defence and conflict-related data for important countries in Asia.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
:
S.D. MUNI, Senior Visiting Scholar, IDSA was formerly professor and Chairperson of the Centre for South, Central and Southeast Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was also India’s Ambassador to Laos (1997-1999) and Special Envoy in pursuance of India’s claims for a permanent UNSC seat.
The author/editor of more than 20 books including Internal Conflicts in South Asia, Maoists Insurgency in Nepal, India’s Energy Security, China’s Strategic Engagement with the New ASEAN, Responding to Terrorism in South Asia, and over a 100 research papers, Prof. Muni is a distinguished expert on South/Southeast Asian political and security affairs. He was bestowed with Sri Lanka’s highest honour for a non-national, ‘SRI LANKA RATNA’ in 2005.
CONTENTS IN DETAIL
:
I
International Security Issues
- Global Energy Security Challenges: India’s Response
Shebonti Ray Dadwal - Emerging Military Technologies: Security Implications for India
Ajey Lele - Global War on Terror: The Long War to Nowhere
Shanthie Mariet D’Souza - A Supranational Agency for Nuclear Materials?
Rajiv Nayan - Resurgence of Russia
P. Stobdan - India–Pakistan Peace Process: Gathering Momentum
Ashutosh Misra - Pakistan 2006: Between Internal Constraints and External Pressures
Ashok K. Behuria - Bangladesh: Amidst Constitutional Crisis
Sreeradha Datta - Sri Lanka: Towards Eelam War IV?
Alok Bansal and M. Mayilvaganan - The Challenge of Building a New Nepal
Smruti S. Pattanaik - Afghanistan: Growing Uncertainties
Vishal Chandra - Naxalism/Left-wing Extremism in India: Purpose and Strategy
Namrata Goswami - East Asia in 2006: Economic Dynamism and Political Flux
G.V.C. Naidu - Sino–Indian Engagement?
Raviprasad Narayanan - Sino-Japanese Strategic Relations
Abanti Bhattacharya - Japan’s Leadership Transition
Arpita Mathur - Nuclear Brinkmanship in East Asia: Responses and Ramifications
S. Samuel C. Rajiv - Meeting Threats to Sea-Lines Collectively: Emerging Contours in the Indian Ocean
Gurpreet S. Khurana - Indo–Saudi Engagement: Breaking New Ground
Gulshan Dietl - Iran’s Nuclear Defiance
Rajesh Kumar Mishra - Hamas, Israel, and Peace
A. K. Pasha - The Second Israel–Lebanon War: An Appraisal
V. Krishnappa - Major Powers in Central Asia: Imperatives for India
Meena Singh Roy
II
South Asia: Concerns and Hopes
III
Dynamism and Flux in Asia-Pacific
IV
Engagements and Conflict in West and Central Asia
V
Statistical Appendix
Appendix Tables
CONTRIBUTORS:
Alok Bansal
Research Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
Ashok Behuria
Research Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
Abanti Bhattacharya
Associate Fellow, East and South- East Asia, IDSA
Vishal Chandra
Associate Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Associate Fellow, USA and Europe Studies, IDSA
Shebonti Ray Dadwal
Research Fellow, Energy Security, IDSA
Sreeradha Datta
Research Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
Gulshan Dietl
Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, JNU
Namrata Goswami
Associate Fellow, Internal Security, IDSA
Gurpreet Khurana
Research Fellow, Military Affairs, IDSA
V. Krishnappa
Research Fellow, Military Affairs, IDSA
Ajey Lele
Research Fellow, Modeling and Net Assessment, IDSA
Arpita Mathur
Associate Fellow, East and South- East Asia, IDSA
M. Mayilvaganan
Associate Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
Rajesh Kumar Mishra
Associate Fellow, Weapons of Mass Destruction, IDSA
Ashutosh Misra
Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Brisbane
G.V.C. Naidu
Senior Fellow, East and South-East Asia, IDSA
Raviprasad Narayanan
Associate Fellow, East and South-East Asia, IDSA
Rajiv Nayan
Research Officer, USA and Europe Studies, IDSA
A.K. Pasha
Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, JNU
Smruti Pattanaik
Research Fellow, South Asia, IDSA
S. Samuel C. Rajiv
Research Assistant, Military Affairs, IDSA
Meena Singh Roy
Research Officer, Russia and Central Asia, IDSA
P. Stobdan
Centre for Strategic and Regional Studies, Jammu University
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