IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series
of ""Annual Surveys"" revived by the Institute in the previous
year, is divided into six sections. The first section, on
international security, discusses some significant developments in
the Asian security landscape, while taking stock of the persisting,
unresolved concerns. The issues covered include space security in
the aftermath of China's anti-satellite test of 11 January 2007,
energy security in the face of galloping oil prices, the growing
concern regarding climate change, an evaluation of the current
state of the global war on terror, and the evolving situation in
Iraq, the safety of Pakistan's strategic assets, and an assessment
of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention. The next
section focuses on the theme related directly to India's security
concerns. Accordingly, India's strengthened partnerships with the
United States and Russia, its ocean security in the backdrop of
capacity additions to its Navy, India's Look East policy with
imperatives for Northeast security and India's acknowledged most
pressing internal security challenge, the Maoist insurgency, are
analysed in depth. During the period under review, a number of
countries in South Asia - like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh
- have experienced a process of political transition. Clouds of
anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes.
Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence. The
ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much
hope for a viable political solution. Section III deals with these
intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications
of them for India's own security and stability. Section IV contains
two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the
growing strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The next section on East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region contains
chapters assessing the implications of China's Seventeenth Party
Congress, an analysis of the relationship between Hu Jintao and the
PLA, an examination of Myanmar's internal politics, Myanmar in the
China-India equation, political developments in Japan after the end
of Shinzo Abe's prime-ministerial term, and the challenges
confronting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). At
the end of this volume, Statistical Appendices provide useful data,
charts and tables relating to Asia's defense and energy sectors.
General
Imprint: |
Academic Foundation
|
Country of origin: |
India |
Release date: |
2008 |
First published: |
April 2009 |
Editors: |
S.D. Muni
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 154mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
378 |
ISBN-13: |
978-81-7188-712-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Development economics
|
LSN: |
81-7188-712-0 |
Barcode: |
9788171887125 |
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