India and South Asia: Exploring Regional Perceptions

Publisher: Pentagon Press Perceptions play a very significant role in South Asian politics. They have largely shaped and influenced state policies and politics among the South Asian countries, especially in...

• Author:
• Vishal Chandra |
• 2015 |
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Non-Traditional Security Challenges in Asia: Approaches and Responses

Publisher: Pentagon Press Asia is challenged by a number of non-traditional security issues including the food–energy–water nexus, climate change, transnational crime, terrorism, disaster relief and economic performance. This volume categorizes...

• Author:
• Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Uttam Kumar Sinha |
• 2015 |
• Book

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Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary (Volume I)

Publisher: Pentagon Press This book is the first in a series of three volumes on “Kautilya and His Vocabulary” as a part of the “Indigenous Historical Knowledge” project undertaken by...

• Author:
• P. K. Gautam , Saurabh Mishra , Arvind Gupta |
• 2015 |
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Developments in the Gulf Region: Prospects and Challenges for India in the Next Two Decades

Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) This volumes examines the current emerging social, political, economic and security trends in the Gulf Region and likely trajectory of events and...

• Author:
• Rumel Dahiya |
• 2014 |
• Book

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India and Africa: Enhancing Mutual Engagement

Publisher: Pentagon Press2014 This book represents an effort to build on existing partnerships between African countries and India and to explore new areas of convergence for mutual engagement. It originated...

• Author:
• Ruchita Beri |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Unending Violence in Pakistan Analysing the Trends

Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses The Pakistan Project of IDSA consists of a dedicated group of scholars studying Pakistan and watching the unfolding events and analysing the trends...

• Author:
• Pakistan Project Report |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Understanding India’s Maoists

Publisher: Pentagon Press The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, also known in India as Naxalites, is the most lethal and largest of all such groups. Its...

• Author:
• P. V. Ramana |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Core Concerns in Indian Defence and the Imperatives for Reforms

Publisher: Pentagon Press India's current defence imperatives transcend the ideeological 'defence vs. butter' debate. Even while there may be no profound existential concerns, the geo-political reality of a deeply troubled...

• Author:
• Vinod Misra |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Militant Groups in South Asia

Publisher: Pentagon Press This book is an attempt to profile important militant groups presently active in South Asian countries. The threat perception from each group has been covered in this...

• Author:
• Surinder Kumar Sharma , Anshuman Behera |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Central Asia: Democracy, Instability and Strategic Game in Kyrgyzstan

Publisher: Pentagon Press Central Asia remains both stable and unpredictable after 20 years of its reemergence. The states here continue to undergo complex nation-building process, which is far from complete....

• Author:
• P. Stobdan |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Emerging Trends in West Asia: Regional and Global Implications

Publisher: Pentagon Press The book provides an in-depth assessment of socio-political, economic and strategic trends unfolding in West Asia. It also explores options for India to enhance existing relations with...

• Author:
• Meena Singh Roy |
• 2014 |
• Book

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India and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime – The Perennial Outlier

Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-11-0705-662-6 Price: Rs.895/- The book describes India as a unique case of an outlier surviving outside the regime’s overarching system, as a nuclear-capable state with...

• Author:
• A. Vinod Kumar |
• 2014 |
• Book

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The Other Kashmir: Society, Culture and Politics in the Karakoram Himalayas

Publisher: Pentagon Press The book deals with the historical, cultural, geopolitical, strategic, socio-economic and political perspectives on the entire Karakoram-Himalayan region. It is based on the papers contributed by area...

• Author:
• K. Warikoo |
• 2014 |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands : India’s Untapped Strategic Assets

Publisher: Pentagon Press The author argues that though the islands are an environmentally sensitive region, its strategic importance in the present day context for India cannot be diminished. The book...

• Author:
• Sanat Kaul |
• 2014 |
• Book

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China Yearbook 2013

Publisher: Magnum Books Pvt Ltd An annual publication from the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the China Yearbook is a round-up of events and issues of significance that...

• Author:
• Naval Jagota |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Asian Strategic Review 2015: India as a Security Provider

Publisher: Pentagon Press India’s role as a security provider has increasingly been discussed and debated over a period of time. This has received a fillip as a result of India's...

• Author:
• S. D. Muni , Vivek Chadha |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Strategic Materials: A Resource Challenge for India

Publisher: Pentagon Press2014 There are a few minerals which are categorized as ‘strategic’ because of their importance for the industries and owing to natural and man-made difficulties in their procurement....

• Author:
• Ajey Lele , Parveen Bhardwaj |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Asian Strategic Review 2014: US Pivot and Asian Security

Publisher: Pentagon Press The “Pivot to Asia” strategy qualifies to be called Obama Doctrine: a part of Obama’s “grand strategy”. This policy may radically redefine not only the US engagement...

• Author:
• S. D. Muni , Vivek Chadha |
• 2014 |
• Book

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Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia

Publisher: Pentagon Press2013 This volume brings together views of some of the most eminent scholars and security analysts from South Asia on the challenges and prospects of a cooperative security...

• Author:
• Nihar R. Nayak |
• 2014 |
• Book

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The Unfinished War in Afghanistan: 2001-2014

Publisher: Pentagon Press This book makes a modest attempt to contribute to the ongoing debate on future challenges for Afghanistan as the largest ever coalition of Western forces prepares to...

• Author:
• Vishal Chandra |
• 2014 |
• Book

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