Southeast Asia is region that has in the past two decades, ascended to an area of great strategic importance for India both in terms of the Asian geopolitical balance but also as a nucleus of regional and international commerce. India’s Look East Policy which aims to foster deeper collaboration in a range of sectors with our Southeast Asian neighbors hopes to do so primarily through land based linkages with India's northeast.
This book focuses on both the hurdles as well as prospects for greater partnership with Southeast Asian region through India's northeast. It delves into issues of connectivity, free trade agreements, security implications, infrastructure, regional geopolitics etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D Suba Chandran
D. Suba Chandran is Assistant Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi. He works on Kashmir, Pakistan, Indo-Pak relations and Suicide Terrorism and his recent publications include: "India and Armed Non-state Actors in the Kashmir Conflict," in WPS Sidhu et al, ed., Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2006) pp. 80-107; "Pakistan's Endgame in Kashmir: India's Options," Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, July-September 2006, pp. 85-103; Limited War: Revisitinjg Kargil in Indo-Pak Conflict (New Delhi: India Research Press, 2005); and Indo-Pak Conflicts: Ripe to Resolve? (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2005) (Co-authored).
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