IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2007

The volume, divided into four sections, deals with strategic developments pertaining to Asia. Recognizing the diverse ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ factors impinging on a country’s strategic posture, the volume begins with issues which the Advisory Committee f Experts guiding this publication felt were of immediate relevance.  Accordingly, the first section "International Security Issues" has articles analyzing 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 contains 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 State, 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 institutionalizing 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.