American Strategy in South Asia

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. American strategy in South Asia: a comparative view of cold war and post cold war periods. 3. Strategic environment of South Asia and the U.S.A. 4. Indo-U.S. relations in the post cold war period. 5. U.S. Pak relations in the post cold war period. 6. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. 

The book is a sincere scholarly endeavor to examine different aspects of American strategy towards South Asia in the post Cold-War period. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and demise of cold war, South Asia-a low priority region during the entire cold war period, suddenly figured quite prominently in the American strategic design in the aftermath of the cold war. Altered global strategic scenario in the wake of globalization and fast occurring developments in West Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, rise of China and growing tentacles of terrorism are the factors accountable for this paradigm shift in American Strategy. Professor Kumar has meticulously discussed all these factors with remarkable clarity. It also focuses upon the newly ingrained bonhomie between India and the US under the new political dispensations both in New Delhi and Washington. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of American strategy towards South Asia in the twenty first century. (jacket)