South Asia Defence and Strategic Year Book
Contents: Foreword. Interviews/A.K. Sharma. 1. India Air Force: "capable air force of a responsible regional power". 2. Indian Army: making conceptual and doctrinal changes. 3. Indian Navy: a three-dimensional, technology-enabled, networked force. Perspective on South Asia Issues: 4. Conventional conflicts in South Asia: perspective and prognosis/Vijay Oberoi. 5. Migration and security/P.R. Chari. 6. Chinese consolidation in Tibet and its impact on India/Claude Arpi. 7. South Asia and un peacekeeping in the 21 century/Satish Nambiar. 8. Maritime security in the Indian Ocean/Utham Kumar Jamadhagni. 9. India\'s security concerns and prospects for strategic stability/Brig Gurmeet Kanwal. 10. Militancy in Bangla Desh and its impact on South Asia/Dipanjan Roy Chaudhary. 11. The dynamics of internal security in India/P.P.S. Bindra. 12. Left wing terrorism in India: the simmering cauldrons of Madhya Bharat/Ram Subramanyam. 13. Recent events in Afghanistan and their impact on South Asia/Anil Bhat. 14. Indo-Pak Rapprochement--problems and prospects/Air Marshal R.S. Bedi. 15. China\'s strategic and security policies in 2006: an assessment/S. Kondapalli. 16. Nepal\'s march towards democracy and stability: will it succeed?/Brig Arun Sahgal.
"The year book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the security environment in South Asia. International focus on the region and its increasing engagement by the comity of nations are ample indications of its emergence as the text power centre in global politics. And yet, while it continues to grow in economic, industrial and military potential, its peculiar security environment, ridden with inter and intra-state disputes, insurgency, terrorism, rise of fundamentalism and other flash points continues to intrigue the world. The year book focuses on these and other relevant strategic issues to analyse and provide a better understanding of the region. It is a multi-dimensional, issue-based review of events that impact defence and security in South Asia.
Over the years strict definition of South Asia has got diffused due to strategic linkages and interdependence of nation states. The year book, therefore, includes China and other Southeast Asian nations, in order to provide a holistic approach to the region.
The region\'s centrality to the global war on terrorism is undeniable. The United States has engaged the region aggressively with a wide variety of initiatives. More importantly, India and China are driving transformation of trends on the international economic horizon. Other geostrategic factors also contribute to its rising importance. The need for information on the region is thus keenly felt and this publication aims to address that." (jacket)
