This book is based on the views expressed by eminent scholars from the US, Russia, China and Pakistan on Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: Role of Major Powers. The aim of the volume is to map out major powers’ strategic interests given the fluid environment of cooperation and conflict in South Asia.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Introduction
PART ONE
Welcome Address
Brig. (R) Mehboob Qadir
Keynote Address
Ambassador Yao Jing
Inaugural Address
Tehmina Janjua
Concluding Address
Sardar Masood Khan
Recommendations
PART TWO
Role of Major Powers in South Asia
- The US and South Asia: From Unipolarity to Multipolarity
Dr Ahmed Ijaz Malik
- Russia and South Asia: Putin’s ‘Look East Policy’
Dr Najamudin Ayoola
- Current Situation and Future of Economic Cooperation between China and South Asia
Dr Wang Shida
US’ South Asia Policy under Trump Administration: Future of Regional Stability
- Trump’s South Asia Policy: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Dr Joshua T. White
- Emerging Trends in the Security Architecture of South Asia: Role of Pakistan
Dr M. Sheharyar Khan
South Asian Dynamics:
Interests of Major Powers
- Testing Rationality in Foreign Policy: Donald Trump and the US-Pakistan Relationship
Harrison Akins
- Geopolitics of South Asia and Interests of China
Dr Liu Zongyi
- Russia’s Interests in South Asia: From Old Geopolitical to New Strategic Alignments
Leonid Savin
From Geopolitics to
Geoeconomic Trajectories
- Investing in Peace: Economic Interdependence in South Asia
Dr Huma Baqai and Sabiha Mehreen
- Moving from Conflict Management to Conflict Resolution: Way Out for India and Pakistan
Dr Naeem Ahmed
- Sino-US Geopolitical Competition: Implications for Pakistan
Dr Sarwat Rauf
