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    Geostrategic Significance of South Asia:
    (IUP Publications, 2014) Singh, Bawa; Mir, Mohamad Arif
    After the nuclear tests conducted by both India and Pakistan in May 1998 in South Asia, the experts, particularly the former US president Bill Clinton, described the region volatile and a dangerous place in the world. This description of South Asia is to be viewed in the context of the uneasy relations between India and Pakistan since their independence. There are, of course, many other places in the world which are highly risky for the people who live there; the contemporary anarchy in Nigeria, Ukraine and the Middle East countries has provided disturbing evidence of the brutality of mankind. But these conflicts have either been confined to the said regions or have only limited regional significance. The disputes among South Asian countries have remained an area of unresolved and dangerous conflict involving external powers, arms proliferation and ethnic and religious hatred that go back to the evolution of India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka-the countries that form South Asia. Due to its strategic location and natural wealth, the region has acquired a very important position from a geostrategic point of view. External powers such as China and the US, to increase their economic stakes, seek to engage South Asian countries with respect to security and energy issues in West and Central Asia, the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Against this backdrop, the paper has attempted to study and analyze the geostrategic importance of South Asia and the role of China and the US as two major powers that have interests in the region.
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    Maritime Security Threats in the Indian Ocean:How Prepared is the Indian Navy
    (IUP Publications, 2014) Singh, Bawa
    Throughout history, the Indian Ocean had remained the pivot of international relations. Following the end of the Cold War, a paradigmatic shift has taken place with the astonishing economic growth of China and India. To sustain the growth rate of the major economies such as China and India and other regional countries, incessant supply of energy has become the dire requirement of the region. But in recent years, maritime threats have been growing exponentially. This perception has been heightened by incidents like 26/11 which took place via sea route. The maritime threats like sea piracy, narco trafficking, gun trafficking and maritime terrorism, particularly after the Mumbai attacks, have created maritime security challenges for the Indian Navy. The focus of this paper is to find out how the Indian Navy is preparing itself to cope with these maritime security challenges.
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    Prospects of inclusive peace, perception of players and stakes involved in post-9/11 Afghanistan
    (Taylor and Francis, 2012) Mahapatra, D.A.
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    Introduction: Contextualising Eurasian conflicts and prospects of peace
    (Taylor and Francis, 2012) Mahapatra, D.A.
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    Broadening exchanges and changing institutions: Multiple sites of economic transnationalism
    (Taylor and Francis, 2014) Irudaya Rajan, S.; Varghese, V.J.
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    Indo-Kazakhstan Trade: Barriers and Prospects
    (Research journal of Area Study Center, Univeristy of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2014) Kaur, Jaspreet; Kaur, Sandeep
    The degree of Indo-Kazakhstan bilateral trade is not so relevant but it has been growing fast in last few years. This increase is exhibiting increasing role of the republic in India’s trade. As per Indicative Trade Potential (ITP), there exists a vast scope to increase and diversify this bilateral trade. India has major potential in machinery and transport while Kazakhstan can expand the exports from its traditional sectors of mineral and metals. Potential in different products reveals the opportunity for diversify the trade in future. It would enhance the benefits for both the countries in long term.
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    Globalization of Finance: India’s Experience of Capital Flows.
    (Research Centre For Social Sciences, India, 2011) Nanda, Paramjit; Kaur, Sandeep
    Globalization of finance measured in terms of capital account liberalization has been viewed by many economists as an important component of the overall opening up of global trade and financial markets especially in recent years. It is in this context, paper seeks to analyse issue of CAC in India. Study reveals that capital account surplus is mainly accounted for by non-debt creating foreign investment inflows. Foreign investment and banking balance accounted 80 percent of surplus in capital account. All the components of capital account (except banking capital) witnessed decrease in inflows to outflows ratio during post-CAC period. Banking capital experienced rapid increase in inflows/outflows ratio due to rapid increase in NRIs deposits. Regarding impact of capital account balance on Indian economy, on the positive side, capital account balance significantly reduced inflation and external debt to GDP ratio but on the negative side failed to reduce fiscal deficit and increase in industrial production. RBI should direct more calibrated distribution of bank credit in favour of al productive sectors to increase overall investment in the country. So that capital account surplus can be managed.
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    Complementarities in Production and Trade among ASEAN Countries
    (Research Centre For Social Sciences, India, 2010) Kaur, Sandeep
    The share of India’s export to WANA (West Asia and North Africa) is 22.5 percent, followed by EU (European Union) 21.2 percent and North America 15.5 Percent, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) 10.3 percent, South Asia 4.6 percent and Latin America 3.3 percent (Government of India, Economic survey 2010-11). As compared to other blocs (WANA, North America and EU) the share of India’s exports to ASEAN is low. Thus there is need to examine the reasons for low trade of India with ASEAN nations. In the light of this, the present paper has been undertaken to study competitiveness or complementarities in production and trade among India and ASEAN nations and to study the pattern of intra -regional trade of ASEAN nations. There is substantial range of existing complementarities between ASEAN and India. As most of the ASEAN countries are heavily dependent on imported drugs and health care equipments, therefore India could also cooperate with ASEAN in pharmaceutical and health care service sectors. India Shares Sea boundaries with three ASEAN countries namely Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. Thus in terms of transport cost, India has benefit to trade with ASEAN. So, India should look at expanding sea transport linkages to promote trade, tourism and other economic activities.