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PUBL.- India and Central Asia: Advancing the Common Interest

India and Central Asia: Advancing the Common Interest

Editors:

K Santhanam
Ramakant Dwivedi
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Block No. 3, Old JNU Campus
New Delhi - 110 067, India

81-88342-27-0 / =A9 2004 / Hb. / 5.5" =D7 8.5" / xxxiv + 340 pp. / Rs. 65=
0.00

The security environment in Central Asia has undergone significant
changes after 9/11 while the global war against terrorism and attempts
to stabilise Afghanistan have posed new challenges. US military presence
and bases in the region have also altered the strategic landscape with
attendant political, economic and security implications.

Central Asia is part of India's extended neighbourhood. International
terrorism and religious extremism are of critical importance to both.

This book aims at enabling a better understanding of Central Asia
through scholarly exchanges and sharing of India's perceptions on the
politico-economic-security issues faced in the region. The book is a
collection of 31 articles from well-known scholars and high-ranking
officials from about 15 countries and two international organisations.

The book would be of direct interest to scholars, policy makers,
diplomats, entrepreneurs and academics involved with Central Asia.

K Santhanam is presently Director General, IDSA, New Delhi and earlier
was Chief Adviser (Technology) in the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO). He has worked for about 43 years in the area of
science, technology and security and contributed to the evolution of
India's positions on disarmament and arms control. He has served as
India member on the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts set up by
the UN Secretary General (1978-80) on verification of arms control
treaties, has been Scientific Adviser in the Ministry of External
Affairs (1984-86), and a member of the National Security Advisory Board.
He was conferred the Padma Bhushan award in recognition of his
contributions to the Shakti-98 series of nuclear tests conducted in May
1998. He is the editor, Strategic Analysis (New Delhi). His recent
published works include co-authorship of Jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir: A
Portrait Gallery (Sage Publications, New Delhi 2003); Iraq War 2003:
Rise of the New 'Unilateralism' (Ane Books, New Delhi 2003)and Asian
Security and China 2000-2010 (Shipra Publications, New Delhi 2004).

Ramakant Dwivedi is an Associate Fellow at IDSA. He has a PhD from the
Central Asian Studies Division of the School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Dwivedi was a visiting
Research Fellow at the Al-Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent
(1998-2001). He holds a Diploma in the Russian Language from the
University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent and a Diploma in the
Uzbek Language from the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies,
Uzbekistan. His major areas of research are religious extremism,
security and ethnic issues in Central Asian States. He has widely
travelled in the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Presently, he is working on
Religious Extremism in Central Asia and its Implications for India.

Contents:

A Ministerial Overview:

1. Regional and International Security - S.S. Safoev

2. India and Central Asia in the Emerging Security Environment -
Yashwant Sinha

The Emerging International Security Landscape:

3. Emerging International Security Environment: Indian Perceptions with
Focus on South Asian and Central Asian Predicaments - J.N. Dixit

4. Regional Security in Central Asia in the Context of the Fight Against
Terrorism - F.F. Tolipov

5. Emerging Security Paradigms in a Post-Soviet World - E.M. Kozhokin

6. Role of NATO in Post-Soviet Territory and its Role in Combating
Terrorism - Bakhtiyor Irishmatov

7. Central Asia: Defying the "Great Game" Expectations - Kathleen
Collins & W.C. Wolfforth

8. United Kingdom's Perspectives on Central Asia - Shirin Akiner

9. Challenges and New Threats to the Security of Central Asian Region -
T.A. Dmitriyenko

10. India and Central Asia: From Dialogue to Cooperation - Ravshan Alimov

11. Security and Geo-Politics in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Aspects of
Change and Continuity - Mustafa Aydin

12. India, Russia and China in the Emerging Dynamics of Central Asia -
M.M. Auezov

Energy and Water: Imperatives and Prospects of Regional Cooperation:

13. India-Central Asia Energy Cooperation - Sudha Mahalingam

14. Economic Collaboration in Central Asian Region and the SCO - Sun
Zhuangzhi

15. Issues of the Use of Water and Power Resources of the Aral Sea
Basin - S.S. Mirzayev

16. Water: India's Relations with its Neighbours - R.R. Iyer

17. Trans-Boundary Waters and Regional Security - S.R. Mousavi

18. Prospects of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry of
Kazakhstan - A.A.Tauassarov

Transport and Communication Corridors: Imperatives and Prospects of
Regional Cooperation:

19. Peaceful and Prosperous Central Asia and International Cooperation:
Japanese Perspectives on Transport and Communication Issues - Kei Karasaw=
a

20. Regional Economic Cooperation and Transport Links with Central Asia:
An Indian Perspective - Nirmala Joshi

21. Transportation and Communication Corridors in the Context of Central
Asia - David Lewis

22. Problems of Developing Transportation and Communication Corridors in
the Central Asian Region - Shavkat Arifkhanov

23. Central Asia and the TRACECA Programme - Bakhtiyar Sadriddinov

The Current Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for Central Asi=
a:

24. The Terrorist Threat After Afghanistan: Developments in the
Evolution of Al Qaeda and its Associated Groups - Rohan Gunaratna

25. Post-Conflict Afghanistan and the Role of Regional Economic
Organisations - A.M. Danishyar

26. Role of Ethno-Religious Factor in Stabilisation of Internal
Political Situation in Afghanistan and its Impact on Central Asia -
Abdusamat Khaydarov

27. The Current Situation in Afghanistan: An Indian Perspective - S.K.
Lambah

28. Afghanistan and Iraq: Democracy, Justice and Reconciliation - Amin
Saikal

29. Impact of the Afghanistan Situation on the Central Asian Region -
M.S. Chanachev

30. Current Situation in Afghanistan: A Russian Perspective - R.G. Shamgu=
nov

31. Threats from International Terrorism: A Central Asian Perspective -
K.G. Gulomov

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