India, China and Sub-regional Connectivities in South Asia
- D. Suba Chandran - National Institute of Advanced Studies, India
- Bhavna Singh - Country Coordinator, V-dem Project, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Former Senior Research Officer, IPCS
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An in-depth analysis of how India, China and other South Asian countries can cooperate on key challenges affecting their bilateral relationships
This book focuses on identifying the extant barriers and impending opportunities for effective coordination of transport infrastructure and enhancement of trade activities along the border regions of South Asian countries. It asserts that with pertinent policy guidelines and timely initiatives from the participating countries, unprecedented opportunities can be capitalized upon for consolidated economic growth of the region. It exposes how untapped resources, bureaucratic and political inertia and a lack of collective endeavour remain major impediments to bilateral and multilateral cooperation which, if surmounted, could pave the way for successful regional initiatives.
It will be indispensable to researchers and scholars of international relations, South Asia studies, international trade, comparative politics, political economy, and to the informed general reader.
Provides a roadmap on how trade and ties along the border with China, Bangladesh and Nepal could be expanded… [The book] presents a vision of what is possible if political suspicions were blown away in South Asia.
“…a roadmap on how trade and ties along the border with China, Bangladesh and Nepal could be expanded”
This book commendably takes on a sector-by-sector analysis…it is highly recommended for researchers, policymakers and the people at large to have a firm grip on the substantive issues affecting sub-regional cooperation between China, India and the rest of South Asia.
[The book] looks at various aspects of the new emerging connections and also discusses areas where the countries of the South Asian region can build contact which will help in further improving the economic situation of the region.