Asia Annual is a cross-disciplinary Journal of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and this sixth volume of the series contains eleven well-researched articles authored by eminent scholars from India and abroad.
The focus of contents is on India's Partition; Political economy of the Asian states; India-Russia-China Trilateral cooperation; Emerging strategic partnership between India and the United States of America; Ethnic issue affecting Kazakhstan and other Central Asian states; Security of Central Asia; Siberian region in the policy making of Russia; and Japan's policy towards United Nations. These are some of the highlights of this volume.
It is hoped that the contents of the present volume will evoke interest among all sections of our readership both at the level of experts and general readers.
Prof. Mahavir Singh is Director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
India's Partition in Historical Perspective: Bimal Prasad;
Introduction; India U.S. Politico-Security Relations: An Emerging Strategic Partnership in the 21st Century: P.M. Kamath;
Etnopsycological Problems of Communication: Aimaganbetova O.H., Abdrahmanov M.M.;
Russia Belongs to Neither the East Nor the West: Natalia A. Narochnitskaia,
Comparing Perceptions of National Security Environment of China and India:: M.A. Jiali;
Peculiarities of Ethnic Identity in the Republic of Kazakhstan; Central Asia Through the Prism of Geopolitics; Kurganbaeva A. Kh Movkebaeva G.A.;
Mapping Security of Central Asia A Non-Traditional Threat Perspective: Nalin Kumar Mohapatra;
Siberia and the Russian Far East A re-examination of Russian 'peripheries’: Suchandana Chatterjee;
Japan and the United Nations: Sanjana Joshi; Political Economy of Asian State Systems: CP Bhambhri;
Halford Mackinder that the "Grand Chessboard" From Geopolitical Imagination to Global Strategy: Anita Sengupta;
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