Indo-Asian Geopolitics: Contemporary Perspectives

India remains integral in all the discourses on Asian Century. Eminent scholars have conceptualized and provided  nuanced interpretations of India's aspirations, threats, and options with regard to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia  and China in South China Sea. Acknowledging these scholarly views but stepping beyond, a set of emerging  scholars from India attempt to examine the concepts of nations, national identity and war, and multilateralism in  this book. Extrapolating these concepts into current affairs, they then evaluate CPEC, India-Afghanistan- Pakistan, and China-Taiwan conundrum. They also critically look at the emerging challenge of private military  contractors in international security and the potentially provocative Russia-India-China alliance using the  Primakov Doctrine, taking de-dollarization as a case study. The student-authors were mentored and guided in  their research for their contributions during their internship with Praghna Centre for Research and Defence  Research and Studies, as part of a research writing program spanning four months.

Group Captain R Srinivasan VSM (Retd), PhD is Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies, an online research journal. He is also the Founder-Director of Praghna Centre for Research. He retired as Group Captain from Indian Air Force with over three decades of service, in 2018. He was awarded Visisht Seva Medal for distinguished service to the country, by Hon'ble President of India in 2012. He holds a PhD in Political Sociology, apart from an MSW, LL B and PG Diploma in International Humanitarian Law. He mentors emerging scho lars on research writing. 

Commodore SL Deshmukh NM (Retd), has served in the Indian Navy for 32 years. He held many operational and administrative appointments including Principal Director at Naval HQ, Commodore Superintendent Naval Aircraft Yard, Director Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology and Project Director of a major Naval Aviation Project.  He is alumni of Defence Services Staff College (Wellington, Nilgiris).

Commander (Prof) (Dr) Ashok Dua (Retd) is a naval veteran and an educationist. During his service of over three decades in the Indian Navy, he has held several key appointments, both afloat and ashore, including deputations abroad. He is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.

Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N Nair (Retd, Indian Navy), leading consultant in Defence, Aerospace and Maritime. He is an electronics engineer by profession and specialised in avionics and aerospace systems. He has served the Indian Navy for 25 years and was responsible for successful planning, execution and delivery of several projects and assignments across diverse segments.