Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf

As we move towards a world without superpowers, the dynamics within and between regions are of growing significance. Against this backdrop, this book explores the links between South Asia and the Gulf, which have existed for centuries but are undergoing important shifts in the transition to multipolarity.

List of contents

Introduction
Umer Karim and Saloni Kapur

1. India, the Persian Gulf, and the Emergence of a Supercomplex
Saloni Kapur


2. Pakistan and the Gulf
Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khurram Abbas


3. The Estranged Partners: Iran's Complicated Relations with India and Pakistan
Mohammad Soltaninejad


4. Complex Interdependence and Security Architecture: Charting Bangladesh-Gulf Ties and Political Engagements
Lailufar Yasmin


5. Sri Lanka and the Gulf States
Shakthi De Silva and Robin Vochelet


6. Oman's Relations with Pakistan and India
Mehmet Rakipölu and Gökhan Ereli


7. Pakistan and Saudi Ties: An Overview of Political, Strategic, Economic and Defence Linkages
Umer Karim


8. India and the United Arab Emirates: Upgrading the Strategic Partnership

Rhea Abraham
Index

About the author

Umer Karim is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His academic research focuses on Saudi foreign policy and broader geopolitics of the Middle East. Karim also works on Pakistan's foreign policy outlook and its engagement with the Middle East. He is an Associate Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and a Fellow of the SEPAD Project at Lancaster University's Richardson Institute.
Saloni Kapur is Assistant Professor of International Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at FLAME University. Her research interests include critical security studies, decoloniality, and South and West Asia. Saloni holds a PhD in International Relations from Lancaster University. She is the author of Pakistan after Trump: Great Power Responsibility in a Multi-Polar World (2021) and the co-editor of Securitisation in the Non-West (Routledge, 2019).

Summary

As we move towards a world without superpowers, the dynamics within and between regions are of growing significance. Against this backdrop, this book explores the links between South Asia and the Gulf, which have existed for centuries but are undergoing important shifts in the transition to multipolarity.

Product details

• Authors: Umer (University of Birmingham Karim
• Assisted by: Saloni Kapur (Editor), Umer Karim (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032254142
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225414-2
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Changing Dynamics in Asia-Middle East Relations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, International Relations, Middle East, Warfare & defence, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent)