• ISBN13: 9780367150686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: May 13, 2022
• Pages: 432
• Original Price: 215.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

About the Book This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of South Asian foreign policy, examining the complex history and present state of South Asian foreign policy, the foreign policy of the countries of the region, as well as their relationships with their neighbors and key external players, such as China and the United States, in an effort to understand South Asia’s place in the world order. It illustrates the future trajectory of foreign policy in the region and analyses future of regional arrangements like SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and BIMSTEC.<br>The handbook is structured in five parts, each representing a focused area of enquiry:<br>- Foreign Policy<br> - Relations within South Asia<br> - Relations within Indo-Pacific<br>- Relations with China, Europe and the United States<br> - Security<br>A carefully selected collection of 26 chapters written by experts on South Asian foreign, economic, and security policy, this handbook provides an objective yet accessible overview of the history and current state of foreign policy of each country and the region. It is an authoritative reference work for academics and students as well as international think tanks, research institutes, and non-governmental organizations working on South Asian Politics, Asian Politics, Foreign Politics, International Affairs, World History, and International Relations. About the Author Aparna Pande</b> is Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, USA. She is also the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan (2017) and the author of Explaining Pakistan’s Foreign Policy (Routledge 2011).