ABOUT THE BOOK

Among the many defining developments in South Asia, perhaps the momentous event is the second term of Prime Minister Modi as the Prime Minister of India, which is being referred to as Modi 2.0. The swearing-in was marked by invitation to leaders of most of the South Asian nations (except Pakistan), as also, some BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) nations were invited thus reiterating primacy of `Neighbourhood First` policy in New Delhi`s politico-diplomatic, economic and strategic framework.  

ABOUT Author

Dr Vijay Sakhuja is former Director, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. He is Distinguished Fellow, Center for Public Policy Research, Kochi, India; Visiting Senior Fellow, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), Phnom Penh; Co-founder and Trustee of The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai, India, and is associated with Kalinga International Foundation, New Delhi and Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

Sakhuja has been on the faculty of a number of think tanks and universities in India and abroad - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore; Senior Fellow Gujarat National Law University, India; Director (Research), Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA); Senior Fellow, Centre for Airpower Studies (CAPS) and Observer Research Foundation (ORF); Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), and United Service Institution of India (USI).

A former Indian Navy officer, Sakhuja specializes in South Asian and Indo-Pacific affairs, climate change, Arctic developments, Blue Economy and 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies. He has published over 40 books, edited volumes and monographs.

Dr Vijay Sakhuja is member of the international editorial board of Journal of Indian Ocean Region (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Indian Ocean Rim Studies (JIORS) and Journal of Greater Mekong Studies.