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.