1st Edition

Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf

Edited By Umer Karim, Saloni Kapur Copyright 2023
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

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. With a special focus on India, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab... Read more

Introduction

Umer Karim and Saloni Kapur

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

  3. Pakistan and the Gulf
  4. Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khurram Abbas

  5. The Estranged Partners: Iran’s Complicated Relations with India and Pakistan
  6. Mohammad Soltaninejad

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

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

  11. Oman’s Relations with Pakistan and India
  12. Mehmet Rakipoğlu and Gökhan Ereli

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

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

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Biography

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).