New futures for BIMSTEC :  connectivity, commerce and security / 
edited by:Subramanyam Raju, A.,Basu Ray Chaudhury, Anasua,
edited by Adluri Subramanyam Raju and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury. 
 - Oxon:  Routledge,  2022 
 - xii, 213p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>BIMSTEC as a Regional Organization : Background -- Connectivity in Bay of Bengal Region -- Economic Cooperation in BIMSTEC -- External Powers and BIMSTEC -- Security Threats in Bay of Bengal Region. 
<br/><br/> "BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) represents one of the most diverse regions of the world. Providing a unique link between South Asia and Southeast Asia, it brings together 1.5 billion people and a combined GDP of $2.7 trillion. This volume focuses on issues related to connectivity, commerce, and security challenges facing BIMSTEC. It studies BIMSTEC's relevance as an inter-governmental organization in the changing international milieu. The volume discusses the necessity of connectivity to enhance Bay solidarity and analyses the political, strategic and security concerns that restrain commercial connectivity. It also looks at the Bay of Bengal region as a zone of competition-and possible collaboration-between the littoral countries and major powers involved in the region. Comprehensive and topical, this volume will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of international relations, South Asian studies, foreign policy, diplomacy, South East Asian studies, defence and strategic affairs, maritime studies, international trade, regional cooperation, and political studies"-- 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032126067 9781032307244 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regionalism--South Asia.<br/>Regionalism--Southeast Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.540954  / NEW