"The "Indo-Pacific" has emerged as a strategic pivot in the evolving balance of power. The region encompasses about 60 per cent of the world population, three of the ten largest economies, five of the ten most populated countries and three of the ten largest countries. It is home to an enormously populous and diverse mix of ethnicities, cultures, political systems, religions, and economic models. Global trade and energy linkages bind the oceans such that events across the region are strongly interrelated and mutually dependent. Considering the importance of this region, the United Service Institution of India (USI) organised a seminar on 01-02 November 2018 at New Delhi on the theme of, "Evolving Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region: Challenges and Prospects". The seminar brought together varying perspectives on the challenges and prospects in the security and economic domain in the region, and the framework for architectures for collective security and economic integration. The seminar was organised into three separate sessions. The first session covered security challenges and prospects in the Indo-Pacific Region. The second session was devoted to economic challenges and prospects in the Indo Pacific Region and the third session to discussions on frameworks for cooperation. The proceedings were rounded off with a panel discussion on the furtherance of security and economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region. This book is based on the papers presented by various speakers during the seminar."

About the Author
The writer is a Veteran Army Officer with more than thirty years of colour service. He has been a student of CBRN Risk Mitigation for more than twenty years and has been a Key CBRN Advisor to the Government of India (Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs). A Visiting Faculty at select universities, a prolific writer and a CBRN subject speaker in international seminars and conferences, he holds PhD for his Doctoral Research on "CBRN Terrorism: A Crisis & Consequence Management Model for India" from SPPU, Pune, India. Col Athavale has been a Key CBRN Expert for the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence and advised Governments of Eastern and Central Africa on CBRN risk mitigation matters for three years. He is a freelance CBRN Risk Mitigation, Incident Management and Security Consultant based at Pune, India.


Book Information
ISBN 9789388161794
Author Subhasish Sarangi
Format Hardback
Page Count 252
Imprint VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd
Publisher VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd