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The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is dedicated to the study of contemporary South Asia. ISAS aims to generate knowledge and insights about the region and to disseminate them in a manner that is useful to policymakers, the business community, academia and civil society. The ISAS Working Papers focus on economics, politics and social issues in South Asia and on economic relationships between South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Publishers:	Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Publications:	Anti-Nuclear Movements in India: The Case of Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh Sri Lanka´s Ethnicized Experience of Democracy China and the Trump Presidency: Some Implications for the World and South Asia Recent Trends in India´s China Policy: The Imperative for Greater Room to Maneuver Sri Lanka´s Foreign Policy under the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe Government China and Bangladesh: New Strategic Partners Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal: A Strategic Factor in China-South Asia Relations Contemporary Trends and Patterns of Democracy in Bangladesh: A Perception Study The United States and the State of World Politics: Some Implications for South Asia The State of Bangladesh-United States Relations: Before the Kerry Visit, and Beyond Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia: Some Preliminary Considerations Attempted Military Coup in Turkey: Some Lessons for South Asia and the Muslim World An Assessment of the International Legal Obligations Owed to the Rohingya Refugees Ontological Security and India-China Relations: From Border War to The Indo-Russian Defence Partnership: A Framework for the 21st Century Elite Politics and Dissent in Sri Lanka Challenges and Trends in Decentralised Local Governance in Bangladesh Partnership without Alliance? The Contained Volatility of Indo-US Relations, and a Prognosis A Tortured History: Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan Memory, Identity and the Politics of Appropriation Pakistan, Power-Play and a New South Asian Paradigm Modi’s Foreign Policy: Focus on the Diaspora Modi’s American Engagement: Discarding the Defensive Mindset Identity, Interests and Indian Foreign Policy TRIPS and the Balance between Private Rights and Public Welfare India’s Mars Mission: Multidimensional View State, Ideas and Economic Reform in India India’s Popular Culture in Southeast Asia New Maritime Silk Road: Converging Interests and Regional Responses The Indian Bond Market The ‘Missing Women’ in India A Possible Paradigm for Afghanistan’s Future Afghanistan Today: Politics of Drawdown Initiative for ‘Southern Silk Route’ Linking Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan India's Military Diplomacy The Afghanistan Conflict in its Historical Context Pakistan’s New Choices in Economic Diplomacy Foundations of Bangladesh’s Economic Development Extremism: Pakistan in Search of a Solution Is India Making Waves in South China Sea? Indian Military Diplomacy: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalisation Era State of Injustice: The Indian State and Poverty South Asia’s Economic Changes and Diaspora Groups South Asian Diaspora: A Changing Landscape The Pakistan-US Parleys Non-Proliferation and WMD Debate: The Relevance to South Asia Factors Driving Drug Abuse in India’s Punjab Economics of Pak-Afghan Relations Bangladesh at a Crossroads: A Political Prognosis Youth and Politics in India-II Youth and Politics in India-I A Turbulent Pakistan: India’s Choices in Response Conflicts in South Asia: Causes, Consequences, Prospects Financing Infrastructure in Bangladesh - Some Options India’s Regional Security Cooperation Dhaka-Moscow Relations: Old Ties Renewed India’s Security Cooperation with Myanmar: Prospect and Retrospect US Role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War President Obama’s World in His Second Term Economic Inefficiencies in Farm-Market Linkages in Agriculture Value Chain in India: Problems and Solutions Northeast India-Southeast Asia Connectivity: Barrier to Bridge Transition in Afghanistan: Winning the War of Perceptions? Small States in UN System: Constraints, Concerns, and Contributions Obama Administration’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and India’s Role China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 3 China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 2 Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 3 Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 2 Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 1 China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 1 Iran’s Diplomacy Towards Afghanistan: A Stabilising Factor? India’s Electoral Laws, Political Corruption and the Supreme Court Whatever Happened To ‘Land Reform’? Economic Reforms in India: Perpetuating Policy Paralysis India’s Unilateral Tariff Withdrawal for South Asian Countries India as a Security Provider: Reconsidering the Raj Legacy Stabilising the Neighbourhood? India’s Flip Flop Approach to Maldives Crisis From Isolation to Partnership: The Evolution of India’s Military Diplomacy Sino-Pakistan Strategic Entente: Implications for Regional Security Moving to Europe: Bangladeshi Migration to Italy Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Overview of Trends and Issues America’s Asia Policy India's Engagement with Afghanistan: Developing a 'Durable Policy Architecture' 'Inclusive Growth': How is India Doing? Pakistan and Patrons: The United States, PR China and Saudi Arabia Does Labour Migration Bring about Economic Advantage? An Approach to Forecasting Market Demand in India Manmohan in Bangladesh: The Visit Revisited Recruitment of Labour Migrants for the Gulf States How Well Has South Asia Coped With the Global Financial Crisis An Outsider’s View of Some Issues in Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy India’s Engagement with ASEAN Inflation in India South Asia: Policy Responses to the Global Crisis Shaping the Coordinates of India's Trade Policy Architecture The Future of Financial Liberalisation in South Asia India, Afghanistan and the 'End Game'? 'Same but Different?': Comparing the ASEAN and SAARC Frameworks Pakistan After the Floods India’s ‘Look East’ Policy China's Play in South Asia Women Empowerment in Bangladesh WTO and RTAs Mission, Money and Machinery Structure and Agency in the Making of Indian Foreign Policy The Threat of the Geeky Goonda: India’s Electronic Voting Machines India and China: Emerging Dynamics and Regional Security Perspectives From 'Asia' to 'Asia-Pacific' The 18th Amendment: Pakistan’s Constitution Redesigned The Maoist Insurgency of Nepal South Asia's Economic Future With or Without Economic Integration The Naxalite/Maoist Movement in India The Global Governance Group (‘3G’) and Singaporean Leadership Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 2 Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 1 Bangladesh-China India’s International Reserves Vocational Education and India's Skills Deficit Vocational Education and India’s Skills Deficit President Barack Obama in Asia: Searching the Basis for a Partnership Establishing Foreign Technical Training Facilities in India India and its South Asian Neighbours Buddhism and the Legitimation of Power The Talibanisation of Pakistan's Western Regionn Civil Aviation in India Bangladesh-India Relations: Some Recent Trends India-China Trade Non-Proliferation versus Disarmament Economic Integration in Asia Investment and Economic Opportunities: Urbanisation, Infrastructure and Governance in North and South India The Next Stage of Singapore-India Relations The Pakistan Military Skills Development in India America's Involvement in Afghanistan Reforming India’s Education Sector The Integration and An Economic Analysis of Bangladesh’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Beating the Recession South Asia's Public Policy Choices in a Fluid World Special Economic Zones in India Is India an East Asian Power? International Aid, Peace-Building and Conflict The South Asian Way: A Non-Conventional Approach to the Making of Economic Policies The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission Strategic Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for India Financial Sector De-regulation in Emerging Asia A Method in the Dragon's Moods Rescuing the Doha Development Round The Making of Indian Foreign Policy From National Security State to Human Security Maritime Power The 2009 General Elections in India Monetary and Financial Cooperation in Asia The Urdu Press in India and Pakistan Can Indian Think Tanks and Research Institutions Cope with the Rising Demand for Foreign and Security Policy Research? Outward Foreign Direct Investment from India Installing UPA-II: Balancing Interests and Affiliations Globalisation and South Asian Insurgencies The Roots of Bangladeshi National Identity Reshaping of the Global Economy: The Dawn of the Asian Century South Asia: Overcoming the Past, Meeting the Challenges of the Present and Availing the Opportunities of the Future India's Economic Engagement with Southeast Asia The Tibetan 'Uprising' 2008: India's Response The New Democratic Wave and Regional Cooperation in South Asia India and Pakistan - The Economic Stand-Off Prospect for Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations State Building and Stabilisation in Afghanistan Singapore's Trade with China, Japan and India: Similarities and Contrasts India and the World Impact of Trade Liberalisation on the Efficiency of Textile Firms in India Mineral Fuel and Oil Trade Between India and Singapore Coalition Politics in India: Types, Duration, Theory and Comparison Coalition Politics in India The Political Economy of the Middle Class in Liberalising India Understanding India's Regional Initiatives within Asia Justice Delivery in India - A Snapshot of Problems and Reforms India-Singapore Trade Relations India's Attempts at Regional Integration with South Asia and East Asia Financing Rural Renewable Energy: A Comparison between China and India Trade, Restructuring and Labour: A Study of the Textile and Apparel Industry in India Levels and Composition of Public Social and Economic Expenditure in India, 1950-51 to 2005-06 From Condemnation to Strategic Partnership: Japan's Changing View of India (1998-2007) Commodity Boom and Inflation Challenges for Bangladesh The Challenges of Institutionalising Democracy in Bangladesh Do Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Benefit the Major Sectors in India? The Geopolitics of Energy Security and Implications for South and Southeast Asia South Asia - Social Development: Country Perspectives and Regional Concerns India's Rise in the New Economy: Implications for Labour The Skilled South Asian Diaspora and its Role in Source Economies Flight to Freedom: Third Country Re-settlement Option for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal India in the Global Labour Market The Political Economy of Military Rule in Pakistan: The Musharraf Regime Special Economic Zones in India: Recent Developments and Future Prospects India-Myanmar Relations - Geopolitics and Energy in Light of the New Balance of Power in Asia Nepal's Shaky Peace Process: One Year On Dynamics of Integration in India's Policy Making: An Analysis of the Urban and Energy Sectors Political Economy of Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Gas Pipeline India's Foreign Policy Priorities in the Coming Decade Capital Account Convertibility in India: Revisiting the Debate Public Investment Reversals, Inequality and Borrowing: Fiscal Policy in India Growth and Employment in India: The Regional Dimension Price Controls on Pharmaceutical Products in India Conceptualising the Typologies of Indian Diaspora in International Economic Relations - 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', or a 'Great Off-White Hope' of the New Century? Knowledge Economies in India, China and Singapore - Issues and Prospects Infrastructure Strategies für Export Oriented Manufacturing and Service Zones in India Food & Retail Chains: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh and Punjab Food and Retail Chains in India Destination India for the Pharmaceutical Industry East Asia Summit and India Investing in the Indian Special Economic Zones: A Background Paper Appraising the Legacy of Bandung: A View from India Promoting Foreign Investment in India's Telecommunications Sector CECA Implementation: A First Look Cost Efficiency of Public and Private Hospitals: Evidence from Karnataka State in India Regulatory Evolution in Indian Telecommunications Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Indian Economy: A Sectoral Level Analysis Economic Transition in a Plural Polity: India Labour in the New Economy: An Indian Perspective Leading the Private Sector into the Indian Health Sector Understanding Growth Opportunities in Indian States Singapore - India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

Publishers:

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Publications:

Anti-Nuclear Movements in India: The Case of Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Lanka´s Ethnicized Experience of Democracy
China and the Trump Presidency: Some Implications for the World and South Asia
Recent Trends in India´s China Policy: The Imperative for Greater Room to Maneuver
Sri Lanka´s Foreign Policy under the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe Government
China and Bangladesh: New Strategic Partners
Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal: A Strategic Factor in China-South Asia Relations
Contemporary Trends and Patterns of Democracy in Bangladesh: A Perception Study
The United States and the State of World Politics: Some Implications for South Asia
The State of Bangladesh-United States Relations: Before the Kerry Visit, and Beyond
Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia: Some Preliminary Considerations
Attempted Military Coup in Turkey: Some Lessons for South Asia and the Muslim World
An Assessment of the International Legal Obligations Owed to the Rohingya Refugees
Ontological Security and India-China Relations: From Border War to
The Indo-Russian Defence Partnership: A Framework for the 21st Century
Elite Politics and Dissent in Sri Lanka
Challenges and Trends in Decentralised Local Governance in Bangladesh
Partnership without Alliance? The Contained Volatility of Indo-US Relations, and a Prognosis
A Tortured History: Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan
Memory, Identity and the Politics of Appropriation
Pakistan, Power-Play and a New South Asian Paradigm
Modi’s Foreign Policy: Focus on the Diaspora
Modi’s American Engagement: Discarding the Defensive Mindset
Identity, Interests and Indian Foreign Policy
TRIPS and the Balance between Private Rights and Public Welfare
India’s Mars Mission: Multidimensional View
State, Ideas and Economic Reform in India
India’s Popular Culture in Southeast Asia
New Maritime Silk Road: Converging Interests and Regional Responses
The Indian Bond Market
The ‘Missing Women’ in India
A Possible Paradigm for Afghanistan’s Future
Afghanistan Today: Politics of Drawdown
Initiative for ‘Southern Silk Route’ Linking Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar
Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan
India's Military Diplomacy
The Afghanistan Conflict in its Historical Context
Pakistan’s New Choices in Economic Diplomacy
Foundations of Bangladesh’s Economic Development
Extremism: Pakistan in Search of a Solution
Is India Making Waves in South China Sea?
Indian Military Diplomacy: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalisation Era
State of Injustice: The Indian State and Poverty
South Asia’s Economic Changes and Diaspora Groups
South Asian Diaspora: A Changing Landscape
The Pakistan-US Parleys
Non-Proliferation and WMD Debate: The Relevance to South Asia
Factors Driving Drug Abuse in India’s Punjab
Economics of Pak-Afghan Relations
Bangladesh at a Crossroads: A Political Prognosis
Youth and Politics in India-II
Youth and Politics in India-I
A Turbulent Pakistan: India’s Choices in Response
Conflicts in South Asia: Causes, Consequences, Prospects
Financing Infrastructure in Bangladesh - Some Options
India’s Regional Security Cooperation
Dhaka-Moscow Relations: Old Ties Renewed
India’s Security Cooperation with Myanmar: Prospect and Retrospect
US Role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War
President Obama’s World in His Second Term
Economic Inefficiencies in Farm-Market Linkages in Agriculture Value Chain in India: Problems and Solutions
Northeast India-Southeast Asia Connectivity: Barrier to Bridge
Transition in Afghanistan: Winning the War of Perceptions?
Small States in UN System: Constraints, Concerns, and Contributions
Obama Administration’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and India’s Role
China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 3
China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 2
Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 3
Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 2
Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 1
China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 1
Iran’s Diplomacy Towards Afghanistan: A Stabilising Factor?
India’s Electoral Laws, Political Corruption and the Supreme Court
Whatever Happened To ‘Land Reform’?
Economic Reforms in India: Perpetuating Policy Paralysis
India’s Unilateral Tariff Withdrawal for South Asian Countries
India as a Security Provider: Reconsidering the Raj Legacy
Stabilising the Neighbourhood? India’s Flip Flop Approach to Maldives Crisis
From Isolation to Partnership: The Evolution of India’s Military Diplomacy
Sino-Pakistan Strategic Entente: Implications for Regional Security
Moving to Europe: Bangladeshi Migration to Italy
Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation
Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Overview of Trends and Issues
America’s Asia Policy
India's Engagement with Afghanistan: Developing a 'Durable Policy Architecture'
'Inclusive Growth': How is India Doing?
Pakistan and Patrons: The United States, PR China and Saudi Arabia
Does Labour Migration Bring about Economic Advantage?
An Approach to Forecasting Market Demand in India
Manmohan in Bangladesh: The Visit Revisited
Recruitment of Labour Migrants for the Gulf States
How Well Has South Asia Coped With the Global Financial Crisis
An Outsider’s View of Some Issues in Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
India’s Engagement with ASEAN
Inflation in India
South Asia: Policy Responses to the Global Crisis
Shaping the Coordinates of India's Trade Policy Architecture
The Future of Financial Liberalisation in South Asia
India, Afghanistan and the 'End Game'?
'Same but Different?': Comparing the ASEAN and SAARC Frameworks
Pakistan After the Floods
India’s ‘Look East’ Policy
China's Play in South Asia
Women Empowerment in Bangladesh
WTO and RTAs
Mission, Money and Machinery
Structure and Agency in the Making of Indian Foreign Policy
The Threat of the Geeky Goonda: India’s Electronic Voting Machines
India and China: Emerging Dynamics and Regional Security Perspectives
From 'Asia' to 'Asia-Pacific'
The 18th Amendment: Pakistan’s Constitution Redesigned
The Maoist Insurgency of Nepal
South Asia's Economic Future With or Without Economic Integration
The Naxalite/Maoist Movement in India
The Global Governance Group (‘3G’) and Singaporean Leadership
Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 2
Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 1
Bangladesh-China
India’s International Reserves
Vocational Education and India's Skills Deficit
Vocational Education and India’s Skills Deficit
President Barack Obama in Asia: Searching the Basis for a Partnership
Establishing Foreign Technical Training Facilities in India
India and its South Asian Neighbours
Buddhism and the Legitimation of Power
The Talibanisation of Pakistan's Western Regionn
Civil Aviation in India
Bangladesh-India Relations: Some Recent Trends
India-China Trade
Non-Proliferation versus Disarmament
Economic Integration in Asia
Investment and Economic Opportunities: Urbanisation, Infrastructure and Governance in North and South India
The Next Stage of Singapore-India Relations
The Pakistan Military
Skills Development in India
America's Involvement in Afghanistan
Reforming India’s Education Sector
The Integration and
An Economic Analysis of Bangladesh’s Foreign Exchange Reserves
Beating the Recession
South Asia's Public Policy Choices in a Fluid World
Special Economic Zones in India
Is India an East Asian Power?
International Aid, Peace-Building and Conflict
The South Asian Way: A Non-Conventional Approach to the Making of Economic Policies
The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission
Strategic Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for India
Financial Sector De-regulation in Emerging Asia
A Method in the Dragon's Moods
Rescuing the Doha Development Round
The Making of Indian Foreign Policy
From National Security State to Human Security
Maritime Power
The 2009 General Elections in India
Monetary and Financial Cooperation in Asia
The Urdu Press in India and Pakistan
Can Indian Think Tanks and Research Institutions Cope with the Rising Demand for Foreign and Security Policy Research?
Outward Foreign Direct Investment from India
Installing UPA-II: Balancing Interests and Affiliations
Globalisation and South Asian Insurgencies
The Roots of Bangladeshi National Identity
Reshaping of the Global Economy: The Dawn of the Asian Century
South Asia: Overcoming the Past, Meeting the Challenges of the Present and Availing the Opportunities of the Future
India's Economic Engagement with Southeast Asia
The Tibetan 'Uprising' 2008: India's Response
The New Democratic Wave and Regional Cooperation in South Asia
India and Pakistan - The Economic Stand-Off
Prospect for Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations
State Building and Stabilisation in Afghanistan
Singapore's Trade with China, Japan and India: Similarities and Contrasts
India and the World
Impact of Trade Liberalisation on the Efficiency of Textile Firms in India
Mineral Fuel and Oil Trade Between India and Singapore
Coalition Politics in India: Types, Duration, Theory and Comparison
Coalition Politics in India
The Political Economy of the Middle Class in Liberalising India
Understanding India's Regional Initiatives within Asia
Justice Delivery in India - A Snapshot of Problems and Reforms
India-Singapore Trade Relations
India's Attempts at Regional Integration with South Asia and East Asia
Financing Rural Renewable Energy: A Comparison between China and India
Trade, Restructuring and Labour: A Study of the Textile and Apparel Industry in India
Levels and Composition of Public Social and Economic Expenditure in India, 1950-51 to 2005-06
From Condemnation to Strategic Partnership: Japan's Changing View of India (1998-2007)
Commodity Boom and Inflation Challenges for Bangladesh
The Challenges of Institutionalising Democracy in Bangladesh
Do Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Benefit the Major Sectors in India?
The Geopolitics of Energy Security and Implications for South and Southeast Asia
South Asia - Social Development: Country Perspectives and Regional Concerns
India's Rise in the New Economy: Implications for Labour
The Skilled South Asian Diaspora and its Role in Source Economies
Flight to Freedom: Third Country Re-settlement Option for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
India in the Global Labour Market
The Political Economy of Military Rule in Pakistan: The Musharraf Regime
Special Economic Zones in India: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
India-Myanmar Relations - Geopolitics and Energy in Light of the New Balance of Power in Asia
Nepal's Shaky Peace Process: One Year On
Dynamics of Integration in India's Policy Making: An Analysis of the Urban and Energy Sectors
Political Economy of Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Gas Pipeline
India's Foreign Policy Priorities in the Coming Decade
Capital Account Convertibility in India: Revisiting the Debate
Public Investment Reversals, Inequality and Borrowing: Fiscal Policy in India
Growth and Employment in India: The Regional Dimension
Price Controls on Pharmaceutical Products in India
Conceptualising the Typologies of Indian Diaspora in International Economic Relations - 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', or a 'Great Off-White Hope' of the New Century?
Knowledge Economies in India, China and Singapore - Issues and Prospects
Infrastructure Strategies für Export Oriented Manufacturing and Service Zones in India
Food & Retail Chains: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh and Punjab
Food and Retail Chains in India
Destination India for the Pharmaceutical Industry
East Asia Summit and India
Investing in the Indian Special Economic Zones: A Background Paper
Appraising the Legacy of Bandung: A View from India
Promoting Foreign Investment in India's Telecommunications Sector
CECA Implementation: A First Look
Cost Efficiency of Public and Private Hospitals: Evidence from Karnataka State in India
Regulatory Evolution in Indian Telecommunications
Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Indian Economy: A Sectoral Level Analysis
Economic Transition in a Plural Polity: India
Labour in the New Economy: An Indian Perspective
Leading the Private Sector into the Indian Health Sector
Understanding Growth Opportunities in Indian States
Singapore - India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement