The Geopolitics of Energy in South Asia

Energy security has become a central concern for all the countries inthe Asian region and the search for sufficient sources of energy to fueleconomic growth has drastically influenced relations among the SouthAsian countries as well as their respective relations with theirneighbours China Myanmar Iran and Afghanistan. The recent nucleardeal between India and the US is also indicative of how energy and powerpolitics are linked and how these new inter-linkages underlie relationsbetween states. This book aims to give a South Asian perspective on thegeopolitics of energy with a central focus on India. The chaptersaddress how India's global and regional foreign policy making haschanged in light of India's search for energy and how this is affectingthe relationship on a global level between India and the US as well ason a regional level between India and the other Asian countries. Thebook also offers views from Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as how thisshifting reality is affecting relations between India and SoutheastAsia.