2008, ISBN: 0871bb01cfd3db4f86edd12130d85bd6

Global Vision Publishing House, 2010. Hardcover. New. The Book entitled Climatology is a comprehensive description and explanation of all the forces and factors dealing with climate and… Mehr…

Global Vision Publishing House, 2010. Hardcover. New. The Book entitled Climatology is a comprehensive description and explanation of all the forces and factors dealing with climate and its overall effect on human and environmental conditions. For a clear and complete understanding of the phenomenon of climate, the book has been divided into four units. The book is the original and most comprehensive treatment of the issue. The author has made very serious endeavour to have a systematic and scientific study of the entire gamut of climate with a particular focus on India. CONTENTS Preface (v) Unit—I: The Basics 1. Introduction to Climatology 3 • Meteorology and Climatology • Scales in Climatology • Subfields of Climatology • Climatic Records and Statistics • Summary 2. The Atmospheric Composition 17 • The Earth Atmosphere • Layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere • Atmospheric Composition • Atmospheric Structure • Predicting Atmospheric Composition • Atmospheric Circulation • Temperature in the Atmosphere • Pressure in the Atmosphere • The Sun Paradox • The Paradox on Earth • The Paradox on Mars • The Past and Future of the Atmosphere • Summary Unit—II: Climatological Processes 3. The Climate System: Controls on Climate 51 • Latitude • Longitude • Earth Rotation and Revolution • Axis Tilt and Solar Altitude • Water Everywhere • General Circulation • Pressure Patterns • Wind • Cyclone • Anticyclone • Topography • Seasons • Local Climates • Cloud Climatology • Summary 4. Effects on the Climate System 129 • Oceans Circulation • El Niño-Southern Oscillation • Volcanic Activity and Climate • Deforestation • Desertification • Cryosphere • Summary 5. Energy, Matter and Momentum Exchanges Near the Surface 179 • Troposphere • Climate and Earth’s Energy Budget • Atmospheric Moisture • Evaporation and Vapour Pressure • Atmospheric Stability • Mechanical and Thermal Turbulence • Richardson Number • Oceanography • Summary 6. The Global Hydrologic Cycle and Surface Water Balance 238 • Hydrologic Cycle • The Water Balance • Type of Surface Water Balance • Water Balance Diagrams • Drought Indices • Climate Model • Global Climate Model • Summary 7. General Circulation and Secondary Circulations 281 • Circulation of a Nonrotating Earth • Summary Unit—III: Climates Across Space 8. Climatic Classification 289 • Early Attempts at Global Climatic Classification • The Classical Age of Climatic Classifications • Genetic Classifications • Local and Regional Classifications • Quantitative Analysis to Derive Climatic Classification • Summary 9. Extra Tropical Northern Hemisphere Climate 319 • The Climatic Setting of North America • Key Findings • The Setting Climatic in Europe • The Setting Climatic in Asia • Regional Climate • Summary 10. Tropical and Southern Hemisphere Climate 341 • Contrast between Extratropical and Tropical Atmospheric Behaviour • Contrast between Northern and Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Behaviour • The Climatic Setting of Africa • The Climatic Setting of Australia and Oceania • The Climatic Setting of Latin America • The Climatic Setting of Antarctica • Regional Climate • Summary Unit—IV: Climate through Time 11. Climatic Change and Variability 351 • Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change • Terminology • Causes • Physical Evidence for Climatic Change • Non-Radiative Forcing • Radiative Forcing • Time Scale of Climatic Change • External Forcing Mechanisms • Internal Forcing Mechanisms • Climate Feedback • Climate Sensitivity • Summary 12. Anthropogenic Climate Change 379 • Global Warming • Urban Heat Island • Responses to Global Warming • Debate and Skepticism • Global Dimming • Air Pollution • Indoor Air Pollution • Hazardous Air Pollutants • Effects of Air Pollutants • Reduction Efforts • Origins of Modern Air Pollution Regulations • Laws and Regulations in the United States • The Clean Air Act • Statistics Most P Printed Pages: 497., Global Vision Publishing House, 2010, Global Vision Publishing House, 2010. Hardcover. New. The Book entitled Climatology is a comprehensive description and explanation of all the forces and factors dealing with climate and its overall effect on human and environmental conditions. For a clear and complete understanding of the phenomenon of climate, the book has been divided into four units. The book is the original and most comprehensive treatment of the issue. The author has made very serious endeavour to have a systematic and scientific study of the entire gamut of climate with a particular focus on India. CONTENTS Preface (v) Unit—I: The Basics 1. Introduction to Climatology 3 • Meteorology and Climatology • Scales in Climatology • Subfields of Climatology • Climatic Records and Statistics • Summary 2. The Atmospheric Composition 17 • The Earth Atmosphere • Layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere • Atmospheric Composition • Atmospheric Structure • Predicting Atmospheric Composition • Atmospheric Circulation • Temperature in the Atmosphere • Pressure in the Atmosphere • The Sun Paradox • The Paradox on Earth • The Paradox on Mars • The Past and Future of the Atmosphere • Summary Unit—II: Climatological Processes 3. The Climate System: Controls on Climate 51 • Latitude • Longitude • Earth Rotation and Revolution • Axis Tilt and Solar Altitude • Water Everywhere • General Circulation • Pressure Patterns • Wind • Cyclone • Anticyclone • Topography • Seasons • Local Climates • Cloud Climatology • Summary 4. Effects on the Climate System 129 • Oceans Circulation • El Niño-Southern Oscillation • Volcanic Activity and Climate • Deforestation • Desertification • Cryosphere • Summary 5. Energy, Matter and Momentum Exchanges Near the Surface 179 • Troposphere • Climate and Earth’s Energy Budget • Atmospheric Moisture • Evaporation and Vapour Pressure • Atmospheric Stability • Mechanical and Thermal Turbulence • Richardson Number • Oceanography • Summary 6. The Global Hydrologic Cycle and Surface Water Balance 238 • Hydrologic Cycle • The Water Balance • Type of Surface Water Balance • Water Balance Diagrams • Drought Indices • Climate Model • Global Climate Model • Summary 7. General Circulation and Secondary Circulations 281 • Circulation of a Nonrotating Earth • Summary Unit—III: Climates Across Space 8. Climatic Classification 289 • Early Attempts at Global Climatic Classification • The Classical Age of Climatic Classifications • Genetic Classifications • Local and Regional Classifications • Quantitative Analysis to Derive Climatic Classification • Summary 9. Extra Tropical Northern Hemisphere Climate 319 • The Climatic Setting of North America • Key Findings • The Setting Climatic in Europe • The Setting Climatic in Asia • Regional Climate • Summary 10. Tropical and Southern Hemisphere Climate 341 • Contrast between Extratropical and Tropical Atmospheric Behaviour • Contrast between Northern and Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Behaviour • The Climatic Setting of Africa • The Climatic Setting of Australia and Oceania • The Climatic Setting of Latin America • The Climatic Setting of Antarctica • Regional Climate • Summary Unit—IV: Climate through Time 11. Climatic Change and Variability 351 • Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change • Terminology • Causes • Physical Evidence for Climatic Change • Non-Radiative Forcing • Radiative Forcing • Time Scale of Climatic Change • External Forcing Mechanisms • Internal Forcing Mechanisms • Climate Feedback • Climate Sensitivity • Summary 12. Anthropogenic Climate Change 379 • Global Warming • Urban Heat Island • Responses to Global Warming • Debate and Skepticism • Global Dimming • Air Pollution • Indoor Air Pollution • Hazardous Air Pollutants • Effects of Air Pollutants • Reduction Efforts • Origins of Modern Air Pollution Regulations • Laws and Regulations in the United States • The Clean Air Act • Statistics Most P Printed Pages: 497., Global Vision Publishing House, 2010, Global Vision Publishing House, 2010. Hardcover. New. The Book entitled Climatology is a comprehensive description and explanation of all the forces and factors dealing with climate and its overall effect on human and environmental conditions. For a clear and complete understanding of the phenomenon of climate, the book has been divided into four units. The book is the original and most comprehensive treatment of the issue. The author has made very serious endeavour to have a systematic and scientific study of the entire gamut of climate with a particular focus on India. CONTENTS Preface (v) UnitI: The Basics 1. Introduction to Climatology 3 Meteorology and Climatology Scales in Climatology Subfields of Climatology Climatic Records and Statistics Summary 2. The Atmospheric Composition 17 The Earth Atmosphere Layers of the Earths Atmosphere Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Structure Predicting Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Circulation Temperature in the Atmosphere Pressure in the Atmosphere The Sun Paradox The Paradox on Earth The Paradox on Mars The Past and Future of the Atmosphere Summary UnitII: Climatological Processes 3. The Climate System: Controls on Climate 51 Latitude Longitude Earth Rotation and Revolution Axis Tilt and Solar Altitude Water Everywhere General Circulation Pressure Patterns Wind Cyclone Anticyclone Topography Seasons Local Climates Cloud Climatology Summary 4. Effects on the Climate System 129 Oceans Circulation El Niño-Southern Oscillation Volcanic Activity and Climate Deforestation Desertification Cryosphere Summary 5. Energy, Matter and Momentum Exchanges Near the Surface 179 Troposphere Climate and Earths Energy Budget Atmospheric Moisture Evaporation and Vapour Pressure Atmospheric Stability Mechanical and Thermal Turbulence Richardson Number Oceanography Summary 6. The Global Hydrologic Cycle and Surface Water Balance 238 Hydrologic Cycle The Water Balance Type of Surface Water Balance Water Balance Diagrams Drought Indices Climate Model Global Climate Model Summary 7. General Circulation and Secondary Circulations 281 Circulation of a Nonrotating Earth Summary UnitIII: Climates Across Space 8. Climatic Classification 289 Early Attempts at Global Climatic Classification The Classical Age of Climatic Classifications Genetic Classifications Local and Regional Classifications Quantitative Analysis to Derive Climatic Classification Summary 9. Extra Tropical Northern Hemisphere Climate 319 The Climatic Setting of North America Key Findings The Setting Climatic in Europe The Setting Climatic in Asia Regional Climate Summary 10. Tropical and Southern Hemisphere Climate 341 Contrast between Extratropical and Tropical Atmospheric Behaviour Contrast between Northern and Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Behaviour The Climatic Setting of Africa The Climatic Setting of Australia and Oceania The Climatic Setting of Latin America The Climatic Setting of Antarctica Regional Climate Summary UnitIV: Climate through Time 11. Climatic Change and Variability 351 Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change Terminology Causes Physical Evidence for Climatic Change Non-Radiative Forcing Radiative Forcing Time Scale of Climatic Change External Forcing Mechanisms Internal Forcing Mechanisms Climate Feedback Climate Sensitivity Summary 12. Anthropogenic Climate Change 379 Global Warming Urban Heat Island Responses to Global Warming Debate and Skepticism Global Dimming Air Pollution Indoor Air Pollution Hazardous Air Pollutants Effects of Air Pollutants Reduction Efforts Origins of Modern Air Pollution Regulations Laws and Regulations in the United States The Clean Air Act Statistics Most P Printed Pages: 497. ClimatologyRavi Malhotra9788182203471, Global Vision Publishing House, 2010, Academic Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. New. IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year, is divided into six sections. The first section, on international security, discusses some significant developments in the Asian security landscape, while taking Stock of the persisting, unresolved concerns. The issues covered include space security in the aftermath of China’s anti-satellite test of 11 January 2007, energy security in the Face of galloping Oil prices, the growing concern regarding climate change, an evaluation of the current state of the global War on terror, and the evolving situation in Iraq, the safety of Pakistan’s strategic assets, and an assessment of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention.. The next section focuses on the theme related directly to India’s security concerns. Accordingly, India’s strengthened partnerships with the United States and Russia, its Ocean security in the backdrop of capacity additions to its Navy, India’s Look East Policy with imperatives for Northeast security and India’s acknowledged most pressing internal security challenge, the Maoist insurgency, are analysed in depth. During the period under review, a number of Countries in South Asia—like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh— have experienced a process of Political transition. Clouds of Anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes. Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence. The Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much hope for a viable political solution. Section III deals with these intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications of them for India’s own security and stability. Section IV contains two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the growing Strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The next section on East Asia and the Asia-Pacific Region contains chapters assessing the implications of China’s Seventeenth Party Congress, an analysis of the Relationship between Hu Jintao and the PLA, an examination of Myanmar’s internal politics, Myanmar in the China-India equation, political developments in Japan after the end of Shinzo Abe’s prime-ministerial term, and the challenges confronting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the end of this volume, Statistical Appendices provide useful data, charts and tables relating to Asia’s Defence and energy sectors. Contents Contributors Preface/N.S. Sisodia Introduction/S.D. Muni I. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY : NEW DYNAMICS AND PERSISTING CONCERNS : 1. Asian Space Race/Ajey Lele 2. Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Market/Shebonti Ray Dadwal 3. Asia and Climate Change/Uttam Kumar Sinha 4. Taking Stock of the Global War on Terror/Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 5. ‘Troop Surge’ and After : Is There an Exit Strategy?/S. Samuel C. Rajiv 6. Pakistan’s Strategic Assets : Global Concerns/Rajiv Nayan 7. The 6th BTWC Review Conference : A Year Later/Monalisa Joshi II. India IN Focus : STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS, RISING PROFILE AND INTERNAL CHALLENGES : 8. India and the US : Beyond the Nuclear Deal/Cherian Samuel 9. India’s Strategic Partnership with Russia : Old Friends, New Focus/Nivedita Das Kundu 10. Naval Sealift Capability and India’s Ocean Security/Gurpreet S. Khurana 11. Eastern Neighbourhood : Is the North Eastern Region on Board?/Namrata Goswami 12. Trends in India’s Maoist Movement/P.V. Ramana III. South ASIA AND BEYOND : TRANSFORMATIONAL ISSUES : 13. Pakistan : Uncertain Transition to Democracy/Ashok K. Behuria 14. Top-down Democratic Evolution in Bhutan/Nihar Nayak 15. The Bangladesh Military : Power without Accountability/Sreeradha Dutta 16. Building a New Nepal : Pains of State Restructuring/Smruti Pattanaik 17. The ‘Eelam War IV’ : Tigers Printed Pages: 378., Academic Foundation, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 0871bb01cfd3db4f86edd12130d85bd6

Academic Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. New. IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year, is divided … Mehr…

Academic Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. New. IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year, is divided into six sections. The first section, on international security, discusses some significant developments in the Asian security landscape, while taking Stock of the persisting, unresolved concerns. The issues covered include space security in the aftermath of China’s anti-satellite test of 11 January 2007, energy security in the Face of galloping Oil prices, the growing concern regarding climate change, an evaluation of the current state of the global War on terror, and the evolving situation in Iraq, the safety of Pakistan’s strategic assets, and an assessment of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention.. The next section focuses on the theme related directly to India’s security concerns. Accordingly, India’s strengthened partnerships with the United States and Russia, its Ocean security in the backdrop of capacity additions to its Navy, India’s Look East Policy with imperatives for Northeast security and India’s acknowledged most pressing internal security challenge, the Maoist insurgency, are analysed in depth. During the period under review, a number of Countries in South Asia—like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh— have experienced a process of Political transition. Clouds of Anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes. Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence. The Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much hope for a viable political solution. Section III deals with these intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications of them for India’s own security and stability. Section IV contains two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the growing Strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The next section on East Asia and the Asia-Pacific Region contains chapters assessing the implications of China’s Seventeenth Party Congress, an analysis of the Relationship between Hu Jintao and the PLA, an examination of Myanmar’s internal politics, Myanmar in the China-India equation, political developments in Japan after the end of Shinzo Abe’s prime-ministerial term, and the challenges confronting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the end of this volume, Statistical Appendices provide useful data, charts and tables relating to Asia’s Defence and energy sectors. Contents Contributors Preface/N.S. Sisodia Introduction/S.D. Muni I. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY : NEW DYNAMICS AND PERSISTING CONCERNS : 1. Asian Space Race/Ajey Lele 2. Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Market/Shebonti Ray Dadwal 3. Asia and Climate Change/Uttam Kumar Sinha 4. Taking Stock of the Global War on Terror/Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 5. ‘Troop Surge’ and After : Is There an Exit Strategy?/S. Samuel C. Rajiv 6. Pakistan’s Strategic Assets : Global Concerns/Rajiv Nayan 7. The 6th BTWC Review Conference : A Year Later/Monalisa Joshi II. India IN Focus : STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS, RISING PROFILE AND INTERNAL CHALLENGES : 8. India and the US : Beyond the Nuclear Deal/Cherian Samuel 9. India’s Strategic Partnership with Russia : Old Friends, New Focus/Nivedita Das Kundu 10. Naval Sealift Capability and India’s Ocean Security/Gurpreet S. Khurana 11. Eastern Neighbourhood : Is the North Eastern Region on Board?/Namrata Goswami 12. Trends in India’s Maoist Movement/P.V. Ramana III. South ASIA AND BEYOND : TRANSFORMATIONAL ISSUES : 13. Pakistan : Uncertain Transition to Democracy/Ashok K. Behuria 14. Top-down Democratic Evolution in Bhutan/Nihar Nayak 15. The Bangladesh Military : Power without Accountability/Sreeradha Dutta 16. Building a New Nepal : Pains of State Restructuring/Smruti Pattanaik 17. The ‘Eelam War IV’ : Tigers Printed Pages: 378., Academic Foundation, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 0871bb01cfd3db4f86edd12130d85bd6

Academic Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. New. IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year, is divided … Mehr…

Academic Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. New. IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008, the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year, is divided into six sections. The first section, on international security, discusses some significant developments in the Asian security landscape, while taking Stock of the persisting, unresolved concerns. The issues covered include space security in the aftermath of China’s anti-satellite test of 11 January 2007, energy security in the Face of galloping Oil prices, the growing concern regarding climate change, an evaluation of the current state of the global War on terror, and the evolving situation in Iraq, the safety of Pakistan’s strategic assets, and an assessment of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention.. The next section focuses on the theme related directly to India’s security concerns. Accordingly, India’s strengthened partnerships with the United States and Russia, its Ocean security in the backdrop of capacity additions to its Navy, India’s Look East Policy with imperatives for Northeast security and India’s acknowledged most pressing internal security challenge, the Maoist insurgency, are analysed in depth. During the period under review, a number of Countries in South Asia—like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh— have experienced a process of Political transition. Clouds of Anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes. Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence. The Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much hope for a viable political solution. Section III deals with these intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications of them for India’s own security and stability. Section IV contains two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the growing Strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The next section on East Asia and the Asia-Pacific Region contains chapters assessing the implications of China’s Seventeenth Party Congress, an analysis of the Relationship between Hu Jintao and the PLA, an examination of Myanmar’s internal politics, Myanmar in the China-India equation, political developments in Japan after the end of Shinzo Abe’s prime-ministerial term, and the challenges confronting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the end of this volume, Statistical Appendices provide useful data, charts and tables relating to Asia’s Defence and energy sectors. Contents Contributors Preface/N.S. Sisodia Introduction/S.D. Muni I. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY : NEW DYNAMICS AND PERSISTING CONCERNS : 1. Asian Space Race/Ajey Lele 2. Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Market/Shebonti Ray Dadwal 3. Asia and Climate Change/Uttam Kumar Sinha 4. Taking Stock of the Global War on Terror/Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 5. ‘Troop Surge’ and After : Is There an Exit Strategy?/S. Samuel C. Rajiv 6. Pakistan’s Strategic Assets : Global Concerns/Rajiv Nayan 7. The 6th BTWC Review Conference : A Year Later/Monalisa Joshi II. India IN Focus : STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS, RISING PROFILE AND INTERNAL CHALLENGES : 8. India and the US : Beyond the Nuclear Deal/Cherian Samuel 9. India’s Strategic Partnership with Russia : Old Friends, New Focus/Nivedita Das Kundu 10. Naval Sealift Capability and India’s Ocean Security/Gurpreet S. Khurana 11. Eastern Neighbourhood : Is the North Eastern Region on Board?/Namrata Goswami 12. Trends in India’s Maoist Movement/P.V. Ramana III. South ASIA AND BEYOND : TRANSFORMATIONAL ISSUES : 13. Pakistan : Uncertain Transition to Democracy/Ashok K. Behuria 14. Top-down Democratic Evolution in Bhutan/Nihar Nayak 15. The Bangladesh Military : Power without Accountability/Sreeradha Dutta 16. Building a New Nepal : Pains of State Restructuring/Smruti Pattanaik 17. The ‘Eelam War IV’ : Tigers Printed Pages: 378., Academic Foundation, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 0871bb01cfd3db4f86edd12130d85bd6

[PU: Academic Foundation], 70462, Contents Preface I International Security New Dynamics and Persisting Concerns 1 Asian Space Race Ajey Lele 2 Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Mar… Mehr…

[PU: Academic Foundation], 70462, Contents Preface I International Security New Dynamics and Persisting Concerns 1 Asian Space Race Ajey Lele 2 Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Market Shebonti Ray Dadwal 3 Asia and Climate Change Uttam Kumar Sinha 4 Taking Stock of the Global War on error Shanthie Mariet DSouza 5 Troop Surge and After Is There an Exit Strategy S Samuel C Rajiv 6 Pakistans Strategic Assets Global Concerns Rajiv Nayan 7 The 6th BTWC Review Conference A Year Later Monalisa Joshi II India in Focus Strengthened Partnerships Rising Profile and Internal Challenges 8 India and the US Beyond the Nuclear Deal Cherian Samuel 9 Indias Strategic Partnership with Russia Old Friends New Focus Nivedita Das Kundu 10 Naval Sealift Capability and Indias Ocean Security Gurpreet S Khurana 11 Eastern Neighbourhood Is the North Eastern Region on Board Namrata Goswami 12 Trends in Indias Maoist Movement PV Ramana III South Asia and Beyond Transformational Issues 13 Pakistan Uncertain Transition to Democracy Ashok K Behuria 14 Top down Democratic Evolution in Bhutan Nihar Nayak 15 The Bangladesh Military Power without Accountability Sreeradha Dutta 16 Building a New Nepal Pains of State Restructuring Smruti Pattanaik 17 The Eelam War IV Tigers in Crisis M Mayilvaganan 18 Democratisation of Maldives A Challenging Roadmap Alok Bansal 19 Afghanistan Divided Defenders of Democracy Vishal Chandra IV Central Asia Economic Weaknesses and Security Dilemmas 20 Strategic Trends in Central Asia P Stobdan 21 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Acquiring New Punches Meena Singh Roy V East Asia and the Asia Pacific New Agendas and Political Transitions 22 Myanmars Political Players Udai Bhanu Singh 23 Myanmar in the China India Equation Ranjit Gupta 24 Chinas 17th Party Congress Abanti Bhattacharya 25 Hu Jintao and the PLA Raviprasad Narayanan 26 Political Transition in Japan Arpita Mathur 27 ASEAN at 40 Groping for a Direction GVC Naidu VI Statistical Appendices IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008 the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year is divided into six sections The first section on international security discusses some significant developments in the Asian security landscape while taking stock of the persisting unresolved concerns The issues covered include space security in the aftermath of Chinas anti satellite test of 11 January 2007 energy security in the face of galloping oil prices the growing concern regarding climate change an evaluation of the current state of the global war on terror and the evolving situation in Iraq the safety of Pakistans strategic assets and an assessment of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention The next section focuses on the theme related directly to Indias security concerns Accordingly Indias strengthened partnerships with the United States and Russia its ocean security in the backdrop of capacity additions to its Navy Indias Look East policy with imperatives for Northeast security and Indias acknowledged most pressing internal security challenge the Maoist insurgency are analysed in depth During the period under review a number of countries in South Asia like Pakistan Bhutan Nepal Bangladesh have experienced a process of political transition Clouds of anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much hope for a viable political solution Section III deals with these intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications of them for Indias own security and stability Section IV contains two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the growing strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO The next section on East Asia and the Asia Pacific region contains chapters assessing the implications of Chinas Seventeenth Party Congress an analysis of the relationship between Hu Jintao and the PLA an ex<

2008, ISBN: 0871bb01cfd3db4f86edd12130d85bd6

[PU: Academic Foundation], 70462, Contents Preface I International Security New Dynamics and Persisting Concerns 1 Asian Space Race Ajey Lele 2 Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Mar… Mehr…

[PU: Academic Foundation], 70462, Contents Preface I International Security New Dynamics and Persisting Concerns 1 Asian Space Race Ajey Lele 2 Resource Nationalism and the Global Oil Market Shebonti Ray Dadwal 3 Asia and Climate Change Uttam Kumar Sinha 4 Taking Stock of the Global War on error Shanthie Mariet DSouza 5 Troop Surge and After Is There an Exit Strategy S Samuel C Rajiv 6 Pakistans Strategic Assets Global Concerns Rajiv Nayan 7 The 6th BTWC Review Conference A Year Later Monalisa Joshi II India in Focus Strengthened Partnerships Rising Profile and Internal Challenges 8 India and the US Beyond the Nuclear Deal Cherian Samuel 9 Indias Strategic Partnership with Russia Old Friends New Focus Nivedita Das Kundu 10 Naval Sealift Capability and Indias Ocean Security Gurpreet S Khurana 11 Eastern Neighbourhood Is the North Eastern Region on Board Namrata Goswami 12 Trends in Indias Maoist Movement PV Ramana III South Asia and Beyond Transformational Issues 13 Pakistan Uncertain Transition to Democracy Ashok K Behuria 14 Top down Democratic Evolution in Bhutan Nihar Nayak 15 The Bangladesh Military Power without Accountability Sreeradha Dutta 16 Building a New Nepal Pains of State Restructuring Smruti Pattanaik 17 The Eelam War IV Tigers in Crisis M Mayilvaganan 18 Democratisation of Maldives A Challenging Roadmap Alok Bansal 19 Afghanistan Divided Defenders of Democracy Vishal Chandra IV Central Asia Economic Weaknesses and Security Dilemmas 20 Strategic Trends in Central Asia P Stobdan 21 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Acquiring New Punches Meena Singh Roy V East Asia and the Asia Pacific New Agendas and Political Transitions 22 Myanmars Political Players Udai Bhanu Singh 23 Myanmar in the China India Equation Ranjit Gupta 24 Chinas 17th Party Congress Abanti Bhattacharya 25 Hu Jintao and the PLA Raviprasad Narayanan 26 Political Transition in Japan Arpita Mathur 27 ASEAN at 40 Groping for a Direction GVC Naidu VI Statistical Appendices IDSA Asian Strategic Review 2008 the second volume in the series of Annual Surveys revived by the Institute in the previous year is divided into six sections The first section on international security discusses some significant developments in the Asian security landscape while taking stock of the persisting unresolved concerns The issues covered include space security in the aftermath of Chinas anti satellite test of 11 January 2007 energy security in the face of galloping oil prices the growing concern regarding climate change an evaluation of the current state of the global war on terror and the evolving situation in Iraq the safety of Pakistans strategic assets and an assessment of the Sixth Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention The next section focuses on the theme related directly to Indias security concerns Accordingly Indias strengthened partnerships with the United States and Russia its ocean security in the backdrop of capacity additions to its Navy Indias Look East policy with imperatives for Northeast security and Indias acknowledged most pressing internal security challenge the Maoist insurgency are analysed in depth During the period under review a number of countries in South Asia like Pakistan Bhutan Nepal Bangladesh have experienced a process of political transition Clouds of anxiety and uncertainty still hang over some of these processes Afghanistan remains politically unstable and mired in violence The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is degenerating by day without much hope for a viable political solution Section III deals with these intricate issues of regional turbulence and underlines implications of them for Indias own security and stability Section IV contains two articles dealing with strategic trends in Central Asia and the growing strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO The next section on East Asia and the Asia Pacific region contains chapters assessing the implications of Chinas Seventeenth Party Congress an analysis of the relationship between Hu Jintao and the PLA an ex<