This Palgrave Pivot uses a simple model from game theory to explain the behavior of countries disputing ownership of resources and of small islands in the South China Sea. It argues that the rapid transformation of the region's economy - the rise of Factory Asia - is not being acknowledged,...

This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will influence the world's geo-political and geo-economic environment, with specific regard to the "Belt and Road" countries and regions. It evaluates what opportunities the OBOR can offer them in light of the constraints they face, paying...

Introduction / Vivek Neelakantan -- "The Monsoon Asia of Geographers" : The Cold War Beginnings of the WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia (SEARO), 1948-60 / Vivek Neelakantan -- The Cold War, Non-Alignment and Medicine in India : The Case of Medical Education and Pharmaceutical...