"The second edition of Routledge Handbook of the Belt and Road encompasses the many recent developments across the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from 2019 to 2021, while retaining the comprehensive introduction to BRI from the first edition. The Handbook is a comprehensive review of the theory...

Regional integration and India -- Evolution of India's Look East Policy -- Economic potentials of the Look East Policy -- Political integration in Northeast India -- Economic development in Northeast India -- India's Northeast policy -- Political impact of the Look East Policy -- Conclusion

The author gives a survey of the major regional economic groupings within the OIC, assesses their wanting achievements and studies the reasons for this state of affairs. He formulates policy options in order to move the OIC closer to an Islamic Common Market. This Market "should endeavour to...