Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: conceptual and operational challenges

"This book focuses on emerging new multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific and offers a useful analysis of various existing and evolving formulations and alignments in the region. The book problematises the evolution, relevance and changing contours of emerging economic and security architectures and connects these to various unilateral and multilateral initiatives that undergird the overall transformation in these economic and strategic multi-laterals in this region. The Chapters offer a comprehensive overview of organizations and institutions and the contributors provide their historical background and contemporary focus with implications for the future. Consequently, the book provides a balanced assessment of evolving trends elucidated by both its theoretical debates and empirical analyses. It assesses the outline and influence of non-traditional threats that have received only stand alone, and not an integrated examination involving issues as climate change, piracy, smuggling, terrorist activity, triggering a whole gamut of humanitarian and disaster relief strategies. Comprehensive in analysis and approach, the book will be of interest to scholars of Political Science, Foreign Policy, Security Studies, International Relations, International Political Economy and Area Studies, including Asian, East Asian or Indo-Pacific Studies"--

Institutions, issues, and actors in the Indo-Pacific / Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah -- Multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific region: genesis and evolution / Ashis Adhikary -- Multilateralism 2.0: its emerging contours / Devyani Chaturvedi -- Economic multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific region / Katyayinee Richhariya -- ASEAN centrality in the Indo-Pacific security architecture / Vignesh Ram -- Climate change challenges: a study of island states in the Indo-Pacific / Madhura B. Bane -- Quad in the Indo-Pacific: rhetoric versus reality / Rushali Saha -- Quad as Asian NATO: a practical proposition? / Mahima Duggal -- Quad HADR strategy for the Indo-Pacific / Chanchal Sarowa -- RCEP: the new paradigm of economic multilateralism /Garima Sangwan -- BIMSTEC in the Indo-Pacific: examining the role of India / Oindrila DattaGupta -- Five eyes and the evolving Indo Pacific paradigm / Swasti Rao -- Maritime multilateralism: examining Indo-Pacific oceans initiative / Silky Kaur.