Decoding the Chessboard of Asian Geopolitics

Debasish Nandy, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Kazi Nazrul University in Asansol, West Bengal, India.  He has also been a visiting faculty member at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt, Germany. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Osaka School of International Public Policy.Monojit Das, Ph.D., focuses on geopolitics and national security. He serves as the Hon. Executive Editor of IADN Indian Aerospace and Defence News, which has been a leading defense magazine in India since 2012. His publications on national security and geopolitical issues have been incorporated into the curricula of various institutions. In addition to his academic pursuits, he has experience in fostering academic exchanges and promoting Indian education through collaboration and coordination with the ICCR and MEA.

• Part I. Southeast Asia and East Asia in Asian Powerplay.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Momentum of Taiwan-India Relations in the Era of US-China Competition.- 3. Reverting to Minimal Engagement: Yoon’s Scaling Back of the Ultra-Hawkish North Korea Strategy.- 4. North Korea’s Foreign Policy in Its Regional Setting: Irrational, Dynastic, or Realist?.- Part II. China, and Taiwan in the Asian Powerplay.- 5. Trilateral Defence Arrangements: Manila Steps Up in Regional Security with Tokyo and Washington.- 6. Digital Defence and ASEAN Political-Security Community.- 7. ASEAN in the Maelstrom: Maintaining Centrality amid Uncertainties.- 8. Navigating Geopolitics: Europe's Evolving Connections with South and Southeast Asia.- 9. Political Economy of Myanmar - Russia Friendship before and after the Military Coup in 2021.- Part III. USA, Europe, and Russia in the Asian Powerplay.- 10. China’s domestic discourse on status building in the Arctic.- 11. Better Late Than Never: China’s Development of a Formalized Sanctions Regime.- 12. Navigating Cross-Strait Tensions under President Lai Ching-te in Taiwan.- 13. Global Climate Change: Dynamics of India-China Cooperation, Competition and Road Ahead.- 14. Sino-Russian Friendship in the Indo-Pacific.- Part IV. Emerging Issues in Asian Powerplay.- 15. Asian Multipolarity as a Hedging Strategy Against the Trap of the United States’ Unipolar Grand Chessboard.- 16. Techno-Nationalism and Techno-Globalism in Asia: Geopolitical Dynamics and Intellectual Property Implications of Semiconductor Innovations.- 17. Not just a Highwayman : A Treatise on Global Information Networks and the ‘Asian Claim’.- 18. The Indo-Pacific Grand Strategy and Minilateralism: AUKUS, QAUD and Beyond.