About the Book: Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections
While strategic issues continue to be the critical element for foreign policy
formulation there are significant dimensions outside the hard core of policy
framework that remain by and large unappreciated in policy-related literature.
These dimensions envelop a rather wide range of actions/activities that
essentially comprise what could be broadly referred to as constituting cultural
dynamics. These entail looking beyond the radar of strategic relationships, at
socio-cultural engagements encompassing both institutions and communities. These
in turn involve a large number of citizens cutting across boundaries and
reiterating and reemphasising a sense of belonging or (un)belonging. This volume
is an