This book provides an in-depth analysis of how India, China and other South
Asian countries can cooperate on key challenges affecting their bilateral
relationships. It asserts that with pertinent policy guidelines and timely
initiatives from the participating countries, unprecedented opportunities can be
capitalized upon for consolidated economic growth of the region. It exposes how
untapped resources, bureaucratic and political inertia and a lack of collective
endeavour remain major impediments to bilateral and multilateral cooperation,
which, if surmounted, could pave the way for successful regional initiatives. It
will be indispensible to researchers and scholars of international relations,
South Asia studies, international trade, comparative politics, political
economy, and to the informed