A PUBLICATION OF THE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR EASTERN AND
NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL STUDIES, KOLKATA

A University Grants Commission Approved Journal
(under UGC-CARE, Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
ISSN 2582-2241

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1, MAY 2018

CONTENTS

Commentaries

EDITOR’S HISTORY PAGE
TRUMP’S ASIA POLICY LOOKS LIKE THE NIXON DOCTRINE,
BUT IT IS NOT
HARISH C. MEHTA

 

NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
TRUMP’S FIRST COUNTER-POLICY TO CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD:
LIMITS OF U.S. POWER TO CONFRONT
CHINESE ECONOMIC STRENGTH
TOH HAN SHIH

 

CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
WELL VERSED EMISSARIES OF A NEW POETIC WORLD ORDER
ANJANA BASU

 

Research Articles

SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
“EVERYTHING COMES FROM INDIA,
BUT ALL IS TRANSFORMED, ALL IS KHMER:”
THE SOFT POWER OF INDIA IN ANCIENT CAMBODIA
JULIE BANERJEE MEHTA 

 

EASTERN DIPLOMACY
THE GREAT INDIAN LEAP OVER BAMBOO HURDLES
KAMARAN M.K. MONDAL

 

THE ASEAN STORY
FIFTY YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY,
AND TRIUMPHANTLY, 1967-2017
HARISH C. MEHTA

 

Books

EXTRACT
OLD EUROPE, NEW ASIA:
STRATEGIES, CHALLENGES, RESPONSES
CHINA VIEWS EUROPE AS A LONG-TERM STRATEGY,
AND INDIA NEEDS A “LOOK TO EUROPE” POLICY
KRISHNAN SRINIVASAN

 

REVIEW
Nirmal Ghosh. Unquiet Kingdom: Thailand in Transition
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE

 

The CENERS-K Conference Reports

CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARUNACHAL DEMANDS POLITICAL AGENCY
AS INDIA NEEDS TO STUDY THE REGION
AND NEGOTIATE WISELY WITH CHINA

 

CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
GOOD NEIGHBOURS NEED BETTER SECURITY
TO DELIVER PROSPERITY