This book forensically examines geopolitical, geo-economic, and geostrategic, implications of the interventionist role of extra-regional powers in South Asia and its extended neighborhood, Afghanistan and Central Asia in particular.

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Contours of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
• 3 China’s Belt and Road Initiative
• 4 The Trump Administration’s Af-Pak Policy in South Asia
• 5 Russia-China-Iran Trilateral Engagement with Afghanistan
• 6 Changing Contours in India-Russia Relations
• 7 Russia-Pakistan Defense and Energy Cooperation
• Conclusions
• Select Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author