Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia

Launched on the eve of the US attack on Iraq, Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia addresses tensions between the impact of events and underlying structural realities in Undefined Asia – consisting of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Undefined as it is on the outside, it is interlinked by oil, terrorism, and strategic concerns of big powers. As the US military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq creates a spell of uncertainty many questions are bound to surface. Will the US actions in Undefined Asia primarily determine the future of the region? Or are there internal dynamics, which render US actions superficial? Many of the predictions made in Shifting Sands proved to be correct within a few months of its publication. The report predicted the withdrawal of American forces from Saudi Arabia, armed skirmishes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, rise of terrorism in Undefined Asia following the US victory in Baghdad. Many other predictions await the test of time but Shifting Sands is a must read for anyone who wants to understand future trends in the world’s largest hot spot in the twenty-first century.

• Increase in terrorism predicted for South Asia
  Central Chronicle, May 8, 2003
• ‘Foresight’ into post-war Iraq and oil prices
  The Hindu Business Line, May 7, 2003
• Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia
  The Kashmir Telegraph, May 2003
• Pak-US relations may be rocky till '10: experts
  The Economic Times, May 5, 2003
• Our Wild, Wild West
  The Sunday Express, May 4, 2003
• Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia
  Peace & Conflict Monitor, April 28, 2003
• Beyond the Hard News
  Times of India, April 20, 2003
• Decline of US may has begun with Iraq war
  Mid-Day, March 28, 2003
• The ICPI report: playing with facts
  The News International, March 28, 2003
• US is trying to redefine global order
  The Times of India, March 28, 2003
• US will not pressure Indian to roll back its N-arms programme
  The Times of India, March 24, 2003
• It is a question of unemployment
  Loksatta, February 23, 2003

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