Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf

Umer Karim is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His academic research focuses on Saudi foreign policy and broader geopolitics of the Middle East. Karim also works on Pakistan's foreign policy outlook and its engagement with the Middle East. He is an Associate Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and a Fellow of the SEPAD Project at Lancaster University's Richardson Institute. Saloni Kapur is Assistant Professor of International Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at FLAME University. Her research interests include critical security studies, decoloniality, and South and West Asia. Saloni holds a PhD in International Relations from Lancaster University. She is the author of Pakistan after Trump: Great Power Responsibility in a Multi-Polar World (2021) and the co-editor of Securitisation in the Non-West (Routledge, 2019).

Introduction

Umer Karim and Saloni Kapur






India, the Persian Gulf, and the Emergence of a Supercomplex
Saloni Kapur




Pakistan and the Gulf
Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khurram Abbas




The Estranged Partners: Iran’s Complicated Relations with India and Pakistan
Mohammad Soltaninejad




Complex Interdependence and Security Architecture: Charting Bangladesh-Gulf Ties and Political Engagements
Lailufar Yasmin




Sri Lanka and the Gulf States
Shakthi De Silva and Robin Vochelet




Oman’s Relations with Pakistan and India
Mehmet Rakipoğlu and Gökhan Ereli




Pakistan and Saudi Ties: An Overview of Political, Strategic, Economic and Defence Linkages
Umer Karim




India and the United Arab Emirates: Upgrading the Strategic Partnership

Rhea Abraham

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