India’s Economic Corridor Initiatives

Kashif Hasan Khan is an Associate Professor and Director of the Silk Road Research Centre at Ala-Too International University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where he teaches in the Economics Department. Previously, Kashif worked in Konya, Turkey, as an Assistant professor, an International Business Consultant in the Philippines, and a consultant economist with the Asian Development Bank. His latest works on Central Asia include Europe-Central Asia Relations New Connectivity Frameworks (2023), and Emerging Central Asia: Managing Great Powers Relations (2021).

Preface of the book Part I: India’s Initiatives of Economic Corridors Chapter 1. India’s Initiative of Economic Corridors ‘INSTC and Chabahar Port’: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Economic Corridors in India's Security Policy: An Appraisal; Chapter 3. INSCT and Chabahar: Economic and Strategic Aspects of India’s Connectivity Efforts in Eurasia Part II: Iran, Russia and INSTC Chapter 4. Chabahar Port: Between Geopolitics and Business; Chapter 5. Iran's Geopolitical Capacities in the Connection and Synergy of the INSTC and BRI Corridors; Chapter 6. Iran's Position in the International North-South Transport Corridor in Light of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War Part III: Central Asia, South Caucasus and the Global Perspectives Chapter 7. Linking the World: Exploring the Potential Impacts of Chabahar Port on Iran, India, and Central Asia; Chapter 8. The Importance of Multivector Energy Strategy for Kazakhstan; Chapter 9. India’s “Connect Central Asia Policy” Within the Context of International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC); Chapter 10. Will INSTC Help Realize India's Trade Potential? An appraisal of India and Caspian Countries Trade Dynamics; Chapter 11. India's Rise in the Global South and INSTC: Insights from the ‘South-South Cooperation 3.0’ model; Index