01829cam a22002295i 4500020001800000041001300018082001700031245015400048246006400202260002800266300001400294500002600308500004800334504004100382520099800423546001301421650003301434650003901467700002701506700002901533710003701562  a9789391490980  aEnglish.  a327.54bCON-00aContiguity, connectivity and access :bthe importance of the Bay of Bengal Region in Indian foreign policy /cedited by Suranjan Das, Anita Sengupta.30aImportance of Bay of Bengal Region in Indian foreign policy  aNew Delhi :bKW,c2022.  axxv,186p.  aContributed articles.  aIndian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aThis volume examines themes like contemporary factors shaping the emergence of the Bay of Bengal region as a critical strategic theatre in Indian foreign policy; the inter-connectedness of the Indian and Pacific Oceans; the importance of oceans to security and commerce and India’s role within the broader region; the twenty-first century maritime Silk Road and Indian alternatives and the possibilities of reconnecting disconnected spaces through re-imagining a Bay of Bengal Community. In this connection the volume takes particular note of the emerging regional cooperative order for the promotion of peace and development in the Bay of Bengal region (BIMSTEC). The volume brings together historians, political analysts and political economists to emphasize the interconnectedness of the oceanic space through a detailed analysis of the Bay of Bengal as a space of strategic and economic significance, particularly for India, but also as a space for re-imagining a new regional community.  aEnglish. 0aGeopoliticszBengal, Bay of. 0aBengal, Bay ofxStrategic aspects.1 aDas, Suranjaneeditor.1 aSengupta, Anitaeeditor.2 aIndian Council of World Affairs,