Two decades in the life of the movement and policy of non-alignment is a relatively short period for fully appreciating and establishing the importance and breath of a political doctrine and practise of international relations which is today pursued by over two-thirds of the sovereign states in the world.
This book is concerned with such strategic linkages and the political and military interdependencies between great powers and regional powers as evident on the continent of Asia. Specific chapters illustrate two basic themes: (1) the changing nature of the great-power-triangular relationship among Washington, Beijing, and Moscow and its security consequences for the regional states in Asia; and…