India and Southeast Asia: Towards Security Convergence

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& india southeast asia The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, includingASEAN andAPEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 India&SEA Prelims 11/11/05, 8:16 AM 2 & india southeast asia TOWARDS SECURITY CONVERGENCE INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES Singapore Sudhir Devare First published in Singapore in 2006 by ISEAS Publications Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2006 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the author and his interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publishers or their supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Devare, Sudhir T. India and Southeast Asia : towards security convergence. 1. National security—Southeast Asia. 2. National security—India. 3. India—Foreign relations—Southeast Asia. 4. Southeast Asia—Foreign relations—India. 5. India—Foreign economic relations—Southeast Asia. 6. Southeast Asia—Foreign economic relations—India. 7. Indian (Asian people) diaspora. I. Title DS525.9 I4D48 2006 ISBN 981-230-344-8 (soft cover) ISBN 981-230-345-6 (hard cover) Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Utopia Press Pte Ltd 00 India&SEA Prelims 11/11/05, 8:16 AM 4 For my parents and Hema 00 India&SEA Prelims 11/11/05, 8:16 AM 5 ...