| Title: | 10 : EAST ASIA SUMMIT – AN APPRAISAL |
| Author/s: | DS Rajan, Research Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in India and Raakhee Suryaprakash, Research Intern at the Observer Research Foundation in India |
| Abstract: | The East Asian Summit (EAS) held at Kuala Lumpur on 14 December 2005 after a 15-year gestation period was an important event in the evolution of Asian relations. The former Malaysian Premier Dr Mahathir first mooted the idea in 1990. Sixteen world leaders from ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand, representing half the world’s population attended the summit. The Russian President Vladimir Putin also addressed the summit after attending the first ASEAN-Russia meeting. Russia has been keen on becoming a part of the EAS. |
| Date: | 30 December 2005 |
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| Title: | 09 : INDIA’S NEXT ECONOMIC WAVE: ANIMATION AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY |
| Author/s: | Jayan Jose Thomas,Visiting Research Fellow at the ISAS and Indu Rayadurgam, Research Associate at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The liberalisation efforts by the Indian government have resulted in the emergence of numerous sectors, which offer great possibilities for India's development. One such recent sector is interactive media and animation, along with information and communication technologies (ICTs). |
| Date: | 5 December 2005 |
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| Title: | 08 : ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION |
| Author/s: | Dr S. Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The most important sea-lane of communication (SLOC) in the Southeast Asian region is the Straits of Malacca, the main passage between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. It is 600 miles long and 300 miles wide on its western side. The length of the Singapore Straits, which connects Malacca with the South China Sea, is 75 miles, with an overall width of less than 12 miles. The Malacca and Singapore Straits provides the artery through which a significant proportion of global trade is conducted. Some 50,000 ship movements carrying as much as one quarter of the world's commerce and half the world's oil pass through these Straits each year. |
| Date: | 25 October 2005 |
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| Title: | 07 : Examining the Business Landscape in India |
| Author/s: | Aparna Shivpuri Singh, Research Associate at the ISAS and Mridul Batra, Graduate Student in Economics at NUS |
| Abstract: | In recent years, considerable attention has been given to India. Countries have come to realise the potential that India has because of its investment climate, skilled work force and large market. The largest democracy in the world, India is home to 1.08 billion people (approximately 16.7% of the world population) and is projected to have 823 million people in the working age group by 2015. |
| Date: | 19 September 2005 |
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| Title: | 06 : INDIA-SINGAPORE CECA: A STEP TOWARDS ASIAN INTEGRATION? |
| Author/s: | Jayan Jose Thomas |
| Abstract: | This paper argues that the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) signed between India and Singapore appears to be part of a larger process of Asian integration. |
| Date: | 5 September 2005 |
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| Title: | 05 : PRIME MINISTER DR MANMOHAN SINGH’S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, 18-20 JULY 2005 |
| Author/s: | Rajshree Jetly |
| Abstract: | Despite being respectively the largest and oldest democracies in the world, India and the United States have, at best, had a lukewarm relationship with several ups and downs in the past few decades. A confluence of strategic and economic factors since the 1990s has brought about a positive change in Indo-United States relations. The Indian Prime Minister’s visit to the United States builds on this platform of interlinked strategic and economic issues. |
| Date: | 18 July 2005 |
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| Title: | 04 : PAKISTAN’S “VISION EAST ASIA” POLICY: ECONOMIC AND SECURITY COOPERATION WITH SINGAPORE |
| Author/s: | Aparna Shivpuri, Research Assistant at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | In May 2005, the Pakistani Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, visited Singapore and several other Southeast Asian countries. The Singapore visit was to reciprocate a trip made by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, when he was Prime Minister in June 2004. Pakistan, like the other South Asian countries, wants to build close ties with the Southeast Asian region, in particular Singapore which, with its open economy, eagerness to invest in South Asia and its stance on terrorism, is an ideal ally to have in this part of the world. |
| Date: | 16 April 2005 |
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| Title: | 03 : TRADE POLICY MAKING IN INDIA |
| Author/s: | S. Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The expansion of trade has, under our conditions, to be regarded as ancillary to agriculture and industrial development rather than as an initiating impulse in itself. In fact, in view of the urgent needs for investment in basic development, diversion of investment on any large scale to trade must be viewed as a misdirection of resources. |
| Date: | 16 April 2005 |
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| Title: | 02 : VISIT BY PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF TO INDIA, 16 – 18 APRIL 2005 |
| Author/s: | Aparna Shivpuri, Research Assistant at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The relationship between India and Pakistan goes back a long way and they share much more than just a common border. The relationship can be viewed as “stop-go”, where instances of activities and excitement are followed by a prolonged period of stalemate, and even the eruption of violence. |
| Date: | 16 April 2005 |
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| Title: | 01 : PRIME MINISTER WEN JIABAO’S VISIT TO INDIA, 9 – 12 APRIL 2005 |
| Author/s: | Kripa Sridharan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, NUS, Associate of the ISAS |
| Abstract: | From China’s point of view the visit was aimed at ‘promoting trust and widening cooperation’ between the two countries. The swing through the region was also aimed to establish the fact that South Asia falls within the ambit of China’s interests and influence despite India’s dominant position in the region. It was also meant to emphasise to India that bilateral ties with the regional states will continue to be important for Beijing even while it was expanding its ties with India. |
| Date: | 15 April 2005 |
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