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020			_a9798188262037
082			_a303.6 WES
100			_a"Waslekar, Sundeep"
245		0	_aShifting sands
260			_aMumbai
260			_bStrategic Foresight Group
260			_c2003
300			_a86p.
365			_b 1350.00
365			_dRS
520			_aSince the terrorist attacks of 9/11 there is a tendency to believe that dramatic events shape the history of nations and the world. Are events the autonomous determinants of the course of history or are they merely expressions of underlying dynamics? This report addresses the tensions between the impact of events and underlying structural realities in Undefined Asia - consisting of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Though undefined as it is outside any established institutional arrangement or group of nations, it is interlinked by oil, terrorism, and strategic concerns of super powers.
650			_aConflict
942			_cB _2ddc