InhaltsangabeEurope in Eurasian Strategic Considerations.- Flashpoint South and Central Asia: Strategic Aspects of a Historical Relationship.- Central Asia: The Great Game Revisted.-Pakistan: Self-Perception, Images of History, Concept of the State.- The USA and India: Mutual Perceptions and Political Actions.- Perception, Strategy and Interest: The State and Foreign Policy in India after Independence.- India, the New Global Power, Changes the Strategic Situation in Asia and Eurasia.- Indo-Chinese Relations.- India and Russia: Revival of a Traditional Partnership.- India's Political Development and Its Impact on International Relations.- China's Strategic Objectives and Policies.- Future Impacts of Chinese and Asian Dependency upon Energy from the Middle East and Central Asia.- China and the Great Powers: Mutual Perceptions.- Piecing Together a Comprehensive Foreign Policy Strategy for Russia: Where India fits in.- Russian Policy toward India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.- Japan: Strategic Goals and Their Implementation.