Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf

Umer Karim is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His academic research focuses on Saudi foreign policy and broader geopolitics of the Middle East. Karim also works on Pakistan's foreign policy outlook and its engagement with the Middle East. He is an Associate Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and a Fellow of the SEPAD Project at Lancaster University's Richardson Institute.Saloni Kapur is Assistant Professor of International Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at FLAME University. Her research interests include critical security studies, decoloniality, and South and West Asia. Saloni holds a PhD in International Relations from Lancaster University. She is the author of Pakistan after Trump: Great Power Responsibility in a Multi-Polar World (2021) and the co-editor of Securitisation in the Non-West (Routledge, 2019).

• Introduction Umer Karim and Saloni Kapur India, the Persian Gulf, and the Emergence of a Supercomplex Saloni Kapur Pakistan and the Gulf Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Khurram Abbas The Estranged Partners: Iran’s Complicated Relations with India and Pakistan Mohammad Soltaninejad Complex Interdependence and Security Architecture: Charting Bangladesh-Gulf Ties and Political Engagements Lailufar Yasmin Sri Lanka and the Gulf States Shakthi De Silva and Robin Vochelet Oman’s Relations with Pakistan and India Mehmet Rakipoğlu and Gökhan Ereli Pakistan and Saudi Ties: An Overview of Political, Strategic, Economic and Defence Linkages Umer Karim India and the United Arab Emirates: Upgrading the Strategic Partnership Rhea AbrahamIndex