Books by Lawrence Prabhakar Williams
The book 'Maritime Security Complexes of the Indo-Pacific Region' seeks to provide a net assessme... more The book 'Maritime Security Complexes of the Indo-Pacific Region' seeks to provide a net assessment of regional challenges and opportunities in this study of the Indo-Pacific region’s security dynamics viewed through the ‘maritime variant’ of the Regional Security Complex Theory. This volume aims to ascertain the regional security dynamics and assess securitization as a driving force. It infers the scope of traditional, non-traditional, and transnational security issues and their regional impact, with a specific focus on the maritime perspectives of regional security dynamics, and also envisages the potential interplay of these factors as they continue to influence and shape future discourse. Dr. Vijay Sakhuja and Prof. (Dr) W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar have sought to provide a net assessment of regional challenges and opportunities in this study of the Indo-Pacific region’s security dynamics viewed through the ‘maritime variant’ of the Regional Security Complex Theory.
Papers by Lawrence Prabhakar Williams
Nuclear weapons are widely viewed within India as “absolute weapons”1 that would inflict horrendo... more Nuclear weapons are widely viewed within India as “absolute weapons”1 that would inflict horrendous damage on an antagonist.2 In view of their mass destruction effects, Indian officials have repeatedly asserted that nuclear weapons are political instruments rather than war-fighting tools. They are, as President K.R. Narayanan has said, useful “only when they are not used.”3 The essential minimal requirements of Indian nuclear deterrence are, therefore, a functioning command and control system and an ability to survive a first strike and provide for an assured retaliatory strike.
Middle-Power Responses to China’s BRI and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, 2022
Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific, 2005
Maritime Doctrines and Nuclear Weapons at Sea, 2006
... opposition to such initiatives. Thus maritime terrorism has its critical trigger potential th... more ... opposition to such initiatives. Thus maritime terrorism has its critical trigger potential that could disrupt the regional stability, trade, energy flows and the security of sea-lanes of communication. Energy Security The critical dependence ...
Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2005
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China’s Maritime Silk Road poses a direct challenge to the traditional US dominance in the region... more China’s Maritime Silk Road poses a direct challenge to the traditional US dominance in the region. While the US rebalance has been a traditional military response to China’s military rise and aggressiveness, China’s maritime silk route diplomacy unnerves the traditional US framework of economic diplomacy and military partnerships in the region. However, several of the US’s traditional allies in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific, while welcoming China’s economic diplomacy, have been wary of China’s intentions and have refrained from joining its framework of relations. This chapter discusses the US initiatives of the pivot and its reenergizing of its economic and strategic relations with the Asia-Pacific however the US Pivot to Asia has since transformed with several statements of the Trump Administration and the hair-raising triggers of conflict in the Korean Peninsula calls for a comprehensive overhaul of US strategic approaches in its policy, engagement and the very scope of its ...
This Report is a compilation of the proceedings of the two-day International Conference on “U.S R... more This Report is a compilation of the proceedings of the two-day International Conference on “U.S Rebalance and Asia Pacific Region”, which was conceptualized and organised by the Centre for Strategic Studies, Centre Public Policy Research,
Kochi with the support of the US Consulate-General Chennai Region. The conference deliberated upon the U.S “Rebalancing” its strategy in the Asia-pacific and its potential
implications. This conference was conducted with a need to focus upon how U.S would play a
pivotal role in a continent where the history of 21st century would be scripted. The Conference was attended by eminent experts in the field of security, strategic studies,trade and commerce, and by academicians.The Conference themes include; The Contexts and Geopolitics of the U.S. Rebalance in Asia, China’s Strategic Rise: Regional Hegemony or Peaceful Rise, Trade and Commerce – A rebalancing tool in Asia Pacific and The Trans Pacific Partnership
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Books by Lawrence Prabhakar Williams
Papers by Lawrence Prabhakar Williams
Kochi with the support of the US Consulate-General Chennai Region. The conference deliberated upon the U.S “Rebalancing” its strategy in the Asia-pacific and its potential
implications. This conference was conducted with a need to focus upon how U.S would play a
pivotal role in a continent where the history of 21st century would be scripted. The Conference was attended by eminent experts in the field of security, strategic studies,trade and commerce, and by academicians.The Conference themes include; The Contexts and Geopolitics of the U.S. Rebalance in Asia, China’s Strategic Rise: Regional Hegemony or Peaceful Rise, Trade and Commerce – A rebalancing tool in Asia Pacific and The Trans Pacific Partnership
Kochi with the support of the US Consulate-General Chennai Region. The conference deliberated upon the U.S “Rebalancing” its strategy in the Asia-pacific and its potential
implications. This conference was conducted with a need to focus upon how U.S would play a
pivotal role in a continent where the history of 21st century would be scripted. The Conference was attended by eminent experts in the field of security, strategic studies,trade and commerce, and by academicians.The Conference themes include; The Contexts and Geopolitics of the U.S. Rebalance in Asia, China’s Strategic Rise: Regional Hegemony or Peaceful Rise, Trade and Commerce – A rebalancing tool in Asia Pacific and The Trans Pacific Partnership