Contents: Preface. I. India West Asia economic relations: 1. West Asia’s current economic inclination towards India/Javed Ahmad Khan. 2. India’s economic relations with Iran/Mohammad Iqbal. 3. Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and Indo-Iran relations/Rafiullah Azmi. 4. Non-resident Indian entrepreneurs in gulf countries/Prakash C. Jain. 5. Economic and social consequence of Indian emigration to West Asia/Anisur Rahman. II. India’s Palestine policy: 6. India’s Palestine policy: a historical review/Shamir Hasan. 7. Mahatma Gandhi Jawahar Lal Nehru and the Palestine issue/Mohammad Gulrez. 8. Palestine as a factor in Indo-Israeli relations/Jawaid Iqbal. 9. Cultural relations between India and Israel: role of Indian Jews/Khurshid Imam. III. Terrorism globalization and security: 10. India-West Asia co-operation in fighting terrorism/Bansidhar Pradhan. 11. Impact of globalization on the Arab World/Akhtar Nazmi. 12. India and Saudi Arabia: retrospect and prospects/A.K. Pasha. 13. India and the 1956 Suez crisis/Faza Mahmood. Index.