ABSTRACT
With all their naturally endowed and historically built distinct advantages, South Asian countries would have been the first set of “flying geese” in Asia. However, they frittered away a plethora of opportunities. After disintegrating as a regional entity after 1947, the area is now trying to reintegrate. However, reintegration is always a cumbersome and daunting task. At the same time, many significant developments are taking place around India that will create transformational changes in the geo-politics and socio-economic structures in this region and other connecting regions of India by 2030. For instance, even if SAARC has given observer status to China, initiatives like “One Belt and One Road” of China would make it a very critical and transforming player in South Asia. It could trigger a “new regionalism” exclusively based on connectivity and communication and the related openness of geographies and people. This could even render regional organizations like SAARC ineffective.
