In a world where perception dictates power, the book Strategic Communication, Manufacturing of Narratives and India–ASEAN Relations uncovers the hidden architecture of influence shaping Southeast Asia. This critical study deconstructs how ASEAN media “re-presents” India, revealing a systemic “visibility without intimacy” that reduces a complex civilization to a mere geopolitical utility. By exposing the “information colonialism” of  Western wire services and the calculated editorial logics of regional states, the work challenges the very foundations of contemporary diplomacy. It is an essential roadmap for understanding the battle for narrative autonomy in the Southeast Asia.

Dr. Om Prakash Das is a Research Fellow at the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. His research primarily focuses on Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on Myanmar. In addition, Dr. Das’s work engages with issues related to the Information Ecosystem, International & Strategic Communication and Misinformation. He has published extensively in academic journals and policy-oriented platforms, including the occasional paper How ASEAN Media Portrays India and the Hindi monograph Myanmar: Talaash Ek Samaveshi Rajneetik Tantra Kee. Dr. Das holds a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in Media Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has also completed a postgraduate diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. With more than eighteen years     of professional experience in television journalism and reporting from over ten countries, Dr. Das consistently integrates rigorous academic inquiry with substantial practical expertise in his research and writing.