| ID | 145409 |
| Title Proper | Survey of India’s strategic environment |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Joshi, Shashank |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper examines India’s strategic environment in the round. ‘Strategic’ refers here to politico-military aspects of international relations, particularly those with implications for the use or potential use of force in the future. Thus economic factors are considered secondarily, and only insofar as they have diplomatic and military ramifications – as in the case of Chinese infrastructure projects in South Asia, or Indian port-development in Iran. This approach also sets aside what we might call ‘structural’ factors, such as large-scale multilateral trade deals, such as the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and sociological-demographic trends, such as relative population growth rates, also such issues necessarily influence the real and perceived balance of power over the long-run. The paper begins by considering India’s most salient adversary, Pakistan, before looking at the connected issue of Afghanistan and Central Asia. It then turns east to examine another rival, China, followed by the United States, the smaller states of South Asia, and finally the Middle East. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Affairs Vol. 47, No.2; Jul 2016: p.234-259 |
| Journal Source | Asian Affairs Vol: 47 No 2 |
| Key Words | Central Asia ; South Asia ; International Relations ; India’S Strategic Environment ; Politico-Military Aspects ; Diplomatic and Military Ramifications ; US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership |