Mapping Central Asia Indian perceptions and strategies

With renewed American involvement in Afghanistan, Pakistan's growing fragility, and China's rise in power in the post-Soviet space, Central Asia-South Asia relations have become central to understanding the future of the Eurasian continent. Mapping Central Asia identifies the trends, attit...

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Other Authors: Laruelle, Marlene, Peyrouse, Sebastine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Surrey, UK Ashgate 2011
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The past as a link? Reassessing indo-central Asian history
  • pt. 2. Contextualizing indo-central Asian relations : hopes, disillusions, and pragmatism
  • pt. 3. The in-between point of tension : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Xinjiang.
  • Foreign policy and myth-making: great game, heartland, and silk roads / Marlène Laruelle
  • Bukhara in a revolutionary time and its Indian connections / Suchandana Chatterjee
  • The opening and closing of direct Indo-Central Asian relations, 1924-1940 / Surendra Gopal
  • Perceptions and strategies: India's relations with the Central Asian region / Anita Sengupta
  • The revival of the silk roads topic: a contemporary analysis / Sreemati Ganguli
  • Domestic and international articulations of the Indian involvement in Central Asia / Sébastien Peyrouse
  • Framing Indo-Central Asian relations, 1990s-2000s / Ajay Patnaik
  • India's new look at Central Asia policy: a strategic review / Jagannath P. Panda
  • Indo-Central Asian economic relations / Gulshan Sachdeva
  • Managing regional geopolitical uncertainty / Marlène Laruelle, Sébastien Peyrouse
  • India's policy towards Central Asia: the Pakistan factor / Meena Singh Roy
  • Restoring India's links with Central Asia across Kashmir: challenges and opportunities / Mushtaq A. Kaw
  • The resurgence of the Taliban and regional security concerns / Ajay Darshan Behera
  • The Xinjiang issue: Indian perspectives on Chinese strategies in the far west / K. Warikoo
  • Conclusion / Marlène Laruelle, Sébastien Peyrouse