Today, India and Southeast Asia look at each other in a more positive light than perhaps at any other time over the last three decades. In this book, seven specialists and scholars on Southeast Asia look at the challenges and opportunities before India to develop more meaningful and cooperative relationship with the region. The study also charts out a programme of action and policies to attract…
The challenging task of executing, Nehru's vision of independent foreign policy required an innovative and dynamic diplomatic corp. The Indian state had the advantage of having a battery of officers drawn from British Raj, but could they translate the Nehruvian vision into practice? The history of evolution of Indian missions and their functioning provides an insight in to the dynamics of India…
This study of perceptions, interests and strategies of South Asian states reveals the analytical and empirical richness of three kinds of states in the region: India - the regional hegemon; Pakistan-India's permanent competitor; and other South Asian states who do not accept Pakistani perceptions, interests and strategies concerning India. This book assesses the diplomatic and strategic princip…