Intro; Acknowledgements; About This Book; Contents; Editor and Contributors; Introduction; India's Perception of Its Neighbours; Neighboring Countries' Perception of India; How Perceptions are Constructed or Formed?; References; India's Perception of Its South Asian Neighbours; India's Afghanistan Policy and Perceptions; Political Relationships Between India and Afghanistan; Economy and Developmental Partnership; Security Aspects to India-Afghanistan Relations; The Pakistan Factor in Shaping India's Perceptions of Afghanistan; Role of International Actors in Shaping India's Afghanistan Policy
Growing Religious Radicalism and Its Impact on India's Policies Towards BangladeshBorder States and Bangladesh; Security: Perspectives of Centre and the Border States; Connectivity: Looking at Bangladesh Through India's North-East; Border Management; Conclusion; References; Changing Dynamics of India-Bhutan Relations; Historical Legacies; The Indo-Bhutan Treaty of 1949; Merger of Sikkim with India and Aftermath; Bhutan-China Relations: Bone of Contention; Bhutan's Perception in India: An Analysis; Conclusion; References; Perceptions on India-Maldives Relations Over the Decades; Introduction
India's Perceptions Vis-à-Vis Its Role in Afghanistan During the Soviet InvasionIndia's Perceptions of Its Role and Interests in Afghanistan Since the US Global War on Terror; Conclusion; References; India's Perception of Bangladesh and Indo-Bangladesh Relations: Examining the Internal Dynamics in India; Shaping India's Perception of Bangladesh: A Delhi Dominated Discourse; Historical Factors: Shaping India's Perception and Its Relations with Bangladesh; Restoration of Democracy and Perception of India: Delving on Some Key Issues; Security Challenges and Bangladesh
Maldives in South AsiaIndia-Maldives Relationship in the Past Decades; Impact on Bilateral Relationship; Maritime Security in the Region; Increased Strategic Cooperation; The Chinese Interlude; Perceptions on Maldives; Perceptions About India; The Way Forward; Maldives: A Shadow State or a Pivot State?; Conclusion; References; India and Nepal Relations: Politics and Perceptions; Perceptions of the Other; References; Perceptions of Pakistan in India; India-Pakistan Relations-Brief History; Findings on Perceptions Indians Have About Pakistan; Constructing Perceptions; Conclusion; References
'Perceptions and Policies': The State of India-Sri Lanka RelationsIntroduction; Pre-ethnic Conflict Phase; Ethnic Conflict Phase; Ethnic Conflict Hands-Off Phase; Post-war Phase; Ethnic Question; Fishermen Issue; China Factor; Conclusion; References; Neighboring Countries' Perception of India-'Elder' or 'Big Brother'; Overwhelming Majority of Afghans Has a Positive Perception of India; Background of Indo-Afghan Relations; Post-2001 Afghan-Indo Relations; Afghans' Perception About Afghan-Indo Diplomatic Relations; Afghans' Perception About India
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This book discusses the perceptions India has about its South Asian neighbours, and how these neighbours, in turn, perceive India. While analyzing these perceptions, contributors, who are eminent researchers in international relations, have linked the past with present. They have also examined the reasons for positive or negative opinions about the other, and actors involved in constructing such opinions.0In 1947, after its independence, India became part of a disturbed South Asia, with countries embroiled in problems like boundary disputes, identity related violence etc. India itself inherited some of those problems, and continues to walk the tight rope managing some of them. Traditionally, seventy years of India's South Asia policy can roughly be categorized into three overlapping phases. The first one, Nehruvian phase, which viewed the region through a prism of an internationalist; the second one, 'interventionis'' phase, tried to shape neighbours' policies to suit India's interests; and the third, accommodative phase, when policy makers attempted to accommodate the demands of the neighbours in India's policy discourses. These are not ossified categories so one can find that policy adopted during one phase was also used in the other.0Keeping the above in mind, the book discusses India's role in managing and navigating through challenges of the presence of external, regional and international, powers; power rivalries in South Asia; India's maritime policy and her relationship with extended neighbours; and India being visualized as a soft power by South Asian countries. It will certainly appeal to the academicians, students, journalists, policy makers and all those who are interested in South Asian politics.