Nation, Neighbourhood and Region: India’s Emergence as an Asia Power

Sandy Gordon

South Asian Survey, 2010, vol. 17, issue 2, 199-217

Abstract: Analysis of rising powers needs to be conducted not just in terms of their overall capabilities but also of their geopolitical circumstances—where they are placed in respect of domestic polity, their neighbourhoods, their regions and the globe. As a rising power, India is particularly closely embedded in its South Asian neighbourhood by tightly enmeshed domestic and neighbourhood dissonances. These are in turn deeply affected by global conditions, especially the rise of China and globalisation of a militant version of Islam. This article analyses India’s ‘strategies’ in dealing with its circumstances and concludes that, at least for the present, India has delayed the process of ardent military modernisation in favour of balanced development in an attempt to achieve greater domestic harmony and reduce vulnerability to destabilising cross-border influences. Strategies in South Asia are, however, less well developed and require greater attention.

Keywords: India; rising power; South Asia; power acquisition; strategy; great powers; China; 26/11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097152311201700202

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