1st Edition

New Great Game in the Indo-Pacific Rediscovering India’s Pragmatism and Paradoxes

232 Pages
by Routledge India

232 Pages
by Routledge India

232 Pages
by Routledge India

This book looks at the emerging power dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region and locates India and its interests within the overarching geostrategic framework. With US and China emerging as leading players within the region, the book analyses the challenges to India’s foreign policy in the face of new alliances, counter-alliances, and great power equations that have formed after the Cold War. It... Read more

 1. China’s Rise and US’s Fall in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Reciprocations of India  2. The Balance of Power Equations in the Indo-Pacific: Indian Foreign Policy Paradoxes  3. Russia’s Re-engagements with the Indo-Pacific: Changing Equilibrium  4. China’s Strategic Foray in the Indian Ocean: Contextualizing India’s Threat Perception  5.      South China Sea Dispute: India’s Reciprocation  6. India’s Maritime Strategy: Strategic Slip Up  7. Quad as a New Great Game in the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical Conundrum for India  8. India’s Act East Policy: Strategic Dimensions

Biography

Bawa Singh, Associate Professor and Head, Department of South and Central Asian Studies, and Dean, School of International Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.

Aslam Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India.

Parvaiz Ahmad Thoker, Lecturer, Zakir Memorial College of Education Tahab Pulwama, Jammu and Kahsmir, India.

Mansoor Ahmad Lone, Department of South and Central Asian Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.