Routledge Handbook on South Asian Foreign Policy

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This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of South Asian foreign policy, examining the complex history and present state of South Asian foreign policy, the foreign policy of the countries of the region, as well as their relationships with their neighbors and key external players, such as China and the United States, in an effort to understand South Asia’s place in the world order. It illustrates the future trajectory of foreign policy in the region and analyses future of regional arrangements like SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and BIMSTEC. The handbook is structured in five parts, each representing a focused area of enquiry: Foreign Policy Relations within South Asia Relations within Indo-Pacific Relations with China, Europe and the United States Security A carefully selected collection of 26 chapters written by experts on South Asian foreign, economic, and security policy, this handbook provides an objective yet accessible overview of the history and current state of foreign policy of each country and the region. It is an authoritative reference work for academics and students as well as international think tanks, research institutes, and non-governmental organizations working on South Asian Politics, Asian Politics, Foreign Politics, International Affairs, World History, and International Relations. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Foreign Policy in South Asia: Promise and Peril Part I Foreign Policy Chapter 1 India’s Foreign Policy Realignments Chapter 2 Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Chapter 3 Sleepwalking into a Great Power Rivalry: The Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century Chapter 4 Nepal’s Foreign Policy since 1950 Chapter 5 History of Foreign Invasions and the Afghan Response Part II Relations within South Asia Chapter 6 India’s South Asia Policy: Shifts and Continuities Chapter 7 The Changing Landscape of India–Pakistan–Afghanistan Relationship Chapter 8 The Kashmir Matrix: Strategy/Policy Formulation in India and Pakistan Chapter 9 India–Afghanistan Relations: Pragmatism towards Political Normalisation Chapter 10 Nepal–Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives Relations Chapter 11 Transformation of India and Bangladesh Relations and Challenges Ahead Part III Relations within Indo-Pacific Chapter 12 BIMSTEC: India’s Emerging Foreign Policy Fulcrum Chapter 13 India’s Iran Policy: Civilisational Past, Complicated Present Chapter 14 From Distant Relatives to Close Partners: India’s Relations with Australia and New Zealand Chapter 15 Influence and Hedging: China’s Engagement in South Asia Chapter 16 Rapid Development of India–Japan Cooperation: Its Chance and Challenges Part IV Relations with China, Europe, and the United States Chapter 17 The Transformation of the Indo-China Rivalry in the Twenty-First Century: The Rise of the Maritime Domain Chapter 18 India’s Strategic Policy towards China Chapter 19 China–Pakistan Relations: Understanding Strategic Dimensions Chapter 20 Caught between the United States and China: Critical Junctures in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Chapter 21 Bangladesh–China Relations in an Era of Globalisation: Dynamics and Challenges Chapter 22 Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future: Infrastructure Diplomacy and Contemporary Chinese Affairs Chapter 23 Nepal’s Relationship with the European Union Chapter 24 Nepal–U.S. Relations: The Indo-Pacific and Evolving Strategic Partnership in the Twenty-First-Century World Part V Security Chapter 25 Terrorism and Indian Foreign Policy Chapter 26 Almost Parity: Understanding the India–Pakistan Conventional Military Balance Index