Mapping Central Asia: Indian Perceptions and Strategies by Marlène Laruelle & Sébastien Peyrouse

Author:Marlène Laruelle & Sébastien Peyrouse [Laruelle, Marlène & Peyrouse, Sébastien]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, International Relations, General
ISBN: 9781317100959
Google: e9UoDAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 30202960
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

1 H.J. Morgenthau, and K.W. Thompson, Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace (New Delhi: Kalyani, 1985), p. 192.

2 L. Bogdan Vlad, A. Josan, and G. Vlasceanu, “Active Geo-Strategic Players, Geopolitical Pivots and the Changing Balance of Power in Eurasia,” Revista Romana de Geografie Politica, vol. XII, no. 1, 2010, p. 116.

3 This article was first published in The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, 2009, pp. 103–13, and is reproduced here, in a longer and updated version, with the courtesy of the journal.

4 G. Sachdeva, “India’s Attitude towards China’s Growing Influence in Central Asia,” The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23–4.

5 H.V. Pant, “India in Afghanistan: The ‘Soft Power’ Question,” ISN Security Watch, October 15, 2009, http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=108562 (accessed November 24, 2010).

6 As per the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) briefings note, this 218 kilometer-long highway was inaugurated by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai and India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on January 22, 2009. This highway intends to provide connectivity to the very end of south-western Afghanistan and Iran by linking Zaranj to the Kandahar-Herat highway. As per India’s computation, this connectivity may provide new regional cooperation by encouraging new trade and transit through the Iranian port of Chah Bahar and facilitates a supplementary and shorter access of Afghanistan to the sea. See India and Afghanistan: Partnership for Development (New Delhi: External Publicity Division: Ministry of External Affairs, 2010), http://www.mea.gov.in/staticfile/Report.pdf (accessed November 29, 2010).

7 G. Fair, “India in Afghanistan-I,” The Express Tribune, October 30, 2010, http://tribune.com.pk/story/70064/india-in-afghanistan--i/ (accessed November 29, 2010).

8 K. Amitav Chaliha, “India moves on Central Asia,” Asia Times, October 17, 2003, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EJ17Df04.html (accessed September 29, 2009).

9 R. Bedi, “India and Central Asia,” Frontline, vol. 19, no. 19, September 14–27, 2002.

10 India had a minor military presence in Ayni at Tajikistan until December 2010. This airbase had nearly 150 Indian military personnel and an Air Force detachment of pilots and support staff for Mi-17 helicopters.

11 This exercise involved air, airborne, and ground forces of both sides.

12 K. Alan Kronstadt and K. Katzman, “India-Iran Relations and US Interests,” CRS Report for Congress (Washington DC: Congressional Research Service, August 2, 2006), p. 5.

13 S. Dutta, “Israel or Iran? Antony Chooses Oman,” The Telegraph, May 8, 2010.

14 “India-Iran Bilateral Relations,” Embassy of India in Tehran, August 2010, http://www.indianembassy-tehran.ir/india-iran_relations.php (accessed on November 29, 2010).

15 M.K. Bhadrakumar, “India Plays Catch-up in the Great Game,” Asia Times, July 18, 2009, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KG18Df06.html (accessed September 29, 2009).

16 Ibid.

17 P. Stobdan, “Central Asia and India’s Security,” Strategic Analyses, vol. 28, no. 1, 2004, pp. 69–70.

18 H. Sud, “India Looks to Central Asia for Energy,” UPIAsia.com, June 17, 2008, http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2008/06/17/india_looks_to_central_asia_for_energy/5733/ (accessed September 24, 2009).

19 F. Pantazi, “India’s Energy Diplomacy,” Europe’s World, October 17, 2010, http://www.europesworld.org/NewEnglish/Home_old/CommunityPosts/tabid/809/PostID/1912/Indiasenergydiplomacy.aspx (accessed November 30, 2010).

20 For few years, strategic communities are engaged in debating over Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. See, P. Sen, “Courting the Prize in Pakistan: India, China and the geo-politics of Iranian gas,” The Focus: Energy Security EU/Asia, no. 51, Summer 2009.

21 H.

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