India and Inner Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367752880 / Twarda / 2024 / 200 str.

Opis

This book studies India’s historical, socio-cultural, and trade linkages with Inner Asia. The volume examines issues of geopolitics, geoeconomics, climate change, and discusses the importance of the fabled Silk Road for the countries of Inner Asia.

Spis treści

1. Introduction PART–I: Inner Asian Issues  2. Buddhist Heart of Asia in the Works of Nicholas Roerich: A Study 3. Harmonising Ethnicity at the Contested Borderlands: A Case Study of Uyghurs of Xinjian 4. Inner Asia in the ‘Geopolitical Game’ of Early 20th Century: Impact on the Trajectory of Mongol-Seeking Independence  5. Socio-Economic Impact of Climate Change: Experience from Inner Asia PART–II: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics  6. Contemporary Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Significance of Inner Asia 7. The Region and Ideational Security: The Geopolitical Belonging of Central Asia 8. Regional Cooperation and Sustainable Stability in Central Asia 9. New Foreign Policy Discourses on Silk Road in the post-Cold War Period 10. Silk Road Shenanigans 11. Afghanistan as the Belt and Road Pivot in Asia PART– III: Indian Connection 12. India and its Inner Asian Neighbourhood in the post-Cold War Era 13. India’s Connectivity with Eurasia: INSTC and Iran-Afghanistan-Central Asia Corridor 14. Indian Trade along Afghan Routes 15. First India-Central Asia Dialogue: Analyzing India’s “New” Diplomacy in Central Asia 16. Conclusion 

O autorze

Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Assistant Professor, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

 

Selbi Hanova, Independent Researcher, Turkmenistan.