Contiguity, Connectivity and Access
The Importance of the Bay of Bengal Region in Indian Foreign Policy
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Contiguity, Connectivity and Access
The Importance of the Bay of Bengal Region in Indian Foreign Policy
About This Book
This volume examines themes like contemporary factors shaping the emergence of the Bay of Bengal region as a critical strategic theatre in Indian foreign policy; the inter-connectedness of the Indian and Pacific Oceans; the importance of oceans to security and commerce and India's role within the broader region; the twenty-first century maritime Silk Road and Indian alternatives and the possibilities of reconnecting disconnected spaces through re-imagining a Bay of Bengal Community. In this connection the volume takes particular note of the emerging regional cooperative order for the promotion of peace and development in the Bay of Bengal region (BIMSTEC). The volume brings together historians, political analysts and political economists to emphasize the interconnectedness of the oceanic space through a detailed analysis of the Bay of Bengal as a space of strategic and economic significance, particularly for India, but also as a space for re-imagining a new regional community.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Section One Imagining a Bay of Bengal Community: History, Literature and Diasporas
- Section Two The Contemporary Factors Shaping the Emergence of the Bay of Bengal Region as a Critical Strategic Theatre in Indian Foreign Policy
- Section Three The Importance of Oceans to Strategy
- Section Four Globalisation, Regionalism, and Indian Alternatives