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“India’s transformations will have great impact on Asian and global politics in the decades to come. This volume insightfully scrutinizes their diverse dimensions to highlight the promise and the pitfalls that mark India’s ascent on the world stage.” Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace “India’s emergence from an aspirational power to a rising power is occurring in the middle of major global, regional and domestic changes. Here is a well- thought out set of papers capturing the opportunities and constraints that India is facing in its long-held aspiration for great power status and wider influence in the international system.” T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University, Canada “brings together scholarship to reflect deeply on the significant and current issues facing a globalizing India. Global India is an easy read, and its cover age and topicality will render it invaluable for students and researchers alike.” Rahul Mukherji, Professor and Chair, Modern Politics of South Asia, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University Global India India’s anticipated rise to prominence in what has been termed the ‘Asian 21st century’ will have a significant impact upon geopolitics in the coming decades. As India’s stature continues to increase across Asia and the world, appreciating which interests and principles structure the country’s interna tional interaction has never been more important. Central to these dynamics is how India’s identity – and the longstanding values, principles and practices underpinning it – acts as the paramount factor that deeply structures the conduct of its international affairs. Acknowledging this centrality, this edited volume uses this factor as its foremost theme of analysis through which to understand and analyse India’s most important regional, great power and diplomatic interactions. Not only providing a mechanism better to appreciate the historical foundations of these relationships, the focus on identity is also necessary to appreciate how the Hindu nationalism of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi is now permeat ing Indian diplomacy. For the BJP, the pursuit – and attainment – of global influence and heightened status is the driving imperative of the BJP with regard to India’s contemporary international affairs. Chris Ogden is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Asian Affairs at the University of St Andrews, where he researches contemporary great power politics, foreign policy and national security dynamics across South and East Asia. His most recent book is The Authoritarian Century: China's Rise and the Demise of the Liberal International Order (Bristol University Press, 2022). https://chris-ogden.org/. Europa Country Perspectives The Europa Country Perspectives series, from Routledge, examines a wide range of contemporary political, economic, developmental and social issues from areas around the world. Complementing the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series, Europa Country Perspectives is a valuable resource for academics, students, researchers, policymakers, business people and anyone with an interest in current world affairs. While the Europa World Year Book and its associated Regional Surveys inform on and analyse contemporary economic, political and social devel opments at the national and regional level, Country Perspectives provide in- depth, country-specific volumes written or edited by specialists in their field, delving into a country’s particular situation. Volumes in the series are not constrained by any particular template, but may explore a country’s recent political, economic, international relations, social, defence, or other issues in order to increase understanding. Barcelona, the Left and the Independence Movement in Catalonia Richard Gillespie The Taiwan Issue Problems and Prospects Edited by Benjamin Schreer and Andrew T. H. Tan Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates Edited by William Guéraiche and Kristian Alexander Disappearances in Mexico From the ‘Dirty War’ to the ‘War on Drugs’ Edited by Silvana Mandolessi and Katia Olalde Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka Presidential Elections, Manipulation and Democracy S. I. Keethaponcalan Global India The Pursuit of Influence and Status Edited by Chris Ogden For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/ Europa-Country-Perspectives/book-series/ECP. 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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-24401-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-42161-2 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-30513-2 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003305132 Typeset in Times New Roman by Taylor & Francis Books For Erin Contents List of illustrations xi List of contributors xii Preface xv Abbreviations xvi Introduction: A Rising and Assertive India 1 CHRIS OGDEN PART I Consolidating Pre-eminence in South Asia 11 1 India’s New Regional Environment: South Asia 2.0 13 CHRISTIAN WAGNER 2 India and the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor 30 AGNIESZKA NITZA-MAKOWSKA 3 Digital Space and Religious Intolerance in South Asia: India and Bangladesh 47 PARAMA SINHA PALIT 4 The Offshore Hindu Nation: The Indian Ocean in the Hindu Nationalist Imagination, 1990–2019 64 SARA PERLANGELI PART II Deepening Great Power Relations 81 5 The Elusive Settlement: India–China Negotiations Over ‘The Boundary Question’ 83 STEPHEN P. WESTCOTT