India’s foreign policy, centra Asia policy, post-cold war era
Author(s): Janya Sarwal
Abstract: India's Connect Central Asia Policy (CCAP), launched in 2012, represents a strategic change in New Delhi's foreign policy that aims to promote intensive political, economic and security cooperation with five Central Asian Republics. In the context of a rapidly changing world system - marked by multiproofing, the decline of American monipotia, the revival of Russia, and India's vocal regional posture - India's engagement with Central Asia has achieved renewes within the international relationship discourse. This paper analyzes the development of CCAP within the broad structure of India's foreign policy in an Eurasian space. It critically assesses recent developments such as institutionalization-Central Asia Summit (202,2024), India's expansion footprint in regional connectivity projects like International North-South Transport Corridor (Instc) and Chabahar Port, and China led a road initiative to lead a road initiative (Bri). India's soft power tools - Buddhist diplomacy, education exchange and development partnership - are tested as instruments of ideal impact in the region. Nevertheless, India's outreach faces structural and strategic obstacles: lack of direct land connectivity due to Pakistan, fluid security status in US Afghanistan, and China-Rasi-Russian dominance in regional geopolitics. This paper applies the principles of complex intellectuals and regionalism to evaluate India's strategy and has the ability to shape a stable, multipolar eurasian architecture. Recently, the summit, driving on policy changes and multilateral busyness, paper argues that India's Central Asia engagement is no longer peripheral, but central for its broad strategic stones. In the era of reconstruction and new regional orders, India's CCAP promises not only for bilateral advantage, but also to contribute to the regional order based on more balanced, inclusive and rules in Eurasia. However, due to lack of direct access in India, Chinese infrastructure dominance, volatility in Afghanistan, and limited private sector engagement continues to face important invoices including geographical boundaries. Paper argues that it is important to strengthen the Indo-Middle-Central Asia relations with constant strategic investment, regional groups such as SCOs, and soft power.Pages: 229-233 | Views: 42 | Downloads: 11Download Full Article: Click Here
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Janya Sarwal. India’s foreign policy, centra Asia policy, post-cold war era. Int J Political Sci Governance 2025;7(5):229-233.
