India as an Asia Pacific power /

Brewster, David

India as an Asia Pacific power / David Brewster. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. - xi, 219 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge security in Asia Pacific series ; 18 . - Routledge security in Asia Pacific series ; 18. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-213) and index.

India as a great power -- Developments in Indian strategic thinking about the Asia Pacific -- Sino-Indian strategic competition and the Asia Pacific -- The United States and India's strategic role in the Asia Pacific -- Northeast Asia : India's peer relationship with Japan -- Indochina : India's political partnership with Vietnam -- Archipelagic Southeast Asia : India's strategic relationships with Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia -- India's uncertain partnership with Australia -- India's maritime security ambitions in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific -- Understanding India's engagement with the Asia Pacific -- India as an Asia Pacific power.

"This book provides a comprehensive assessment of India's international relations in the Asia Pacific region. It charts the development of India's increasingly important role as a major world power, discusses India's international relations strategy and examines India's relationship with each of the major countries of East and Southeast Asia."--Publisher's description.

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India--Foreign relations--Asia.
Asia--Foreign relations--India.
India--Foreign relations--Pacific Area.
Pacific Area--Foreign relations--India.

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