Is India losing its grip on its neighborhood? 🇮🇳
Neighborhood First faces challenges.
China's BRI & perceived interventionism are putting a strain on regional ties!
Several countries, including Maldives, Myanmar, & Sri Lanka, have shown a decreased inclination towards India
Neighborhood First faces challenges.
China's BRI & perceived interventionism are putting a strain on regional ties!
Several countries, including Maldives, Myanmar, & Sri Lanka, have shown a decreased inclination towards India
✅India’s Neighbourhood First:
Challenges & Prospects
Challenges: India’s regional influence is tested by neighbors’ leanings towards China, driven by economic allure and strategic support.
China actively courts these nations, offering political and military support...
Challenges & Prospects
Challenges: India’s regional influence is tested by neighbors’ leanings towards China, driven by economic allure and strategic support.
China actively courts these nations, offering political and military support...
China’s BRI: Offers infrastructural investments, enticing nations like Maldives/Sri Lanka, reducing India’s leverage.
India’s Dilemma: Balancing historical interventionism with current soft power strategies, while managing internal economic and border issues.
India’s Dilemma: Balancing historical interventionism with current soft power strategies, while managing internal economic and border issues.
✅India's Approach and Shortcomings:
Perceived Interventionism:
- India's historical involvement in internal political matters of its neighbors (e.g., Sri Lanka's civil war) can breed resentment and a desire for greater autonomy.
Perceived Interventionism:
- India's historical involvement in internal political matters of its neighbors (e.g., Sri Lanka's civil war) can breed resentment and a desire for greater autonomy.
Soft Power Deficit:
- Compared to China's aggressive infrastructure projects, India's development assistance might seem less tangible.
- Compared to China's aggressive infrastructure projects, India's development assistance might seem less tangible.
📰Recent Developpements:
🇱🇰Sri Lanka: Economic woes, ethnic tensions, and perceived Indian interference have driven Sri Lanka closer to China.
🇲🇲Myanmar: The military coup and India's cautious approach have created space for China to deepen its strategic & economic ties
🇱🇰Sri Lanka: Economic woes, ethnic tensions, and perceived Indian interference have driven Sri Lanka closer to China.
🇲🇲Myanmar: The military coup and India's cautious approach have created space for China to deepen its strategic & economic ties
🇲🇻Maldives: The debate around India’s primacy in its neighbourhood has resurfaced, especially with Maldives’ pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu’s calls for the removal of Indian troops
✅Looking Forward:
Reinvigorating Neighborhood First:
- India needs to revisit the policy, focusing on economic partnerships, infrastructure development, and cultural exchanges.
Reinvigorating Neighborhood First:
- India needs to revisit the policy, focusing on economic partnerships, infrastructure development, and cultural exchanges.
- Multipolar Engagement: While balancing strategic partnerships with the West, India needs to maintain strong bilateral ties with its neighbors.
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