{"id":56446,"date":"2020-03-02T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56446"},"modified":"2020-03-02T17:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:54:55","slug":"answered-india-needs-to-engage-with-its-neighbours-for-the-realisation-of-its-global-ambitions-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-india-needs-to-engage-with-its-neighbours-for-the-realisation-of-its-global-ambitions-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] India needs to engage with its neighbours for the realisation of its global ambitions. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss how peaceful relations with its\n neighbours is important for the realisation of India\u2019s global ambitions.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

India shares its geographical boundary with\nAfghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Far\nmore than east, south-east Asia or west Asia, it is India\u2019s immediate\nneighbourhood that directly impacts it geopolitically, geo-strategically and\neconomically. Whatever be the ambition of India\u2019s reach elsewhere, India\u2019s\nprincipal focus will need to be on its neighbourhood. The neighbourhood first\npolicy actively focuses on improving ties with India\u2019s immediate neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significance\nof India\u2019s Neighbourhood for its global ambitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Economy: <\/strong>Trade and economic cooperation would become the linchpin of\nregional progress. With India as the economic hub, the smaller neighbours would\nconstitute a great role in India\u2019s economic rise. For instance, a good\nrelation with its neighbour is important for India to become an export centre.<\/li>
  2. Security: <\/strong>Priority is to improve the relations with immediate\nneighbours as peace and tranquillity in South Asia is essential for realising\ndevelopment agenda. It is important for India to work with its neighbour especially\nPakistan to stop terrorism and risks to its citizens.<\/li>
  3. Working with China: <\/strong>The importance of India-China relations in India\u2019s overall\nforeign policy cannot be overstated. India\u2019s China policy is profoundly\nconsequential for the Indian government. It entails opportunities as well as\nrisks with implications across India\u2019s global status and effectiveness in\ninternational institutions, geopolitical security and economic transformation.<\/li>
  4. Connectivity:<\/strong> India\u2019s connectivity to other continents and countries\ngoes through its neighbour. Thus it is important to build infrastructure in its\nneighbour. For instance, Afghanistan is key to connecting India to Central Asia. To ensure a free flow of resources,\nenergy, goods, labour, and information across borders, India\u2019s neighbourhood is\ncritical.<\/li>
  5. International cooperation:<\/strong> It is important for India to get support from its neighbour at international\nplatforms. A peaceful relations with its neighbourhood would enhance India\u2019s\nimage and will attract investment in the region. For instance, it is\nimportant for India\u2019s ambitions for a permanent seat at the UNSC<\/li>
  6. Environmental cooperation:<\/strong> India is actively working towards reducing its\nemissions and building green technology. For instance, India has established an International solar\nalliance and is emerging as a hub for renewable technologies and energy.\nIndia\u2019s neighbour can be a potential market for this green technology and\nenergy which would enhance India\u2019s efforts to reduce emission but will also\ncontribute economically.<\/li>
  7. Countering China:<\/strong> China’s influence in the region is increasing more than ever with initiatives like CPEC, strings of pearls etc. To\ntackle its influence India needs to\neffectively engage and work with its neighbours.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Various\nchallenges:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Relation with Pakistan:<\/strong> Relation with Pakistan, remains India\u2019s biggest\ndiplomatic and security challenge. India\u2019s challenge is to manage relationships\nwith a state which, openly, uses terror as an instrument of state policy and\nhas fractured, multiple power centres. <\/li>
    2. Unstable Afghanistan: <\/strong>Afghanistan remains a challenge too. Fragile\nwithin and facing state- sponsored external threat from Pakistan, a possible\nstate collapse would spawn jihadist terrorism in all directions from which\nIndia is unlikely to remain immune. Indian diplomacy is active in international\nefforts to stabilise the country.<\/li>
    3. China:<\/strong> China is another big challenge that is increasing its\npresence around India. The relationship is marked with suspicion over China\u2019s\npolicy towards Pakistan, including the construction of the Gwadar port and the China-Pakistan economic corridor\nrunning through POK.<\/li>
    4. Anti-Indian sentiments:<\/strong> Anti-Indian sentiments are getting rooted in\nthe minds of people of region due to perceived notion of India\u2019s big brother\nattitude and its economic dependence to India. Further, domestic politics and\nvarious political parties of neighbouring countries invariably have pro and anti india stance that cater to their constituency.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Way\nforward:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Transportation:<\/strong> As the largest country, India should be leading\nto establish cross-border transport and communication links.<\/li>
      2. Cooperation: <\/strong>Sustained and respectful leader-level diplomacy can open\nopportunities for cooperation.<\/li>
      3. Economic assistance:<\/strong> Carefully targeted economic and financial assistance,\nthough costly, and sometimes a consequence of China-related indebtedness can\npay diplomatic dividends.<\/li>
      4. Strengthening Markets:<\/strong> India should work with its neighbour in\nstrengthening their markets and its own infrastructure to its neighbours.<\/li>
      5. Dialogue:<\/strong> India must ensure its neighbour of continuous support for\ntheir development. Efforts must be made to strengthen Indian exports in the\nregion.<\/li>
      6. Soft power:<\/strong> India\u2019s soft power and common culture provide an\nopportunity for India to strengthen its cultural roots further in the region.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        India\u2019s immediate neighbourhood directly\nimpacts it geopolitically, geo-strategically and geo-economically because of\nits vicinity. Thus, working with them is important for India to rise as a\nsuperpower. Emphasis must be on sustainable and inclusive development. India\u2019s\nneighbourhood first policy, SAGAR initiative etc. are critical for this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss how peaceful relations with its neighbours is important for the realisation of India\u2019s global ambitions. Conclusion. Way forward. India shares its geographical boundary with Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Far more than east, south-east Asia or west Asia, it is India\u2019s immediate… Continue reading [Answered] India needs to engage with its neighbours for the realisation of its global ambitions. Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}