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India's Growing Overseas Strategic Arrangement

Zhang Li

Abstract: Since the Modi government came into power, India’s domestic and foreign policies have undergone adjustments, and the diplomatic policy gets aggressive. By enhancing interaction with great powers such as the US, Japan and other major countries in the region, India has expanded its development space and strategic impact, including pushing forward the “eastward operation,” connecting with the inland Eurasian channel via the Indian Ocean and Iran, and joining hands with Japan in the planning of the “Asian-African Development Corridor.” Although India’s motive for rise is part of the reason why it expands overseas strategic arrangement, it is an indisputable fact that it is targeted at China’s overseas strategy—the Belt and Road initiative. This will cause the regional pattern to be more complex and aggravate the strategic competition between China and India.

Keywords: Indian diplomacy, "eastward operation", geo-expansion, "Belt and Road"

【作者簡介】張力，四川大學(xué)南亞研究所教授、博導(dǎo)。研究方向為中國—南亞戰(zhàn)略關(guān)系、南亞安全與外交、國際恐怖主義、大國關(guān)系與國際安全、地區(qū)沖突預(yù)防與控制。主要著作有《冷戰(zhàn)后時期印度的外交與安全》《中印關(guān)系面向21世紀(jì)》《印度總理尼赫魯》等。