India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal
Abstract This paper attempts to analyse India’s foreign policy towards Afghanistan in the post-9/11 era. While the 9/11 attacks marked the beginning of a new epoch in world politics, the ensuing US-led military intervention in Afghanistan offered India a much needed opportunity to re-establish diplo...
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| description | Abstract This paper attempts to analyse India’s foreign policy towards Afghanistan in the post-9/11 era. While the 9/11 attacks marked the beginning of a new epoch in world politics, the ensuing US-led military intervention in Afghanistan offered India a much needed opportunity to re-establish diplomatic ties with Kabul. Since then, India has remained cautious in its approach toward Afghanistan by relying more on assistance-driven foreign policy measures rather than on engaging militarily in the war-torn country. However, the question remains as to what extent India has been able to create strategic space for itself in Afghanistan, given the fact that India had to shut down its embassy and consulates in Afghanistan in August 2021 when the Taliban regained control of the country? Or, has India’s policy been too reliant on soft power that India failed to capitalise on the opportunity created by the overthrow of the Taliban regime in late 2001? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02de1f0041e440fa8c110ded769092ac2022-12-25T12:08:21ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922022-12-01911810.1057/s41599-022-01489-7India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawalReyaz Ahmad Ganaie0Muzaffar Ahmad Ganaie1Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityCentral University of KashmirAbstract This paper attempts to analyse India’s foreign policy towards Afghanistan in the post-9/11 era. While the 9/11 attacks marked the beginning of a new epoch in world politics, the ensuing US-led military intervention in Afghanistan offered India a much needed opportunity to re-establish diplomatic ties with Kabul. Since then, India has remained cautious in its approach toward Afghanistan by relying more on assistance-driven foreign policy measures rather than on engaging militarily in the war-torn country. However, the question remains as to what extent India has been able to create strategic space for itself in Afghanistan, given the fact that India had to shut down its embassy and consulates in Afghanistan in August 2021 when the Taliban regained control of the country? Or, has India’s policy been too reliant on soft power that India failed to capitalise on the opportunity created by the overthrow of the Taliban regime in late 2001?https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01489-7 |
| spellingShingle | Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie Muzaffar Ahmad Ganaie India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal |
| title_full | India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal |
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| title_full_unstemmed | India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal |
| title_short | India’s Afghanistan policy: a quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal |
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