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Indian Perceptions and StrategiesWith renewed American involvement in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s growing fragility, and China’s rise in power in the post-Soviet space, Central Asia-South Asia relations have become central to understanding the future of the Eurasian continent. “Mapping Central Asia” identifies the trends, attitudes, and ideas that are key to structuring the Central Asia-South Asia axis in the coming decade.Structured around four parts, we are skillfully guided through the importance of the historical links between the Indian sub-continent and Central Asia; the regional and global context in which the developing of closer relations between India and Central Asia has presented itself since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, the precise domains of Indo-Central Asian cooperation and study three conflict zones that frame Indo-Central Asian relations : the Kashmir question; and, the situation in Afghanistan; and fear of destabilization in Xinjiang.The international line-up of established scholars convincingly demonstrate the fundamental necessity to define the Indian approach on these issues and provide cutting-edge insights on the tools needed to understand the solutions for the decade to come.ISBN:9781409409854Title:Mapping Central AsiaAuthor:Marlène Laruelle, Sébastien PeyrouseImprint:AshgatePhysical Desc.:264 p.Year:2011ContentIntroductionMarlène Laruelle and Sébastien PeyrousePart I : The Past as a Link? Reassessing Indo-Central Asian HistoryForeign Policy and Myth-making : Great Game, Heartland and Silk RoadsMarlène LaruelleBukhara in a Revolutionary Time and its Indian ConnectionsSuchandana ChatterjeeOpening and Closing of Direct Indo-Central Asian Relations, 1924–1940Surendra GopalPerceptions and Strategies. India’s Relations with the Central Asian RegionAnita SenguptaThe Revival of the Silk Roads Topic: a Contemporary AnalysisSreemati GanguliPart II : Contextualizing Indo-Central Asian Relations: Hopes, Disillusions, and PragmatismDomestic and International Articulations of the Indian Involvement in Central AsiaSébastien PeyrouseFraming Indo-Central Asian Relations, 1990s–2000sAjay PatnaikIndia’s New Look at Central Asia Policy: a Strategic ReviewJagannath P. PandaIndo-Central Asia Economic RelationsGulshan SachdevaPart III The In-Between Points of Tension: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and XinjiangManaging Regional Geopolitical UncertaintyMarlène Laruelle and Sébastien PeyrouseIndia’s Policy Towards Central Asia: the Pakistan FactorMeena Singh RoyRestoring India’s Links with Central Asia across Kashmir: Challenges and OpportunitiesMushtaq A. KawThe Resurgence of the Taliban and Regional Security ConcernsAjay Darshan BeheraThe Xinjiang Issue : Indian Perspectives on Chinese Strategies in the Far WestK. Warikoo ConclusionMarlène Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse