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Open Access: The book India in the Indo-Pacific is an Open Access title (DOI: 10.3224/84742474) , which is free to download or can be bought as paperback. The book holds a Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ / Der Titel India in the Indo-Pacific (DOI: 10.3224/84742474) ist kostenlos im Open Access (PDF) herunterladbar oder kostenpflichtig als Print-Ausgabe erhältlich. Der Titel steht unter der Creative Commons Lizenz Attribution  4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In view of the fast-changing world order, emerging countries are increasingly influencing the dynamics of regional securities. This timely and in-depth book examines India’s reorienting strategic posture and describes how New Delhi’s security policy in the Indo-Pacific region has evolved and expanded over the past two decades. The author argues that India’s quest to leverage its geostrategic location to emerge as an Indo-Pacific actor faces multiple challenges, which create a clear divide between the country’s political rhetoric and action on the ground. The author critically examines these contradictions to better situate India’s security role in an increasingly fluid Indo-Pacific region.

The book uses the conceptual framework of Role Theory to map the changes in India’s security role. It also examines the reasons for the discrepancy between political declarations and actions. Following a brief historical overview, the author provides a detailed chronological and conceptual examination of India’s security role from 2000 to the end of 2019. Against this detailed background, exogenous and endogenous factors that have contributed to this development and thus to the current gap between policy and action on the ground are identified.

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The author:
Aditi Malhotra is a co-editor of the Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (JIPSS). She completed her Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Politics (GrasP), Institute for Political Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

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The target group:
Researchers and lecturers in political science, international relations and regional studies

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Aditi Malhotra

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Keywords

Asia pacific security, emerging powers, India china security competition, Indian foreign policy, Indian security policy, Indo pacific, international security, Maritime security

Pressestimmen

“Overall, India in the Indo-Pacific covers a vast canvas with equal intensity and rigor explaining different phases in India’s foreign policy evolution, along with a careful emphasis on both internal and external factors leading to the conceptualization of particular roles and a sound methodology of interpretative content analysis.”

Shailza Singh, Pacific Affairs 98, No. 2 – June 2025

“Vor dem Hintergrund so vieler kon­kurrierender Ordnungsvorstellungen und teils überlappender strategischer Partnerschaften in der Region scheint Malhotras rollentheoretische Einord­nung der indischen Außen- und Sicher­heitspolitik in der Region plausibel. Zahlreiche endo- wie exogene Faktoren lassen sie als ein Rollenkonzept erschei­nen, das sowohl eigene Vorstellungen – Weltbilder, Werte – als auch Erwartun­gen der Außenwelt (Rollenerwartungen) bezüglich eines angemessenen Verhal­tens in den internationalen Beziehungen enthält.”

FAZ, 20.09.2022