Contiguity, Connectivity and Access : The Importance of the Bay of Bengal Region in Indian Foreign Policy (Paperback)

Section 1: Imagining a Bay of Bengal Community: History, Literature and Diasporas  1. ‘Convergence’ across the Bay: Early Interactions and Exchanges between Regions of Eastern Sea-Board of India and Regions of Southeast Asia  2. Forging New Friendships through Oceanic Travels: Cosmopolitan and Nationalistic Ideas in Bengali Journals (late 19th and 20th centuries)  3. Locating the Bengali Revolutionaries in Burma (1923?33): As Reflected in the History and Literature of the Wider Migratory Culture of Bay of Bengal  Section 2: The Contemporary Factors Shaping the Emergence of the Bay of Bengal Region as a Critical Strategic Theatre in Indian Foreign Policy  4. Projection of the ‘Bay of Bengal Initiative’ as a Strategic Endeavour: A Critical Survey  5. The Bay of Bengal as a Strategic Theatre: Trends in Narratives  6. India’s Bay of Bengal Strategy: Programme and Predicaments Section 3: The Importance of Oceans to Strategy  7. The Strategic Significance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Assessing Anti-Access Area Denial Potential in the Bay of Bengal  8. India’s Littoral Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region: Partnership and Beyond   9. Piracy and Armed Robbery in Indian Ocean Region: Assessment, Challenges and the Way Forward  Section 4: Globalisation, Regionalism, and Indian Alternatives  10. Globalisation, Asian Regionalism and BIMSTEC:  An International Political Economy Perspective  11. The Bay of Bengal and the Politics of Strategic Geographies  12. Power Projection in the Bay of Bengal: Comparing India and China’s Naval Strategies