www.worldfocus.in ISSN 2230-8458 455 Annual NovemberIssue 2017 PEER REVIEWED / REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL A Premier Indo-Centric Foreign Affairs Journal Since 1980 India’s Foreign Policy 37th Decoding Modi-Doval Diplomacy: Year of Publication Sovereignty, Security & Strategy 100 To Reach this location scan Here QR code India’s Foreign Policy /WorldFocus.In /WorldFocusIn US $ 17 Annual Issue Series-2 EDITORIAL India’s Foreign policy is seeing changes it has never seen before to be a pro- active one totally pragmatic with India’s development mode as the core focus. As our Foreign Secretary says, Business is Bread and Butter of Indo-US ties, it is true for most countries. Business is the face of Diplomacy, international relations is about selling the arms their countries make, plain simple trade. War is less business than trade, better returns. Many countries are in the race to befriend India the only large market for their armament industry. It is a PEER REVIEWED / REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL game changer, till now the Indian defence contract market was sell and go, today the definition of a Indian defence contract is if you get a contract sell Volume XXXVIII Number 11 November 2017 some pieces then transfer technology and make the remaining pieces here in India. No kickbacks. It is a tough negotiation, a game most are getting used to G . Kishore Babu now and believe, if a country does not transfer technology others will offer Editor technology and with better terms. India by force will soon develop good indigenous defence technology with dual use, civilian and military will help Bhabani Dikshit Indian commercial interest leap frog into the next generation technologies in Managing Editor the sphere. Stuti S. Mandala Some of the issues: Associate Editor The US for the first time is in a fix with India, as it needs India for its geopolitical and business needs, so the anger against Pakistan, but how long it lasts is something we have to see as in the past protecting American interests WORLD FOCUS takes up every month one Pakistan has skilfully got back into the good books of the US. international issue and gives an analysis of its various Today Japan is one of India’s closest foreign policy partners giving billions aspects by persons well known for their of Dollars in soft long term loans for building Infrastructure, Highways, Roads, specialisation in the subject. The issues covered are and Bridges. Japan and India need each other to see that China does not go on topical or near topical, but of an abiding interest. The analysis is simple enough to interest even an its claiming the area it says belongs to it in the South China Sea. initiate to world affairs, but without sacrificing depth. With China now trying and succeeding in being better than the US in many The aim is to present an Indocentric view on a ways. China’s wants to be as great as it was in the past with the vast wealth particular issue currently facing the world. it has today, a challenge to all the countries of the region. Its aggressive foreign Opinions expressed in the articles are personal views policy, China has border issues with 21 countries, some settled. President Xi of the author and in no way reflect the opinion of Jinping like Deng before him believes that trade and other issues of mutual World Focus. The author is solely responsible for interest should carry on while border issues can take their own time to settle. the contents in his/ her article and the World Focus It can be said that China will do nothing that will affect trade and its exports. takes no responsibility in this regard. President Xi Jinping looks at economic power giving him the vision of having The Contents of this magazine cannot be reproduced a China with the landmass the Qing dynasty had, they built it mostly by in any form with out prior permission from World military victory. He also looks at the capture of countries for China by Focus. Any legal issues pertaining to World Focus Admiral Zheng ruling much of the nations in the South China sea. The full will be settled in NCT region of Delhi only. border India has with China is disputed, 4057- km, with both sides having Unsolicited articles will not be returned or their views on the LAC. acknowledged. World Focus reserves the right to edit articles for brevity and clarity before publication. The way forward is settling issues between us as China will like to close borders and grow trade with India, the world’s largest market. Edited, Owned, Published and Printed by The intricacies of today’s diplomacy is having understanding of realistic G. Kishore Babu from B-49 (Ground Floor), Joshi Colony, I.P. ground levels. A Former spy turned NSA under the guidance of PM Modi, Extension, Delhi-110092 at Madhav Press, 4857/24, First Floor, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi - 110002 together they have made India proud for their brave diplomatic out of the box solutions for India, not done for the last 70 years. We were ignored in Total number of Pages 148, including Covers Afghanistan once a part of Ashoka’s India, now we are being welcomed to be part of the Afghan peace process. India’s Ajit Doval who has the implicit Copy Right : World Focus trust of our Prime Minister Modi, can be best compared to Richard Sorge, the Our Address: Russian Master spy of Stalin, on whose advice Stalin shifted Russian troops, World Focus tanks and planes from the eastern front against Japan to the western front B-49, (Ground Floor) Joshi Colony, against the Germans and saved Moscow from being captured by the Germans I P Extension and thus began the start of the end of the Second World war. India is forging Delhi - 110092, India ahead to maintain its Sovereignty, Strategy and Security with the Modi-Doval Tel. / Fax : 22246905, Mobile No. 8130754555 combine. Email: [email protected] New Delhi G. Kishore Babu Website: www.worldfocus.in November 2017 Editor 3 INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY SERIES -1 Annual Issue Contents Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) Might Boost Economic Ties With India Prof. R. G. Gidadhubli..............................................................................................................5 Tibet Factor in Indo-Sino Relations Prof. P. Lazarus Samraj & Vineeth Thomas.............................................................................11 Decoding India’s Foreign Policy Prof. Snehalata Panda.............................................................................................................17 Indo-Bangladesh Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Alok Kumar Gupta............................................................................................................25 Doklam Perspectives and China’s 19th Communist Party Congress G. Kishore Babu......................................................................................................................33 The GIS Analysis of Afghanistan Conflict on Central Asian Energy Routes for South Asia Sudhir Kumar Dara, Sudhir Kumar Garhwal & Ambrish Dhaka...............................................34 Need For Careful Multilayered Rational Foreign Policy towards Bangladesh Ranjana Mishra......................................................................................................................43 India-Russia-China Strategic Co-Operation: Myth or Reality? Dr. Deepak Yadav .................................................................................................................47 The ‘Act East’ Policy: Contours of Defence Cooperation and Emerging Partnership Dr. Mohor Chakraborty..........................................................................................................55 India-China Relations: Avoiding Strategic Arms Race Dr. Rajesh Kumar ..................................................................................................................62 India’s Foreign Policy in the Age of Narendra Modi: Achievements and Challenges Dr. Saleem Ahmad..................................................................................................................71 Manipulating Malthus: A Plausible Way of Moving Beyond the Hyphenated Relations Between India and China Dr. Arindam Roy ...................................................................................................................78 Indo-US Strategic Convergence and Defence Co-operation under Modi : Moving Towards Pragmatism Dr. Pitam Ghosh ....................................................................................................................84 India-China Military Impasse at Doklam Plateau and Its Strategic Implications Dr. Suneel Kumar...................................................................................................................90 Revisiting New Delhi-Washington Partnership in Donald Trump’s Regime Dr. Debasish Nandy ..............................................................................................................98 India’s Diplomatic Investments in American Imperium Dr. Shreesh K. Pathak..........................................................................................................105 India - Japan Growing Strategic Synergy: A Harbinger of New Era In Indian Foreign Policy Atreyee Mitra.......................................................................................................................112 Unity in Diversity: A Normative Agenda In the Foreign Policy of India Shameer M..........................................................................................................................119 The Emerging