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ABSTRACT
This article discusses India’s perceived Sphere of Influence and examines New Delhi’s strategy in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) region during the Cold War (1947–1991) years. Then, this paper discusses how India had largely managed to keep the foreign powers away from the BoB region to maintain its influence and shape a favourable regional architecture. Finally, this paper briefly examines the changed strategic and political situation in the BoB region in present times.
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Notes
1 In his 2 December 1823, address to Congress, the fifth US President James Monroe unfolded a policy statement which since then known as the Monroe Doctrine. Monroe and his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams drew upon a foundation of American diplomatic ideals such as disentanglement from European affairs and defense of neutral rights Washington’s Farew The three main aspects of the doctrine – separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention – were designed to signify a clear break between America and Europe (United States of America, Department of State, Office of the Historian, Citationn.d.).
2 Indira Gandhi never explicitly elaborated India’s regional security preferences (Chacko Citation2012, 141). It was Bhabani Sengupta who framed regional security doctrine and called it ‘Indira Doctrine’.
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Amit Ranjan
Amit Ranjan is Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.