Routledge Handbook On South asian Foreign Policy

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of South Asian foreign policy, examining the complex history and present state of South Asian foreign policy, the foreign policy of the countries of the region, as well as their relationships with their neighbors and key external players, such as China and the United States, in an effort to understand South Asia’s place in the world order. It illustrates the future trajectory of foreign policy in the region and analyses future of regional arrangements like SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) and BIMSTEC.

The handbook is structured in five parts, each representing a focused area of enquiry:

Foreign Policy Relations within South Asia Relations within Indo-Pacific Relations with China, Europe and the United States