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“Afghanistan is a litmus test for India’s ascendance as a regional and global power.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2014
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  • Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy

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The claim echoes Harsh V. Pant's article "India in Afghanistan: a test case for a rising power" (Contemporary South Asia, 2010), which argued that the success of India's Afghan policy would go far to decide whether India could become a provider of regional security in South Asia. The logic is simple: a power that cannot…

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  • Why Afghanistan is a test
  • How India has fared
  • Is the litmus test the right metaphor?
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