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Examine India’s role in strategic terms with regard to the land-locked countries in South Asia. With regard to Nepal, to what extent has the involvement of major powers such as China, the US and the EU impacted India’s strategic interests?

  • UPSC 2009
  • 60 marks
  • India and South Asia

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South Asia has three landlocked states: Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan. The first two are effectively "India-locked", since nearly every route to the sea crosses India. UNCLOS (Article 125) gives landlocked states a right of transit, but the terms are negotiated with the transit state, and that gives it leverage. India's role is therefore both provider…

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  • India's strategic role
  • Nepal and the major powers
  • How far: an assessment
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