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Examine the implications of turmoil in Iraq and West Asia for India’s security and foreign policy concerns.

  • UPSC 2014
  • 15 marks
  • Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy

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In June 2014 the Islamic State took Mosul and declared a "caliphate", while Syria, Libya and Yemen slid into civil war. India sits outside West Asia's regional security complex, in the sense of Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver (Regions and Powers, 2003), but it is deeply exposed to it. The turmoil therefore matters to India…

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  • Implications for India's security
  • Testing the claim: the limits of the threat
  • Implications for India's foreign policy
  • The pattern since 2014
  • Conclusion
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