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INDIA NEIGHBOURHOOD (Suggestions (• Change in approach towards China:…
INDIA NEIGHBOURHOOD
Suggestions
Many of these factors mentioned are hard to reverse but the fundamental facts of geography and shared cultures in South Asia are also undeniable, and India must focus its efforts to “Making the Neighbourhood First Again”:
• Change in approach towards China: Instead of opposing every project by China in the region, India must attempt a three-pronged approach:
o First, where possible, India should collaborate with China in the manner it has over the BangladeshChina-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic corridor.
o Second, when it feels a project is a threat to its interests, India should make a counter-offer to the project, if necessary in collaboration with its Quadrilateral partners, Japan, the U.S. and Australia.
o Third, India should coexist with projects that do not necessitate intervention, while formulating a set ofSouth Asian principles for sustainable development assistance that can be used across the region.
• Learn from ASEAN: Like ASEAN SAARC countries must meet more often informally, interfere less in the internal workings of each other’s governments, and that there be more interaction at every level of government.
Further some experts have argued that like Indonesia India too must take a back seat in decision-making, enabling others to build a more harmonious SAARC process.
india needs gujral doctrine to tackle big power small power syndrome: countries in neighbourhood should feel that rise of india is for benefit of all. thus india wrt to south asian neighbours needs to take steps back without expectation of any return
• Soft Power: Despite the apparent benefits of hard power and realpolitik, India’s most potent tool is itssoft power.
sister city concept based agreement to increase people to peolpe links and economic ties b/w the india and its neighbours cultural linkages, trade linakegs can be used for it: like lahorre nad amritsar, thimpu and dispur, dhaka and kolkata,
use of soft power and track 2 diplomacy in eal wuh neighbours
its successes in Bhutan and Afghanistan, for example, have primarily been due to its development assistance than its defense assistance. Considering this India’s allocations for South Asia have also increased by 6% in 2018 after two years of decline.
this accompained by strengthening border mechanism and inteeligence gathering to tackle terroism, illegal immigration , drug and human trafficking: so that these issues don't became roadblock
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In 2014 India enunciated ‘Neighbourhood first’ policy by inviting leaders of all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to swearing-in ceremony, of new government. The policy signified:
o India is willing to give political and diplomatic priority to its immediate neighbours and the Indian Ocean Island states.
o It will provide support to neighbours with support in the form of resources, equipment and training., saarc satelite, bbin, saarc grid
o Greater connectivity and integration to improve free flow of goods, people, energy, capital and information
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