The reluctant hegemon: India's self-perception and the South Asian strategic environment

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-417

  Mitra, Subrata K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; HEGEMONY; POWER RELATIONS; REGIONAL SECURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1342269131     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958493032000175914     Document Type: Article

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