ABSTRACT Geopolitical interests and concerns motivate India’s renewed push for subregional connectivity. The evolving subregional approach aims at re-integrating India’s immediate neighborhood with the aim of protecting New Delhi’s traditional regional primacy. Historically, the Partition of the Indian subcontinent terminated a well-connected common space. Decades after its independence, India has turned toward reconnecting with its immediate neighbors clustered in subregions in the changing geopolitical context. India’s subregional approach has emerged as a key area of foreign policy priority. This paper attempts to map out India’s evolving subregional approach and explicates the strategic rationale behind it. Even as India has pushed to expand subregional connectivity, there are both domestic as well as external challenges. The article examines how India has been addressing some of the major hurdles underlining their policy implications. First, the conceptual underpinnings of India’s evolving subregional approach are explicated followed by an analysis of the factors driving this push. Subsequently, key subregional projects initiated by India are discussed. Finally, the challenges facing India in managing subregional initiatives are examined.

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印度次区域互联互通倡议：重新构想邻里

摘要 地缘政治利益和关切促使印度重新推动次区域互联互通。不断发展的次区域方法旨在重新整合印度的邻近地区，以保护新德里的传统区域优势。从历史上看，印度次大陆的分区终止了一个连接良好的公共空间。独立几十年后，印度在不断变化的地缘政治背景下，转向与聚集在次区域的近邻重新建立联系。印度的次区域方法已成为外交政策优先领域的一个关键领域。本文试图勾勒出印度不断演变的次区域方法，并解释其背后的战略原理。尽管印度一直在推动扩大次区域互联互通，但也存在国内和外部挑战。本文探讨了印度如何解决一些突出其政策影响的主要障碍。首先，阐释了印度不断发展的次区域方法的概念基础，然后分析了推动这一推动的因素。随后，讨论了印度发起的重点次区域项目。最后，审查了印度在管理次区域倡议方面面临的挑战。