Contiguity, Connectivity and Access The Importance of the Bay of Bengal Region in Indian Foreign Policy

Section 1: Imagining a Bay of Bengal Community: History, Literature and Diasporas 1. 'Convergence' across the Bay: Early Interactions and Exchanges between Regions of Eastern Sea-Board of India and Regions of Southeast Asia 2. Forging New Friendships through Oceanic Travels: Cosmopolitan and Nationalistic Ideas in Bengali Journals (late 19th and 20th centuries) 3. Locating the Bengali Revolutionaries in Burma (1923-33): As Reflected in the History and Literature of the Wider Migratory Culture of Bay of Bengal Section 2: The Contemporary Factors Shaping the Emergence of the Bay of Bengal Region as a Critical Strategic Theatre in Indian Foreign Policy 4. Projection of the 'Bay of Bengal Initiative' as a Strategic Endeavour: A Critical Survey 5. The Bay of Bengal as a Strategic Theatre: Trends in Narratives 6. India's Bay of Bengal Strategy: Programme and Predicaments Section 3: The Importance of Oceans to Strategy 7. The Strategic Significance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Assessing Anti-Access Area Denial Potential in the Bay of Bengal 8. India's Littoral Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region: Partnership and Beyond 9. Piracy and Armed Robbery in Indian Ocean Region: Assessment, Challenges and the Way Forward Section 4: Globalisation, Regionalism, and Indian Alternatives 10. Globalisation, Asian Regionalism and BIMSTEC: An International Political Economy Perspective 11. The Bay of Bengal and the Politics of Strategic Geographies 12. Power Projection in the Bay of Bengal: Comparing India and China's Naval Strategies