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Post‐September 11 Indo–US strategic ties: locating power and hegemony
Author(s) -
BANERJEEGUHA SWAPNA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the geographical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-4959
pISSN - 0016-7398
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00414.x
Subject(s) - superpower , hegemony , cold war , political science , power (physics) , geopolitics , great power , south asia , international relations , economic history , economy , geography , political economy , development economics , ancient history , history , china , sociology , politics , law , economics , physics , quantum mechanics
Following the Cold War, the resource‐rich Central Asian Region, located adjacent to several Asian nuclear powers, became geopolitically and economically crucial for the US. The September 11 massacre furthered its militarisation strategy in Asia when it started considering India as a formidable ally in the region. It was in complete sync with India's twenty‐first century aspirations of becoming an Asian superpower.