India as a rising power in Afghanistan post-2001 : can status explain it better?

• Main Author: Saxena, Chayanika
• Other Authors: Anit Mukherjee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76096
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Evaluating India's involvement in Afghanistan post-2001, this dissertation proposes that the Indian approach towards this country can be captured more comprehensively using the concept of status. As a catch-all concept, status can account for both the material and ideological dimensions of i...