Emerging Dynamics of India-Afghanistan Relations

Rajeev Kumar Singh is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. He has worked as a Post Doctorate Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has a significant amount of experience working in the academic and research fields on a variety of issues. His specialization areas are Minority Politics, International Relations, and Social Exclusion.Shantesh Kumar Singh is a Professor at the Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has worked as a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. He has done MPhil/Ph.D. from School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow on Global Health at the International Institute for Global Health (IIGH), United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is also a Managing Editor at the South-East Asia office of the International Association for Counter-terrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP-SEA).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Indo-Afghan Relations: Tracing Historical Roots from the Buddhist Era.- 3. The Geopolitical Significance of Afghanistan for India in Emerging World Order.- 4. Extremism in Afghanistan and Its Impacts on India and Asian Region.- 5. The ‘China Factor’ in India-Afghanistan Relations.- 6. Evolving India-Afghanistan Relations: The BRI Context.- 7. Indian Perspective on the Evolving Approach of China and Russia towards the Afghan Taliban.- 8. An Assessment of Indian and European Stakes and Concerns in Afghanistan post-2021: An Enduring Commitment or an Exhausted Endeavour.- 9. Analysing the Impact of Doha Agreement on Indo-Afghan Relations.- 10. India’s Afghanistan Challenge: Mapping Viability of Maritime Routes.- 11. India-Afghanistan Relations and the Geopolitics of Water Scarcity.- 12. India-Afghanistan Relationship: A Study of Development Perspective. 13. Post Script.