Axel Berkofsky is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy and Co-Director of the Asia Centre at ISPI. Axel Berkofsky is also Executive Committee Board Member at the Stockholm-based European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) and Research Affiliate at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, Dr. Berkofsky was Senior Policy Analyst and Associate Policy Analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC), Research Fellow at the Brussels-based European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS). Axel Berkofsky has published numerous papers, articles and essays in journals, newspapers and magazines and has lectured and taught at numerous think tanks, research institutes and universities in Europe and Asia. His research interests are amongst others Japanese and Chinese foreign and security policies, Chinese history, Asian security and EU-Asia relations.Silvio Beretta is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Pavia (Italy) and currently lecturer of international economic cooperation and development policies at the same department. Silvio Beretta is also former Dean and Director of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Law. He is member of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere as well as Foreign Research Fellow at the Center of European Studies at the City University of New York and Honorary Member at the Academy for the Humanities and Sciences at the same university. Silvio Beretta is scientific director of the journal “Il Politico” and has extensively published on international and European economics, on decision-making processes of Italy’s economic policies, the territorial structure of financial systems and the history of economic policy and comparative economic systems.Giuseppe Iannini is Professor (Ret.) of Monetary Economics and Economic Policy in the Department of Political andSocial Sciences at the University of Pavia, Italy. Professor Iannini has worked on, among other subjects, banking and financial systems in emerging economies, in particular China and Russia. He has published a number of articles and books on banking and financial systems and has organized conferences and research projects in partnership with business and business associations. In addition to his academic and research activities, he has held courses at the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) in Milan and has taught on master courses organized by the Italian–Russian Chamber of Commerce in Milan. Professor Iannini has led several scientific projects at the Center for Asia-African Studies at the University of Pavia and has on various occasions collaborated with the Italian economic and financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on issues concerning the role of emerging countries in the context of financial global imbalances.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Silvio Beretta).- Chapter 2. A Rising India in the Crossfire of Competing Grand Strategies (Gautam Chikermane).- Chapter 3. The Indian State and its Foreign Relations (Mario Prayer).- Chapter 4. Rethinking “Interdependence”: The Changing Nature and Context in India-China Economic Relations (Priyanka Pandit).- Chapter 5. India: Candidate Player in the Asian Economic Space. Problems and Perspectives (Giuseppe Iannini).- Chapter 6. India And International Trade (Gianluca Rubagotti).- Chapter 7. China’s Expanding Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region and the Indian Pushback (Harsh V Pant).- Chapter 8. India and China – Two Countries Marching the March of Folly (Axel Berkofsky).- Chapter 9. Kashmir as Frontier in Narendra Modi’s Ethno-Nationalist Idea of India (Emanuela Mangiarotti).- Chapter 10. India’s US Policy 1991-2014: the Gradual Loss of Strategic Autonomy (Michelguglielmo Torri).- Chapter 11. Framing India-Japan Ties for a Progressive Indo-Pacific (Jagannath Panda).- Chapter 12. India and The Gulf: The Indo–Pacific Strategy Goes West (Francesco Mazzucotelli).- Chapter 13. A “Nodal Centre”: Competing Interests in India’s Relations with ASEAN after Covid-19 (Giulia Sciorati).- Chapter 14. India’s responses to the Belt and Road Initiative: a case study of Indo-Pakistani relations (Filippo Boni).

Axel Berkofsky is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy and Co-Director of the Asia Centre at ISPI. Axel Berkofsky is also Executive Committee Board Member at the Stockholm-based European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) and Research Affiliate at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, Dr. Berkofsky was Senior Policy Analyst and Associate Policy Analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC), Research Fellow at the Brussels-based European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS). Axel Berkofsky has published numerous papers, articles and essays in journals, newspapers and magazines and has lectured and taught at numerous think tanks, research institutes and universities in Europe and Asia. His research interests are amongst others Japanese and Chinese foreign and security policies, Chinese history, Asian security and EU-Asia relations.Silvio Beretta is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Pavia (Italy) and currently lecturer of international economic cooperation and development policies at the same department. Silvio Beretta is also former Dean and Director of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Law. He is member of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere as well as Foreign Research Fellow at the Center of European Studies at the City University of New York and Honorary Member at the Academy for the Humanities and Sciences at the same university. Silvio Beretta is scientific director of the journal “Il Politico” and has extensively published on international and European economics, on decision-making processes of Italy’s economic policies, the territorial structure of financial systems and the history of economic policy and comparative economic systems.Giuseppe Iannini is Professor (Ret.) of Monetary Economics and Economic Policy in the Department of Political andSocial Sciences at the University of Pavia, Italy. Professor Iannini has worked on, among other subjects, banking and financial systems in emerging economies, in particular China and Russia. He has published a number of articles and books on banking and financial systems and has organized conferences and research projects in partnership with business and business associations. In addition to his academic and research activities, he has held courses at the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) in Milan and has taught on master courses organized by the Italian–Russian Chamber of Commerce in Milan. Professor Iannini has led several scientific projects at the Center for Asia-African Studies at the University of Pavia and has on various occasions collaborated with the Italian economic and financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on issues concerning the role of emerging countries in the context of financial global imbalances.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Silvio Beretta).- Chapter 2. A Rising India in the Crossfire of Competing Grand Strategies (Gautam Chikermane).- Chapter 3. The Indian State and its Foreign Relations (Mario Prayer).- Chapter 4. Rethinking “Interdependence”: The Changing Nature and Context in India-China Economic Relations (Priyanka Pandit).- Chapter 5. India: Candidate Player in the Asian Economic Space. Problems and Perspectives (Giuseppe Iannini).- Chapter 6. India And International Trade (Gianluca Rubagotti).- Chapter 7. China’s Expanding Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region and the Indian Pushback (Harsh V Pant).- Chapter 8. India and China – Two Countries Marching the March of Folly (Axel Berkofsky).- Chapter 9. Kashmir as Frontier in Narendra Modi’s Ethno-Nationalist Idea of India (Emanuela Mangiarotti).- Chapter 10. India’s US Policy 1991-2014: the Gradual Loss of Strategic Autonomy (Michelguglielmo Torri).- Chapter 11. Framing India-Japan Ties for a Progressive Indo-Pacific (Jagannath Panda).- Chapter 12. India and The Gulf: The Indo–Pacific Strategy Goes West (Francesco Mazzucotelli).- Chapter 13. A “Nodal Centre”: Competing Interests in India’s Relations with ASEAN after Covid-19 (Giulia Sciorati).- Chapter 14. India’s responses to the Belt and Road Initiative: a case study of Indo-Pakistani relations (Filippo Boni).

Axel Berkofsky is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy and Co-Director of the Asia Centre at ISPI. Axel Berkofsky is also Executive Committee Board Member at the Stockholm-based European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) and Research Affiliate at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, Dr. Berkofsky was Senior Policy Analyst and Associate Policy Analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC), Research Fellow at the Brussels-based European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS). Axel Berkofsky has published numerous papers, articles and essays in journals, newspapers and magazines and has lectured and taught at numerous think tanks, research institutes and universities in Europe and Asia. His research interests are amongst others Japanese and Chinese foreign and security policies, Chinese history, Asian security and EU-Asia relations.Silvio Beretta is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Pavia (Italy) and currently lecturer of international economic cooperation and development policies at the same department. Silvio Beretta is also former Dean and Director of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Law. He is member of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere as well as Foreign Research Fellow at the Center of European Studies at the City University of New York and Honorary Member at the Academy for the Humanities and Sciences at the same university. Silvio Beretta is scientific director of the journal “Il Politico” and has extensively published on international and European economics, on decision-making processes of Italy’s economic policies, the territorial structure of financial systems and the history of economic policy and comparative economic systems.Giuseppe Iannini is Professor (Ret.) of Monetary Economics and Economic Policy in the Department of Political andSocial Sciences at the University of Pavia, Italy. Professor Iannini has worked on, among other subjects, banking and financial systems in emerging economies, in particular China and Russia. He has published a number of articles and books on banking and financial systems and has organized conferences and research projects in partnership with business and business associations. In addition to his academic and research activities, he has held courses at the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) in Milan and has taught on master courses organized by the Italian–Russian Chamber of Commerce in Milan. Professor Iannini has led several scientific projects at the Center for Asia-African Studies at the University of Pavia and has on various occasions collaborated with the Italian economic and financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on issues concerning the role of emerging countries in the context of financial global imbalances.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Silvio Beretta).- Chapter 2. A Rising India in the Crossfire of Competing Grand Strategies (Gautam Chikermane).- Chapter 3. The Indian State and its Foreign Relations (Mario Prayer).- Chapter 4. Rethinking “Interdependence”: The Changing Nature and Context in India-China Economic Relations (Priyanka Pandit).- Chapter 5. India: Candidate Player in the Asian Economic Space. Problems and Perspectives (Giuseppe Iannini).- Chapter 6. India And International Trade (Gianluca Rubagotti).- Chapter 7. China’s Expanding Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region and the Indian Pushback (Harsh V Pant).- Chapter 8. India and China – Two Countries Marching the March of Folly (Axel Berkofsky).- Chapter 9. Kashmir as Frontier in Narendra Modi’s Ethno-Nationalist Idea of India (Emanuela Mangiarotti).- Chapter 10. India’s US Policy 1991-2014: the Gradual Loss of Strategic Autonomy (Michelguglielmo Torri).- Chapter 11. Framing India-Japan Ties for a Progressive Indo-Pacific (Jagannath Panda).- Chapter 12. India and The Gulf: The Indo–Pacific Strategy Goes West (Francesco Mazzucotelli).- Chapter 13. A “Nodal Centre”: Competing Interests in India’s Relations with ASEAN after Covid-19 (Giulia Sciorati).- Chapter 14. India’s responses to the Belt and Road Initiative: a case study of Indo-Pakistani relations (Filippo Boni).