Post Cold War Power Politics in South Asia Introspecting Indo Russian Relations

Abstract

South Asia has highly entrenched in the game of power politics both during newlinethe Cold War and post-Cold War era. In the post-Cold War era, it has undergone newlinesignificant shifts and turns. It has operated in strategic and power realignments newlineand rearrangements among major powers both extra regional and regional having newlinegeopolitical and geostrategic involvement in the region. The major powers have newlinerealigned and developed partnerships with respect to their interests, security and newlinedominance, and addressing of large challenges in the emerged geopolitical and newlinegeostrategic power dynamics. The powers have pursued their strategies, acted newlineand engaged within strategic realignments. The US has shifted its policy and newlineengaged both Pakistan and India in a way to maintain its dominance and ensure newlinediverse interests in the region. Russia has worked to develop its lost role in the newlineregion by developing its equations with India, China and Pakistan given the large newlinegeopolitical changes both at the regional and global level. China has also newlineincessantly and aggressively developed its dominance particularly through its newlineproxy Pakistan. It has even developed strategic relations with Russia to mark its newlineinfluence in the region. India and Pakistan, emerged significantly powerful in the newlinepost-Cold War era, have also engaged in strategic realignments and newlinerearrangements with the US, China and Russia with respect to their interests. newlineWhile engaging through their strategic realignments and rearrangements, all the newlinepowers have employed diverse capabilities and tactics, played on the strengths of newlineeach other and exercised strategic manoeuvres against rivals, opponents and newlinecompetitors. These implements have emerged efficacious and valuable under newlinestrong partnerships based on large convergence of interests. However, since newlinemajor powers have become more realistic, flexible and harder to ensure larger and newlinediverse interests, they have explored every possible alternative and developed newlinemultiple strategic engagements and partnerships. newlineThe two important Cold War partners,