Dayong Li

Dayong Li

Feb., 2025

India, Central Asia, Military security cooperation, Constraints.

India's growing comprehensive strength has enabled it to rationalize its military diplomacy on a global scale. In recent years, India has been strengthening its military security cooperation with Central Asian countries, which is mainly motivated by the Modi government's active promotion, limiting Pakistan's influence in Central Asia, and preventing the spillover effects of the security situation in Central Asia on South Asia. The current military security cooperation between India and Central Asian countries mainly includes frequent visits and exchanges between defense ministers, gradually strengthening military equipment and technology cooperation, and increasingly close joint military exercises. However, the geographical barrier, Russia's traditional influence in Central Asia, and India's lack of a military diplomacy master plan are constraining the in-depth promotion of military security cooperation between India and Central Asian countries.

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