No Afghan Refugees in India’
Refugees and Cold War Politics in the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11016336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nithya Rajan (0000-0003-3798-2629, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 851-867 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0085-6401 • E-ISSN: 1479-0270 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00856401.2021.1964048 |
| OpenAlex | W3199378699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article locates the Government of India’s refusal to grant refugee status to Afghans in Delhi in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 within the Cold War politics of the era. I trace this history through internal communications of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India from 1979 to 1983. I argue that the Indian government’s response to Afghan arrivals was shaped by geopolitical and diplomatic contingencies rather than humanitarian ones. I also examine the intertwined history of Afghan refugees and the establishment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ office in Delhi, India
Afghan · Ancient history · Development economics · Geopolitics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |