India’s ‘soft power’ play with BIMSTEC nations

Observing education diplomacy as an instrument of foreign policy

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ID19582172
AuthorsDebasish Nandy (0000-0002-1593-4653, Kazi Nazrul University), Alik Naha (0000-0002-2171-6900, Vidyasagar University)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue2
Pages39-45
Publication date2022-05-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2573-2897 • E-ISSN: 2573-2897
PublisherMedCrave Group, LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15406/jhaas.2022.07.00253
OpenAlexW4392177985
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

South Asia as a region has a deficient Human Resource base, which jeopardizes its developmental ambitions and socioeconomic progress. Due to the fragile geopolitical context of the region, low spending for human development and increased expenditures for militarism sustain such a state of affairs in the subregion. As a result, large educational interventions are needed in the region. Education is the stumbling block to progress. Education and culture have always served as vital lines of communication between India and the BIMSTEC member states like Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, etc. India became the world's second-largest provider of higher education after independence, and it continued to attract students from the BIMSTEC countries. The chapter will examine several aspects of educational collaboration between India and the BIMSTEC countries in this context. This collaboration in the field of education will allow India to use soft-power diplomacy to strengthen its relations with its BIMSTEC partner

Business · China · Diplomacy · Foreign policy · International trade · Physics · Political science · Politics · Soft power · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security

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