Chinese Shadow on India’s Eastward Engagement

Sanjay K. Bhardwaj is Professor of South Asian Studies and the Energy Studies Programme at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was Chairperson at the Centre for South Asian Studies and Director of the Energy Studies Programme at SIS, JNU. He specialises in India’s foreign policy, energy security, politico-security and economic issues of India and South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia.

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• Introduction Part I Energy security policy: Debates in India1 India’s energy security contours 2 India’s energy security in the era of global energy transition3 Challenges and strategy for an energy secure India4 Energy efficiency and clean energy transitions in India: What do these mean for climate change mitigation? 5 Low-carbon energy security for India: Exploring Asia-Pacific energy cooperation Part II India’s Act East policy and energy cooperation6 India’s energy cooperation with Southeast Asia under Act East policy7 India’s Act East policy: The energy dimension8 India’s energy trade with Southeast Asia: Opportunities and challenges9 ASEAN–India energy cooperation: Current status and future scope of cooperation Part III India–China: Geo-politics of energy cooperation10 Deconstruction of regions: Emerging role of subregional cooperation in Asia11 China's energy cooperation with Southeast and South Asia12 Factoring Northeast Asia in India’s energy security13 The 'Belt and Road Initiative' and India–China energy cooperation and competition14 Geo-politics of South China Sea: The energy perspective