Geopolitical Dynamism of India-Tajikistan Relations

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India and Tajikistan are bound together by intimate bonds of history, culture and geographical proximity. Of all the Central Asian states, the Republic of Tajikistan is geographically closest to the Indian Subcontinent. Only a narrow strip of Afghanistan`s Wakhan corridor (western part of Wakhan is just 13 to 25-km wide) separates Tajikistan from the Indian Subcontinent. Uncertainly looming large on the future course of developments in Afghanistan post-2014 withdrawal of the US and NATO troops from there and the growth of the religious extremist and militant forces in neighbouring Pakistan may have critical implications for the security of both India and Tajikistan. India and Tajikistan share common security concerns. They have common stakes in the regional stability and a moderate, plural and secular socio-political order.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jyotsna Bakshi

Dr. Jyotsna Bakshi, a Research Fellow at the IDSA from August 1997 to April 2002, specializes in Russia and Central Asia. The Indian Council of Social Sciences Research awarded her Doctoral Fellowship for Ph.D. She has taught Political Science to Post-Graduate classes for a number of years. She has also done post-doctoral research work at the Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Currently, she is working as ICCR Visiting Associate Professor at Osh State University. Osh, Kyrgyzstan. She has published many research papers an articles on the subject besides a book, Russia and India from Ideology to Geopolitics.