This title provides a close contextual analysis of how influential Indian policy-makers have perceived India's interests within the ASEAN region since Indian independence in 1947, placing these perceptions in the context of India's broad strategic and foreign policy framework.

Preface; 1. India's Foreign Policy Framework and Strategic Perspective 2. Southeast Asia's Importance in Indian Foreign Policy: the Background 3. Southeast Asia in Indian Foreign Policy: Moving into the 1980s 4. India, China and Southeast Asia 4. India, China, and Southeast Asia 5. India, Indonesia, and Vietnam: Coincidence of Interests? 6. India, and the Kampuchean Issue 7. India, the Superpowers, and Southeast Asia 8. India and Southeast Asia: Concluding Remarks; Index