Watch | Has India Lost Influence in South Asia?

Happymon Jacob talks to C. Raja Mohan, director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, about India’s place in South Asia, what South Asia means as a political construct and how the arrival of China on the scene complicates the traditional India-centric geopolitical image of South Asia.

They further discuss where India has gone wrong in managing the neighbourhood, what it must do to wrestle back influence from China, and the importance of multilateral forums like SAARC in reviving India’s integration into its region.

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