ABOUT THE BOOK
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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 Author
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Jyotsna Bakshi has lived and worked in Central Asia as India Chair
Professor in the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent from 2006
to 2009 and a Associate Professor in the Centre for Indian Studies at Osh State
University, Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2005. She has extensively travelled in the
entire region. She was a Research Fellow in the Institute for Defence Studies
and Analyses, New Delhi specializing on Russia and Central Asia. She has a
Post-Graduate Diploma in Russian language from the Department of Foreign
Languages, Moscow, Academy of Science, USSR. She has published several books
and scores of research papers and articles on the subject. Her published work
includes authored books Russia and India
from Ideology to Geopolitics and Russia-China Relations, Relevance for India
and edited volumes on India-Central Asia relations.