Indonesia and India are maritime neighbours that have strong cultural, civilisational and historical bonds. This edited volume commemorates the 75th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations and reviews the evolving relationship between India and Indonesia along many facets of bilateral, regional and global interfaces. These relationships have been built on the basis of ‘Bandung Sprit’ which have Das Sila or ten principles (as opposed to five principles of Panchsheel) as underlying principles for peace, stability, security and prosperity.

This volume examines the past, present and gives some recommendations for the way forward for both the nations. Emerging geopolitical and geoeconomic trends along with their impact on bilateral relationship in the context of regional and global environment have also been examined that gives the readers a good understanding of the emerging dynamics. Both Indonesia’s and India’s practitioners, scholars and experts have contributed to this volume to make it an essential reading for beginners as well as professionals who want to understand the India-Indonesian relationship in the evolving world order.

Vinod Anand is a Senior Fellow& Editor at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. He writes on international, strategic and security issues. He has written several papers on ASEAN and South East Asian countries as well as China. He has written on multilateralism and lectured on geostrategy, multilateralism and regional organisations. In addition, he has presented papers on South Asia and Indian Ocean Region. He has also authored papers and briefs on the defence forces of the SE Asian countries and China. Earlier, he has authored monographs and book chapters on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Recently, he has published an edited volume on Myanmar.