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Unrealised Potential: India’s ‘Soft Power’ Ambition in Asia
This paper makes the argument that India’s enormous ‘soft power’ potential in Asia is based on the fact that a rising India (unlike China) complements rather than challenges the preferred strategic, cultural and normative regional order. But India’s ‘soft power’ credentials are undermined by lingering doubts as to whether the country can continue to rise.











