A peaceful and prosperous neighborhood is critical for India’s great power aspirations. A key objective of India’s foreign policy in the region is to overcome obstacles to regional integration and to broaden the scope for cooperation without appearing hegemonic.
Initiatives like the “South Asia Satellite” provides a conducive means of pursuing these objectives. This project arguably is the first opportunity for India to harness its activities in outer space for distinct foreign policy goals. India first put forward the idea of a dedicated satellite for South Asia in June 2014.
The satellite, which was India launched in May 2017, is a ....
