Relations Between India And East African Countries 1964-2000

The thesis is divided into three parts, namely, introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction has such four issues as definition of geography and time in the thesis, comment on academic research of relations between India and East African Countries, meanings of the topic selection and research methods and discourse patterns of the thesis. The Epilogue part makes the prospects for relations between India and East African countries in the recent ten years. In addition, the body part composed of five chapters.The first chapter makes an analysis of the origins and development of relations between India and East Africa. Firstly, the thesis makes the analysis of India and East Africa in history. Before the arrival of Portuguese, bilateral relations between India and East African region were friendly and based on mutual benefit of trade. Many Indian people settled in East Africa, and even intermarried with the local indigenous African, which is formed as so-called Indian-Pakistan descents. With the Western Colonial Powers ruled in Mozambique, Zanzibar, Kenya and other East-African region, the Indian Ocean trading system was declined. After Kenya-Uganda Railway were built, the British Empire consolidated the East African interior. So it appeared the first wave of promoting Indians immigration to East Africa, Indians in East Africa region made a major role in economic life. In the first half of 20th century, British colonists introduced the system of social stratification, where the Europeans were in the highest, the Indians were in the middle place while the Africans were always at the bottom of society. The relations between Indians and Africans that were traditional friendly are destroyed, and which are in tension. Meanwhile, the Indians participated in and supported African political struggle against colonial domination, who it emerged such Indian leaders as M. Desai, A. Patel and Makhan Singh in East Africa. In Portuguese East Africa, there have been some strong Indian businessmen.Secondly, it describes Indian foreign policy under the objective of power strategy. It introduces for foreign policies of Nehru, post-Nehru, the Cold War and post-Cold War period and relationship between foreign policy and power strategy. Thirdly, such Geo-strategic factors of relationship between India and East African countries as are that African role in Indian diplomacy; Sino-Indian border war and Indian policy adjustment in Africa; India and the Indian Ocean.The second Chapter summarizes bilateral foreign policies between India and East African countries. That is, to support for national independence movement in East Africa; India's Indian-in-East-Africa policy; to pursue regional cooperation in Indian Ocean; foreign policies in East Africa countries are more a response to India's foreign policy. East Africa countries thanks to India's moral and material support in the struggle for dependence; East Africa countries pursues the non-aligned and Non-Asian policies, etc. So their foreign policies have consensus and disagreements.The third chapter analyzes relations between India and East African major countries. It selected Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, as to analysis the political, economic, cultural and education relations in 1964-2000:stable bilateral political relations; expanding economic and trade cooperation; a variety of cooperation for culture and education and health.The fourth Chapter makes an evaluation of relations between India and East African countries. The relationship between India and East African countries is not only different from the relationship between the former colonial master states and the former colonies, but also from the relationship between China and East African countries. India and East African countries lie to the Indian Ocean region, have the long-standing trade ties, a large number of Indian Diaspora living in the East African countries. This is not available for China. India and East African countries have suffered colonial aggression or colonial rule, most of them were British colonies and remained in the Commonwealth after independence, among which English has become the natural link. India is a large country of the Indian Ocean region, and its system of management and technology can provide reference for East African countries, the relationship between India and East African countries in the history is not relationship between the aggressors and the victims of aggression, so in the third world countries, which is a certain degree of particularity. All in all, relations between India and East African countries are based on the non-aligned policy, and in the core of economic diplomacy, linking with Indian Diaspora in East Africa countries, which have the tendency for continuously strengthening regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.