"Since independence India has deployed its soft power in Africa, with educational aid and capacity-building at the … heart of its Africa policy. However, following economic liberalisation and in a quest for greater global influence, India …'s geopolitics have changed. The country's discourse on Africa has shifted from the mantras of post-colonial solidarity and South …

shaped the development cooperation approaches of China and India, both significant geopolitical actors. Third, we look at how …, this competition has heightened with China's global rise - economically, strategically, and geopolitically. As China became … result of sharp geopolitical competition, develop-ment cooperation has become a contested space. China's powerful rise and …