NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS INDIAANDTHE PERSIAN GULF CRISIS: FROM GLOBAL IDEALISMTO REGIONAL REALITIES by TitoPrem Dua June, 1991 ThesisAdvisor: R. H. Magnus Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited T256865 Unclassified SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1a.REPORTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION 1b RESTRICTIVEMARKINGS UNCLASSIFIED 2a.SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONAUTHORITY 3.DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFREPORT Approvedfor publicrelease;distributionisunlimited. 2b DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADINGSCHEDULE 4 PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 5.MONITORINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 6a.NAMEOFPERFORMINGORGANIZATION 6b OFFICESYMBOL 7a.NAMEOFMONITORINGORGANIZATION NavalPostgraduateSchool (Ifapplicable) NavalPostgraduateSchool NSA 6c.ADDRESS(City,State,andZIPCode) 7b ADDRESS(Crty,State,andZIPCode) Monterey,CA 93943-5000 Monterey,CA 93943-5000 8a.NAMEOFFUNDING/SPONSORING 8b.OFFICESYMBOL 9 PROCUREMENTINSTRUMENTIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER ORGANIZATION (Ifapplicable) 8c.ADDRESS(Crty,State,andZIPCode) 10 SOURCEOFFUNDINGNUMBERS ProgramElementNo ProiectNo TaskNo WorkUnitAccession Number 11.TITLE(IncludeSecurityClassification) INDIAANDTHEPERSIANGULFCRISIS:FROMGLOBALIDEALISMTOREGIONALREALITIES(U) 12.PERSONALAUTHOR(S) Dua.Tito.P. 13a.TYPEOFREPORT 13b.TIMECOVERED 14 DATEOFREPORT(year,month,day) 15 PAGECOUNT Master'sThesis From To 1991June20 101 16.SUPPLEMENTARYNOTATION TheviewsexpressedinthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficialpolicyorpositionoftheDepartmentofDefenseortheU.S. Government. 17.COSATICODES 18.SUBJECTTERMS(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP India,SouthAsia,IndianOcean,PersianGulfCrisis1990,IndianForeignPolicy,Indian securityconcerns,IndianNavy 19.ABSTRACT(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) Indiahasfordecadesprofessedadesiretoparticipateintheinternationalsystemasaglobalpower. However,India's surprisinglyequivocalreactiontothe1990GulfCrisisandsubsequentmilitaryconflictdidnotreflecttheseaspirations. ThisthesisexaminesIndianforeignpolicyfocussingon(a)changingIndianregionalconcerns,(b)factorswhichhaveprevented IndiafromachievingpredominanceinSouthAsia,and(c)India'sreactionstotheGulfWar. ThisanalysisindicatesanapparentshiftinIndianprioritiesfromglobalaspirationstoregionalanddomesticissues. ThethesissuggestsacarefulreviewofaseemingU.S."tilt"towardsIndia -despitewhatappearstobeachangeinIndia's policiestowardsimprovingrelationsinSouthAsiaanddeterioratingU.S.-Pakistanrelations-givenIndia'spastwillingnessto exercisebothmilitaryandeconomicforceinSouthAsiatoachievehergoals. 20.DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION . FKjNCLASSlrlEO/UNUMITED Iftl SAMEASREPORT |H DTICUSERS Unclassified 22a.NAMEOFRESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUAL 22b.TELEPHONE(IncludeAreacode) 22c.OFFICESYMBOL R.H.Magnus (408)646-2521 NS/MK DDFORM 1473,84MAR 83APReditionmaybeuseduntilexhausted SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE Allothereditionsareobsolete Unclassified Approved forpublic release; distribution is unlimited. India and the Persian GulfCrisis: From Global Idealism to Regional Realities by TitoP.Dua Lieutenant, Uniied StatesNavy B.S., United StatesNaval Academy,1984 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirementsfor the degree of MASTEROF ARTSIN NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS from the NAVALPOSTGRADUATE SCHOOL June 1991