ABSTRACT
Imparting military education and inculcating tactics to soldiers from friendly countries is only one facet of New Delhi’s growing emphasis on using the goodwill of its military in the diplomatic outreach around the neighbourhood and beyond. India’s military outreach is however not limited to the immediate neighbourhood. The engagement is intense in the immediate neighbourhood, followed by relations with nations located in what is called the strategic neighbourhood and finally, the military-diplomatic outreach for nation states that are categorised as the extended neighbourhood.
