1. India's foreign policy framework and strategic perspective
2. Southeast Asia's importance in Indian foreign policy : the background
3. Southeast Asia in Indian foreign policy : moving into the 1980s
4. India, China, and Southeast Asia
5. India, Indonesia, and Vietnam : coincidence of interests?
6. India and the Kampuchean issue
7. India, the Superpowers, and Southeast Asia
8. India and Southeast Asia : concluding remarks.