Indian Perceptions and Policies. This title, first published in 1990, provides a close contextual analysis of how influential Indian policy-makers have perceived Indias interests within the ASEAN region since Indian independence in 1947. Placing these perceptions in the context of Indias broad strategic and foreign policy framework, Ayoob analyses the policies which had emerged by the close of the 1980s and stresses the close link between the futures of the two regions.