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This bulletin examines the foreign policy approach of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first year of office after gaining victory in India's 2014 general election, and contends that China has led Modi to increase engagement with his country's neighbors. Indeed, the author suggests that Modi's activities, such as foreign visits to Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other countries, all share the common factor of countering China's increasing influence in India's periphery. He also argues that the greatest achievement of Modi's neighborhood policy has been his success in getting the Indian Parliament to approve the India‐Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and discusses the main challenges facing Indian foreign policy.