India’s Foreign Policy (Paperback)

In this volume, scholars specializing in different dimensions of foreign-policy analysis examine the dynamics of India’s international relations. The volume reviews the economic growth that has propelled it to the status of a globally recognized power, and examines its nuclear policy and maritime strategy as a register of its present capabilities and future aspirations. The news media, often neglected in the study of international politics, are studied as an important index to—and catalysis for—the formulation of government policies. The volume also comprehensively analyses India’s bilateral and multilateral relations, their influence on the stability of the subcontinent, their bearing on the country’s international presence, and their relevance for its political ambitions.

Table of Contents
1. From Non-Alignment to Pro-Imperialism: Class and Foreign Policy in India
2. The Evolving Trends in India’s Foreign Economic Policy: A Comparative Study of the Pre-and Post-Liberalization Phases
3. India’s Economic Diplomacy and the Print Media: WTO’s Aborted Cancun Conference (2003)
4. Seaward Security: Modernizing the Indian Navy
5. India’s Nuclear Weapons Policy
6. The Maoist Movement in Nepal
7. The New India–USA Relationship
8. India and Russia: Towards New Strategic Relations
9. China’s Quest for Multilateralism
10. The India–EU Partnership: Strategic Alliance or Political Convenience?
11. The India–Pakistan Peace Process: Incremental Progress
12. Internal Dynamics in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for India’s Foreign Policy
13. The Distance–Proximity Paradox: Unravelling India’s ASEAN Policy over Three Decades
14. India and West Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
15. India’s Relationships with the Gulf Region: Prospects and Possibilities in the 21st Century
16. India–Russia–China: The Multilateral Process in Central Asia
17. Indo-Latin American Relations: Changing Landscapes, Emerging Agendas
18. India and Africa in Cooperative Relations
19. India and East Asian Multilateralism