1st Edition
Evolution of India’s Neighbourhood First Policy Leadership and Strategy
Introduction 1. Theorising India’s Neighbourhood Policy: From Sphere of Influence to Defensive Realism 2. Conceptualizing South Asia Before Partition: Region, Civilization, and the Idea of India 3. Jawaharlal Nehru and the Making of India’s Neighbourhood Policy 4. Indira Gandhi and India’s Neighbourhood: Personalism, Power, and the Regional Order in South Asia 5. A Janata Moment in South Asia: Morarji Desai and the Reimagining of India’s Neighbourhood Policy (1977–1979) 6. Recalibrating Regional Order: Rajiv Gandhi and India’s Neighbourhood Policy, 1984–1989 7. Diplomacy with Reciprocity: India’s Neighbourhood Policy under Gujral Doctrine 8. Manmohan Singh and Regionalism Flavour in India’s Neighbourhood Policy 9. Narendra Modi and India’s Neighbourhood First Policy: A Tale of Promises and Shortcomings
Biography
Saroj Kumar Aryal is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. His expertise includes small states in international affairs, regional security dynamics in South Asia—particularly India-China relations—India’s foreign policy, area studies, and regional security complexities.
Manish Jung Pulami is a PhD researcher at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, The University of Osaka, Japan. His areas of expertise include Nepal's Foreign Policy, Indo-Pacific and South Asian Geopolitics.
