1st Edition

Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World

Edited By Harsh V. Pant Copyright 2009
400 Pages
by Routledge India

388 Pages
by Routledge India

388 Pages
by Routledge India

India's foreign policy, out of the structural confines of the Cold War strategic framework, has become more expansive in defining its priorities over the last few years. With the rise of its economic and military capabilities and strategic interests, India has shaped a diplomacy that is much more aggressive in the pursuit of those interests. Tracing the trajectory of India's foreign policy in the... Read more

Preface. 1. Introduction Harsh V. Pant. Part I. Major Themes in Indian Foreign Policy 2. India and the Global Balance of Power: A Neorealist Snapshot Devin T. Hagerty 3. India and the Emerging Non-Proliferation Order: The Second Nuclear Age C. Raja Mohan 4. India and the Challenge of Global Terrorism: The ‘Long War’ and Competing Domestic Visions Timothy D. Hoyt 5. India and Energy Security: A Foreign Policy Priority Manjeet S. Pardesi and Sumit Ganguly. Part II. India and Major Global Powers 6. India and the US: Embracing a New Paradigm C. Christine Fair 7. India and China: As China Rises, India Stirs Mohan Malik 8. India and Russia: Renewing the Relationship Deepa M. Ollapally 9. India and the EU: A Long Road Ahead Fraser Cameron. Part III. India’s Regional Policy 10. India and South Asia: Towards a Benign Hegemony Stephen F. Burgess 11. India and the Middle East: A Re-Assessment of Priorities? Harsh V. Pant 12. India and Central Asia: Part of the New Great Game Stephen Blank 13. India and East Asia: A Region ‘Rediscovered’ Manish Dabhade. Afterword. Bibliography. Notes on Contributors. Index

Biography

Harsh V. Pant is Reader in International Relations at the Department of Defence Studies, King's College, London, and Associate with the King's Centre for Science and Security, London.