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Book SynopsisThis book examines India as a rising global power by reevaluating its foreign policy and relations from the Nehru period to the present through an analytical framework constructed from Indian foreign policy and the processes of globalization and regionalization. Global Power describes the economic, scientific, technological, and nuclear gains that have been made by India, reaffirming its status as a major actor on the international scene. The book presents a fundamental reappraisal of the ever-changing relationship between India and other major and regional powers, paying special attention to its relationships with China and Pakistan. It seeks to shed light on Indian foreign policy''s goals as they relate to both national and international interests, all the while keeping within the context of India''s multiethnic, mulitcultural, multilingual society.
Trade ReviewProfessor B.M. Jain, an established scholar of India's foreign policy, has written a timely, topical and comprehensive analysis of India's emerging foreign policy. His work addresses an important lacuna in the field. The book will be of use to academics, policymakers, journalists and others interested in the on-going transformation of India's foreign policy. -- Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
Global Power: India?s Foreign Policy, 1947-2006 is a major work in the fields of foreign policy analysis in general and the international relations of South Asia in particular. The book begins with a thoughtful review of concept formation with regard toglobalization, which draws attention to the neglected importance of regional effects and the shortcomings of existing paradigms. Jain establishes the unevenly structured nature of globalization as a backdrop for foreign policy analysis. He offers a tourde force on the major components of Indian foreign policy, such as economic diplomacy, relations with the US, Russia, China, and Pakistan as individual states and the Middle East and East and Central Asia as regions. This comprehensive review, which reveals the importance of India in both global and regional contexts, culminates in consideration of this state?s ambitions on the world stage. The review of future prospects reveals India ?s enormous potential as a global power while also acknowledging the Asian giant?s ongoing problems in terms of institutional weakness and accountability. -- Patrick James, University of Southern California
Global Power: India’s Foreign Policy, 1947-2006 is a major work in the fields of foreign policy analysis in general and the international relations of South Asia in particular. The book begins with a thoughtful review of concept formation with regard to globalization, which draws attention to the neglected importance of regional effects and the shortcomings of existing paradigms. Jain establishes the unevenly structured nature of globalization as a backdrop for foreign policy analysis. He offers a tour de force on the major components of Indian foreign policy, such as economic diplomacy, relations with the US, Russia, China, and Pakistan as individual states and the Middle East and East and Central Asia as regions. This comprehensive review, which reveals the importance of India in both global and regional contexts, culminates in consideration of this state’s ambitions on the world stage. The review of future prospects reveals India ’s enormous potential as a global power while also acknowledging the Asian giant’s ongoing problems in terms of institutional weakness and accountability. -- Patrick James, University of Southern California
In this ambitious book, B.M. Jain sets out to analyze how and in what ways Indian foreign policy has broken with the past. Jain offers a detailed...narrative of Indian events since Independence....The resulting book provides an important source of information for students studying Indian foreign policy at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. * Pacific Affairs *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Acronyms Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 1 Globalization and Regionalization in International Relations and Foreign Policy: A Critique of Existing Paradigms Chapter 5 2 Indian Foreign Policy: An Overview Chapter 6 3 India's Economic Diplomacy Chapter 7 4 Indo-U.S. Relations: Estrangement to Engagement Chapter 8 5 India and Russia: Reassessing the Time-Tested Ties Chapter 9 6 India-China Relations: Issues and Emerging Trends Chapter 10 7 India-Pakistan Relations: Sources of Hostility and Reconciliation Chapter 11 8 India and the Middle East Asia Chapter 12 9 India and Central Asia Chapter 13 10 Translating Global Power Ambitions Chapter 14 Appendix Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index
