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Book SynopsisThis volume traces the origins and evolution of India's foreign policy since 1947. It examines India's relationships with a number of key regional states (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), adjoining regions (the Middle East and Southeast Asia), and the great powers (the United States, Russia and the People's Republic of China).
Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. THE GENESIS OF NONALIGNMENT (SUMIT GANGULY) ; 2. INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE (RAJESH M. BASRUR) ; 3. WHEN INDIVIDUALS, STATES, AND SYSTEMS COLLIDE: INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS SRI LANKA (NEIL DEVOTTA) ; 4. INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS: THE PUZZLE OF WEAK TIES (MILIND THAKAR) ; 5. EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S CHINA POLICY (JOHN W. GARVER) ; 6. SOUTHEAST ASIA IN INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY: POSITIONING INDIA AS A MAJOR POWER IN ASIA (MANJEET S. PARDESI) ; 7. INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WHAT PROSPECTS FOR TRANSFORMATION? (C. CHRISTINE FAIR) ; 8. INDO-ISRAELI RELATIONS: EMERGENCE OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP (NICOLAS BLAREL) ; 9. INDIA: A GROWING CONGRUENCE OF INTERESTS WITH KOREA (WALTER ANDERSEN) ; 10. INDIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: A SLOW, BUT STEADY, TRANSFORMATION (HARSH V. PANT) ; 11. THE EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA: TRIED, TESTED, AND SEARCHING FOR BALANCE (DEEPA M. OLLAPALLY) ; 12. INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT: A RELATIONSHIP TRANSFORMED (S. PAUL KAPUR) ; 13. THE EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICIES (JASON A. KIRK) ; 14. INDIA'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES (RAHUL MUKHERJI) ; 15. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES ON INDIA'S ENERGY POLICY, 1947-2008 (DINSHAW MISTRY) ; SELECTED FURTHER READINGS ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
