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Book SynopsisAs India emerges as a significant global actor, diverse states have sought to engage India with divergent agendas and interests. Some states aspire to improve their relations with New Delhi, while others pursue the transformation of Indian foreign policy -- and even India itself -- to suit their interests. The Engagement of India explores the strategies that key states have employed to engage and shape the relationship with a rising and newly vibrant India, their successes and failures, and Indian responses -- positive, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile -- to engagement. A multinational team of contributors examine the ways in which Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States have each sought to engage India for various purposes, explore the ways in which India has responded, and assess India's own strategies to engage with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics. This informative analysis of the foreign relations of a key rising power, and first comparative study of engagement strategies, casts light on the changing nature of Indian foreign policy and the processes that shape its future. The Engagement of India should be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, diplomacy, and South Asia.
Trade ReviewOf much timely significance, this edited volume by Ian Hall brings together a variety of perspectives concerning how the global system ought to respond to the seemingly assured rise of India within international affairs. . . . The key strength of the volume rests upon the discussion of ‘engagement.' * Commonwealth & Comparative Politics *
A refreshing attempt to examine India’s foreign policy. . . . Some of the chapters in the volume are clearly outstanding. . . . The Engagement of India is an eminently readable book, lucidly written, well-researched, and it attempts to make a partial departure from the usual foreign policy volumes on India. * European Review of International Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Engagement of India Ian Hall 2. The US Engagement of India after 1991: Transformation Daniel Twining 3. Japan's India Engagement: From Different Worlds to Strategic Partners H.D.P. Envall 4. Russia's Engagement of India: Securing the Longevity of a "Special and Privileged" Strategic PartnershipLavina Lee 5. India and China: Strategic Engagements in Central Asia Louise Merrington 6. China's Half-Hearted Engagement and India's Proactive Balancing Harsh V. Pant 7. Australia's Fitful Engagements of India Ian Hall8. India's Engagements with Southeast Asia: Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia David Brewster 9. Paradigm Shift: India during and after the Cold War Rajesh Basrur 10. Conclusion: Engagement, India, and the Changing International Order Nick Bisley List of Contributors Index
