Competing Visions of India in World Politics : India’s Rise Beyond the West

This edited collection presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role by exploring a range of influential non-Western state perspectives. Through multiple case studies, the contributors gauge the success of India's efforts to be seen as an alternative global power in the twenty-first century. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction: Creating Diversity in Readings of India’s Global Role....Pages 1-14 India’s Ambivalent Projection of Self as a Global Power: Between Compliance and Resistance....Pages 15-33 Chinese Views of a Nuclear India: From the 1974 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion to the Nuclear Suppliers Group Waiver in 2008....Pages 34-48 India in Climate Change: The View from Tokyo....Pages 49-65 Just Another Regional Superpower? A Cautious South Korea Watches India’s Rise....Pages 66-78 From Imperial Subjects to Global South Partners: South Africa, India and the Politics of Multilateralism....Pages 79-93 What Does ‘Development Cooperation’ Mean? Perceptions from India and Africa....Pages 94-110 The ‘Eastern Brother’: Brazil’s View of India as a Diplomatic Partner in World Trade....Pages 111-127 ‘The Other Pacifist’: Mexican Views on India’s Quest for Great-Power Status....Pages 128-144 India in the Iranian Imagination: Between Culture and Strategic Interest....Pages 145-159 Views of India from the Conflicting Parties in Syria....Pages 160-174 Russian Views of India in the Context of Afghanistan....Pages 175-189 Conclusion....Pages 190-201 Back Matter....Pages 202-244 "Competing Visions of India in World Politics: India's Rise Beyond the West presents an alternative set of reflections on India's contemporary global role to those narrated by mainstream, US-centric accounts within International Relations. Collectively, the contributors explore a spectrum of non-Western perspectives on India's growing international influence. They deliver insights into a range of shared global issues, processes and institutions, including climate change, development cooperation, UN Security Council reforms, nuclear politics and the terms of world trade. Together, these readings provide a critical evaluation of India's success in reconciling a quest for recognition from established major powers with a desire to maintain relations of solidarity with developing country allies of the Cold War era. This volume is essential reading for anyone studying rising powers, BRICS countries, global power shifts and South-South linkages and will appeal to students and scholars of non-Western International Relations, Global Studies and International Development"-- Provided by publisher