India - From Regional to World Power (India in the Modern World)

This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The author shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors (an approach that included nuclear self-restraint, the search for friendly relations with Pakistan and China, seeking the high ground in moral and diplomatic spheres, and giving a lead to the non-aligned Third World) has been replaced. The new, more self-confident and assertive approach of this book is based on India's growing economic strength and has a more strategic and pro-Western orientation. Meticulous in approach, this book discusses this change, shows how it has come about, and explores how India's role in world politics might develop going forward. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian studies, Asian politics, international relations, and security studies. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series Title......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedications......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 1. Introduction: India as a Catalyst......Page 12 2. Shifts in Indian Diplomatic History......Page 28 3. Strategic Triangles and the Indian Subcontinent......Page 53 4. Indian Strategic Debates and Dilemmas: Analytical Constructs......Page 73 5. The Nature of India’s Foreign Policy......Page 85 6. The Build-up of the Suzerain State's System in the Subcontinent, 1947-90s......Page 95 7. The Typology of Threats to Indian and the Nehruvian record, 1964–98......Page 108 8. Nehru’s Innovations and their Problems......Page 126 9. Nehruvians and the Rise of Anti-India Trends in Foreign Affairs......Page 140 10. The External Determinants of Change in Indian Foreign Affairs,1960s-90s......Page 156 11. India's Antagonists Re-group, 1971-80s......Page 174 12. Liberating India and Its Nuclear Policy from the Nehruvian Shackles......Page 191 13. India’s Rise as a Major Power, 1990s......Page 208 14. The BJP’s Geopolitics and Building Strategic Triangularities......Page 220 Epilogue......Page 235 Notes......Page 244 Index......Page 256

This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The author shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors (an approach that included nuclear self-restraint, the search for friendly relations with Pakistan and China, seeking the high ground in moral and diplomatic spheres, and giving a lead to the non-aligned Third World) has been replaced.

The new, more self-confident and assertive approach of this book is based on India's growing economic strength and has a more strategic and pro-Western orientation. Meticulous in approach, this book discusses this change, shows how it has come about, and explores how India's role in world politics might develop going forward.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian studies, Asian politics, international relations, and security studies.

Provides an account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This book shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors has been replaced. It discusses this change, shows how it has come about, and explores how India's role in world politics might develop going forward This is an in-depth examination of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century.