Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World

ISBN-13: 9780415480048 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 388 str.

Harsh Pant

Opis

India's foreign policy, out of the structural confines of the Cold War strategic framework, has become more expansive in defining its priorities over the last few years. With the rise of its economic and military capabilities and strategic interests, India has shaped a diplomacy that is much more aggressive in the pursuit of those interests. Tracing the trajectory of India's foreign policy in the 21st century, this book examines the factors that have shaped the Indian response towards this emerging international security environment. Including a new Afterword, this updated volume looks at the major influences that have shaped India's foreign policy in recent years, in the context of its engagements with strategically important regions across the globe, and its relations with major global powers. The volume will prove invaluable to those studying politics and international relations, diplomatic and political history, defence and military studies, and South Asian studies.

This book examines the trajectory of India’s foreign policy in the 21^st century, through a range of studies that cut across various geographical regions, theoretical frameworks and policy issues. Grounded in the post-Cold War shifts in the global balance of power where India has emerged as a major pole, the book examines the factors that have shaped the Indian response towards this emerging international security environment. The essays attempt to answer some essential and enduring questions in Indian foreign policy, especially:

• What is India’s perception of various issue areas and regions in crafting its foreign policy? How does it view its role and its interests? How has it gone about configuring its foreign policy towards meeting those ends?
• How is India interacting with the US in all those issue areas and regions? Are its interests compatible with the US interests? Where and how do they diverge? How is India negotiating those divergences with the US?

Organised thematically, the three sections of the book examine the major influences that have shaped India’s foreign policy in recent years, its relations with major global powers and its foreign policy in the context of its engagements with strategically important regions across the globe. It discusses the issues of the emerging global nuclear order, the challenge of global terrorism and India’s pursuit of energy security, among many others.

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Introduction Harsh V. Pant. Part I. Major Themes in Indian Foreign Policy 2. India and the Global Balance of Power: A Neorealist Snapshot Devin T. Hagerty 3. India and the Emerging Non-Proliferation Order: The Second Nuclear Age C. Raja Mohan 4. India and the Challenge of Global Terrorism: The ‘Long War’ and Competing Domestic Visions Timothy D. Hoyt 5. India and Energy Security: A Foreign Policy Priority Manjeet S. Pardesi and Sumit Ganguly. Part II. India and Major Global Powers 6. India and the US: Embracing a New Paradigm C. Christine Fair 7. India and China: As China Rises, India Stirs Mohan Malik 8. India and Russia: Renewing the Relationship Deepa M. Ollapally 9. India and the EU: A Long Road Ahead Fraser Cameron. Part III. India’s Regional Policy 10. India and South Asia: Towards a Benign Hegemony Stephen F. Burgess 11. India and the Middle East: A Re-Assessment of Priorities? Harsh V. Pant 12. India and Central Asia: Part of the New Great Game Stephen Blank 13. India and East Asia: A Region ‘Rediscovered’ Manish Dabhade. Afterword. Bibliography. Notes on Contributors. Index

O autorze

Harsh V. Pant is Reader in International Relations at the Department of Defence Studies, King's College, London, and Associate with the King's Centre for Science and Security, London.