This study charts the continuous power struggles of Pakistan's ruling elites from independence in 1947 to the rise of Benazir Bhutto. It argues that the legacy of the British Empire, with its method of divide and rule, has made the chance of democracy succeeding in Pakistan slight. With rulers more interested in personal aggrandizement and maintaining a minority power base, Pakistan has suffered from a lack of forward-thinking politicians interested in uniting the country and the various ethnic factions.
This study charts the continuous power struggles of Pakistan's ruling elites from independence in 1947 to the rise of Benazir Bhutto. It argues that t...
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...
This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
This work argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-World War II period have relied too much on the Cold War as a key Explanatory factor, and have not given enough emphasis on the concepts of regional power formation and conflict resolution.
This work argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-World War II period have relied too much on the Cold War as a key Ex...
This book examines the rise of India to the status of a world power capable of dealing with the full spectrum of international and regional issues in a critical part of the world. It traces the evolution of Indian diplomacy in the hands of key Indian practitioners comparing Nehru, the founder of Indian diplomacy with his successors, the Nehruvians up to 1998, and finally, Vajpayee, the leader of the BJP (1998-2004). Its main purposes are to explain the strategic and ideological context in which Indian diplomacy was framed, the character of India's foreign policy problems, the nature and...
This book examines the rise of India to the status of a world power capable of dealing with the full spectrum of international and regional issues ...
This book traces the triangular strategic relationship of India, Pakistan and China over the second half of the twentieth century, and shows how two enmities Sino-Indian and Indo-Pakistani and one friendship Sino-Pakistani defined the distribution of power and the patterns of relationships in a major centre of gravity of international conflict and international change. The three powers are tied to each other and their actions reflect their view of strategic and cultural problems and geopolitics in a volatile area.
The book considers internal debates within the three...
This book traces the triangular strategic relationship of India, Pakistan and China over the second half of the twentieth century, and shows how tw...
