The Handbook of India s International Relations gives an overview of India s international relations, given the development of India as a major economic power in the world, and the growing interest in the impact of Asia on the international system in the future. This book is centred on India s own description of its foreign policy as operating in concentric circles . This concentric circles concept is reflected in the following five sections:

• Part 1: India. National aspirations of a rising power; India s strategic culture; India s power attributes;...