Competing Visions of India in World Politics Indias Rise Beyond the West [Hardcover]

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.Introduction: Creating Diversity in Contemporary Readings of India's Global Role; Kate Sullivan 1. India's Ambivalent Projection of Self as a Global Power: Between Compliance and Resistance; Kate Sullivan 2. Chinese Views of a Nuclear India: From the 1974 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion to the Nuclear Suppliers Group Waiver in 2008; Nicola Horsburgh 3. India in Climate Change: The View from Tokyo; Yuka Kobayashi 4. Just Another Regional Superpower? A Cautious South Korea Watches India's Rise; Danielle Chubb 5. From Imperial Subjects to Global South Partners: South Africa, India, and the Politics of Multilateralism; Christopher J. Lee 6. What does 'Development Cooperation' Mean? Perceptions from Africa and India; David Harris and Simona Vittorini 7. The 'Eastern Brother': Brazil's View of India as a Diplomatic Partner in World Trade; Vin?cius Rodrigues Vieira 8. 'The Other Pacifist': Mexican Views on India's Quest for Great Power Status; Gilberto Estrada Harris 9. India in the Iranian imagination: Between Culture and Strategic Interest ; Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 10. Views of India from the Conflicting Parties in Syria; Omar Sharaf 11. Russian Views of India in the Context of Afghanistan; Natasha Kuhrt Conclusion; Kate Sullivan

'We increasingly know how rising India views the world but not enough about how the world, especially the non-Western world, sees India. These timely essays, written by an array of regional experts, are a terrific addition to the scholarship on India's place in international life.' - Kanti Bajpai, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

'Dr Sullivan and her contributors are to be applauded for offerilc)