India's Strategic Future Regional State or Global Power [Hardcover]

South Asia has inherited a volatile ethnic and social mix that generates powerful political unrest between the nations of the region. Within this setting India continues its quest for regional great power status. This volume asks whether India can continue to build on its military base and extend its strategic reach, or whether the problems of a troubled nation and neighbourhood act as a restraint on these aspirations. If it does eventually achieve these aims, what kind of power is it likely to be?Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Foreword; R.Ray - Acronyms - Introduction; R.Babbage - Domestic Foundations of India's Security Policy; A.D.Gordon - The Growth of Indian Military Power: From Sufficient Defence to Nuclear Deterrence; R.G.C.Thomas - Directions in India's Defence and Security Policies; M.K.Joshi - Chinese Perspectives on India as a Great Power; G.Klintworth - Southeast Asian Perceptions of India's Strategic Development: An Indonesian View; A.H.Habib - The Future of India and Southeast Asia; A.Saikal - Soviet Perspectives of India's Developing Security Posture; G.Austin - India's Strategic Development: Issues for the Western Powers; R.Babbage - Conclusion; A.D.Gordon