Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates Its Rise in the International System [Paperback]

As India's attempts to carve out a foreign policy that is in sync with the irrising international stature,they are having to deal with a range of issues that are controversial but central to the future of an Indian global strategy. This book examines these issues and deduces major trends in Indian foreign policy.Introduction India-US Relations: Beginning of a beautiful Relationship? Russia-China-India 'Strategic Triangle:' An Idea Whose Time May Never Come India and Iran: Too Close For Comfort India and Israel: Uneasy Embrace Civil-Military Relations After the Nuclear Doctrine India and Missile Defense: Lull After a Storm India's Quest for Energy Security

'The volume makes an excellent contribution for teaching courses on South Asian security and foreign policy, as well as for international relations courses that seek to expand the traditional discussion about Great Power politics to includ regional and emerging global powers. . . The volume is well written, clearly organized, and very accessible. . . It would be valuable as well for those in the policy community who seek to understand foreign and security policy from the Indian domestic perspective.' - Sunila S. Kale, The Review of Politics

'Harsh Pant's lucid volume succeeds in vaulting over older debates regarding India's foreign policy. Pant engages in a fresh discussion on the new challenges that face an increasingly ambitious and influential India. Anyone concerned about the prospects and implications of India's emergence as a global power will learn a great deal from Pant's careful scholarship.' - Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at theCouncil on Foreign Relations

'Harsh Pant has not only produced a detailed analysis of key elements of the Indian debate over grand strategy, he offers a tour d'horizon of India's emerging role in a fast-changing world. India is no longer the sluggish state of the past - its dynamic economy makes it lc=