Indian Foreign Policy / Edition 1

by Chris Ogden

Overview

India is becoming an increasingly visible, powerful and influential state within the global system. As this rise to prominence continues, better appreciating the interests and principles that structure the international interactions of South Asia’s largest state has never been so important. Keen to embrace an expectant future as a great power, India’s transitional journey has been characterised by astounding diplomatic achievements and significant strategic failures.

In this robust and comprehensive analysis, Chris Ogden introduces students to the key dimensions of Indian foreign policy from her emergence as a modern state in 1947 to the present day. Combining theoretical insight with numerous case studies and profiles, he examines the foreign policy making process, strategic thinking, the crucial search for economic growth, and India’s difficult regional position and troubled borders. Tracking the trajectory of one of the 21st century’s major Asian and global powers, later chapters focus on New Delhi’s multilateral interaction, great power dynamics, and expanding relations with the United States and the world.

Critically assessing what kind of great power India can and wants to be, this wide-ranging introduction will be an invaluable text for students of South Asian politics, foreign policy, and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745660868
Publisher:	Polity Press
Publication date:	05/19/2014
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Chistopher Ogden is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables, Figures, Profiles and Cases Studies

Acknowledgements

Overview, Principles and Themes

Chapter 1 Makers of Foreign Policy

Chapter 2 Strategic Thinking, the Military and Nuclear Affairs

Chapter 3 India’s Economic Transition

Chapter 4 South Asia’s (Natural) Hegemon

Chapter 5 Regionalism and Multilateralism

Chapter 6 Great Power Dynamics

Chapter 7 Relations with the United States

Chapter 8 India and the World

Conclusion: India Emergent

Research Appendix

Notes

Extended Bibliography

Index