Engaging with the World : Critical Reflections on India's Foreign Policy/edited by Rajen Harshe and K.M. Seethi. New Delhi, Orient Longman, 2005, xi, 492 p., ISBN 81-250-2825-0.

    Contents: Introduction/Rajen Harshe and K.M. Seethi. I. The global setting: 1. Neoliberal globalism and India's Foreign Policy: towards a critical rethinking/A.K. Ramakrishnan. 2. India and the challenges of globalisation/K. Ramachandran Nair. 3. Political economy of India's Third World Policy/K.M. Seethi and P. Vijayan. II. The nuclear question: 4. Nuclear weapons and India's Foreign Policy/Ninan Koshy. 5. The ethics of India going nuclear/G.P. Ramachandra. 6. India's CTBT Policy: from 'text' to 'testing times'/K.M. Seethi. III. The big powers: 7. Indo-US relations in the Post-Cold War era: changing security perceptions/Shailaja Menon. 8. India and Russia in a changing world/Rajen Harshe. 9. India-China relations: critical issues/Venugopal B. Menon. 10. Emerging trends in Chinese Nationalism: rethinking Indian perspectives/T.G. Suresh. IV. South and Southeast Asia: 11. India, Bhutan and Nepal: perceptions and relations/Lok Raj Baral. 12. India's policy towards its South Asian neighbours: constraints, impediments and perspectives/B.C. Upreti. 13. Rethinking India-Pakistan relations: challenges ahead/K. Raman Pillai. 14. Kashmir: rethinking security beyond the line of control/K.M. Seethi. 15. India-Pakistan conflict dynamics: prospects for resolution/M.S. John. 16. Free trade area accord between India and Sri Lanka: implications for South Indian States/K.N. Harilal and K.J. Joseph. 17. India's Bhutan Policy/Mathew Joseph C. 18. India and Southeast Asia: the look east policy in perspective/A.M. Thomas. V. Regional Cooperation in South Asia and the Indian Ocean: 19. South Asian Regional Cooperation: problems and prospects/Rajen Harshe. 20. The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation: Regional Cooperation in the Indian Ocean/K.R. Singh. 21. India and the Indian Ocean Rim Cooperation/P.V. Rao. VI. West Asia and Africa: 22. Kashmir, Pakistan and the Pan-Islamic challenge to India/Noor Ahmad Baba. 23. India and the Gulf States: challenges and opportunities/A.K. Pasha. 24. India's Israel Policy: changing dimensions/R. Sreekantan Nair. 25. Recasting Indo-African Development Cooperation/Rajen Harshe. Index.

    "This comprehensive volume brings together essays, by well-known scholars associated with South Asian and International Relations Studies, on significant themes of India's Foreign Policy. The wide-ranging collection provides analyses of the interactive framework of elements of continuity and change that have cumulatively shaped India's efforts in negotiating with the external world. The volume also attempts to situate India's role in the context of the third world. The essays included in this volume deal with a vast spectrum of subjects and issues, encompassing the political, ideological, security and economic aspects of India's Foreign Policy. They critically analyse issues related to reforms and liberalisation, regional co-operation, human, national and energy security, and the overall strategy of India's Foreign Policy since independence. In the process, they also unveil the complexities of relations between India and major powers like the United States, Russia and China, and shed fresh insights on India's ties with important regions including West Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Indian Ocean rim. The trajectories of India's ties with its South Asian neighbours, particularly Pakistan, are scrutinised with the idea of exploring the possibilities of promoting South Asian Regional Co-operation. The policy analysis and insights offered in the volume would be useful to students, scholars and policy-makers studying India's engagement with the world." (jacket)

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