Neighbours, Major Powers and Indian Foreign Policy is a significant addition to the field of International Relations. Today, after nearly three decades of economic liberalisation, the nation is poised to become a major economic force in the world. The tectonic shift in India’s economic performance has attracted the attention of the world, especially neighbours and major powers. But the most important question in the broader picture of an ‘Emerging India’ relates to India’s Foreign Policy. Has Indian Foreign Policy emerged sufficiently to allow India to shoulder the label of an Economic Powerhouse? This volume seeks an answer to this crucial question.
The volume is divided into two sections: the first, titled ‘India and Its Neighbours’, studies India’s relations with countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Myanmar. The second section, titled ‘India and Major Powers’, explores India’s foreign relations with the US, the UK, China, Russia, Japan, the European Union, and the ASEAN.
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Written in a lucid and accessible style, this book will be indispensible for UG and PG students, civil service aspirants, researchers and foreign policy analysts.
Aneek Chatterjee teaches at the post-graduate department of political science, Hooghly Mohsin College, West Bengal. He has authored and edited nine books; and contributed several research articles and chapters in leading journals and volumes. He served as Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Presidency University (formerly Presidency College), Kolkata. Chatterjee was a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer at the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Virginia (2010-11), USA.
List of Tables and Box
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: India and Her Neighbours
1. India’s Relations with Pakistan: Search for Multiple Dimensions
Introduction: Hostile Beginning
The 1990s: The Missed Opportunities
The New Century: The Old Saga Continues
Recommendations for the Future
Security and strategic collaborations
Environmental engagements
Increased trade
Educational and cultural exchanges
Plans for settling the Kashmir imbroglio
Delinking ‘conditions’ from bilateral negotiations
Conclusion
2. India and Sri Lanka: Ethnic Problems and Beyond
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
3. India and Bangladesh: Close or a Distant Neighbour?
4. India and Nepal: Emerging Issues
Security Relations
5. India’s Relations with Bhutan: Strong as Usual
Cultural Relations
6. India and Afghanistan: The Democratic Formula
7. India–Myanmar Relations: Trapped between Realism and Idealism
PART II: INDIA AND MAJOR POWERS
8. India and the United States: Evolving Partnership
Introduction: Bilateral Relations during the Cold War
Relations after the Cold War
From Rao to Vajpayee’s Second Term (1991–99): Ups and Downs in Relations
The Kargil Crisis and Beyond: Engagement Begins
Closer Cooperation and Evolving Partnership in the New Century
Manmohan Singh, the Civil Nuclear Agreement and Beyond
Prime Minister Modi and India’s Relations with the US
9. India and China: Competitors or Adversaries?
Introduction: Early Warmth to Animosity
Quest for Normalcy in Relations (1988–2000)
Political Relations in the New Century
Conclusion: Perception Problems
10. India and Russia: Rebuilding Older Ties
Introduction: Fresh Beginning on a Rich Heritage
11. India and Japan: Partners in Peace
12. India and the European Union: Growing Relations
Introduction: A New Phase in Relationship
EU–India Ties in the 1990s
Cooperation in the New Century
I ndia–EU Economic Relations
India–EU Strategic Partnership
Conclusion: Action Plan for the Future
13. India and Britain: Strategic Partners?
14. India and the ASEAN: Emerging Partnership
The 1990s and Beyond: Growing Relations
From Fifth to Commemorative to 14th Summit (2007–16):
Relations Mature
ASEAN–India Economic Relations
Conclusion: The Future of ASEAN–India Relations
Bibliography
Index