Description:

India's Foreign Policy is a dynamic and lively process that is always on the go; moving, shifting and transforming. The book provides a glimpse of this dynamic foreign policy. It also depicts the milieu within which India's foreign policy operates. While it takes note of the policy patterns of the past, it also records the present discernible trends. However, the book is not merely a chronicle of the policies and measures that India has adopted over time but it locates these policies within the changing environment that solicits continual response.

During the last few decades, India's economic, political and military abilities have improved substantially having direct impact on its foreign policy formulation and implementation. Hence, many of the usual refrains of India's foreign policy based on non-alignment, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, nuclear disarmament, egalitarian economic order, faith in the United Nations system—made way for newer concepts, ideas and measures as pragmatism increasingly took over. In addition, emerging issues in the contemporary interconnected world have made foreign policy more complex, nuanced and interrelated necessitating a review of India's foreign policy in terms of continuity and change.

The book covers the goals and determinants of India's foreign policy, tracks its evolution from 1947 till date, explains its security and foreign economic policies and analyses India's relations with the major powers, the near and distant neighbours, and with the regions far away. India's role in major international platforms and approaches to the present-day global challenges conclude the discussion.

KEY FEATURES

• Offers a fresh perspective through a contemporary and innovative approach to understand India's foreign policy in the 21st century.

• Examines key foreign policy issues within their historical, geopolitical, and strategic contexts for deeper insight.

• Balances analytical depth with factual clarity to provide both critical understanding and up-to-date information.

• Written in a lucid, reader-friendly style, making it accessible to students, instructors, researchers, and general readers.

• Presented in a compact and well-structured format, covering key topics and the latest developments in the field.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• BA/BA (Hons) Political Science

• BA (Hons) Global Affairs/Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

• BA International Studies and Global Politics

• Political Science

• International Relations