India’s Foreign Policy: A Reader

In this timely volume, two leading experts on India's foreign policy bring together essays written over the last 15 years by eminent scholars and practitioners that challenge commonly held perceptions of India's external relations. The volume explores several myths about the country's foreign policy—that it lacks a strategic culture; that it is formulated without any clearly discernible guiding principles; and that it is largely idealistic in its orientation. The reader provides incisive insights into key features of India's foreign policy. It also traces through the changes that the country has undergone over the years and highlights contemporary policy challenges. Divided into four sections, India's Foreign Policy analyses India's thinking on its strategic culture and its conception of how to deal with the world; its power and foreign policy infrastructure; its external relationships with major countries; and, finally, its global diplomacy on climate change and its approach to the World Trade Organization.