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Former foreign secretary, Maharajakrishna Rasgotra joined India s external affairs ministry when Jawaharlal Nehru, Girija Shankar Bajpai, Sardar Patel were with a mix of pragmatism and hope creating the foreign policy of the newly independent nation. This was taking place as the Cold War slid into the subcontinent and complex relationships with India s neighbours China, Pakistan and Nepal were taking shape. Looking back on those crucial years with a discerning ...
Science and Technology in China discusses the changing structural and institutional context of scientific research in China. The new environment of global competition entails that the norms of generation of new knowledge are as important as those for innovation and commercialization. China has been able to achieve this in a largely state-controlled environment, where political will and commitments have played an increasingly important role. India, on the other ...
A new power dynamic is at play in Asia, where the post-Cold War global geopolitics is shaping the twenty first century world order. This volume examines the unfolding relationships among the five great powers in Asia-- the United States, China, India, Japan and Russia. It explores recent bilateral relations between these states. While the central theme is how China, the rising power, and the US, the sole superpower, will deal with each other, their policies and ...