Engaging the World: Indian Foreign Policy Since 1947

Over the past two decades, India has emerged as a rising power with growing economic capabilities and increased military prowess. Engaging the World explains the evolution of India’s foreign relations from 1947 to the present day, taking into consideration international, domestic, and individual circumstances.

Using a multilevel analytical framework to organize each chapter, the book provides a comprehensive survey of India’s relations with its immediate neighbours, key states in the international order, three major Western European countries, and countries and regions that lie athwart India. Also included are chapters that specifically describe India’s energy, nuclear, and economic policies.

Contents: Introduction/Sumit Ganguly and Nicolas Blarel. Part I: India and South Asia: 1. India-Pakistan relations: between war and peace/Rajesh Basrur. 2. Indo-Sri Lanka relations: geopolitics, domestic politics, or something more complex?/Eswaran Sridharan. 3. India-Bangladesh relations: an overview/Shibashis Chatterjee. 4. India-Afghanistan relations/Rani D. Mullen. Part II: India and the Major Powers: 5. The Indo-US entente: committed relationship or ‘friends with benefits’?/Devin T. Hagerty. 6. India’s China policy/Manjeet S. Pardesi. 7. India and Russia: a special relationship?/Vidya Nadkarni. Part III: India and West Europe: 8. India and the United Kingdom: finding a new equilibrium/Andrew Wyatt. 9. India’s foreign policy toward France: a strategic partnership first/Jean-Luc Racine. 10. India’s Germany policy since 1947: an entrepreneurial partnership/Hannes Ebert. Part IV: India’s Extended Horizons: 11. India’s relations with Japan and South Korea/Manjeet S. Pardesi. 12. India and Southeast Asia: whither India’s strategic engagement with ASEAN?/Isabelle de Saint-Mezard. 13. The partnership that dare not speak its name? The evolution of India-Israel relations (1947–2012)/Nicolas Blarel. 14. India and Latin America: distant acquaintance, rhetorical solidarity, strategic engagement/Varun Sahni. 15. India’s resurgent foreign policy in sub-Saharan Africa/Rani D. Mullen. Part V: India’s External Policies: 16. Domestic and International influences on India’s energy policy/Dinshaw Mistry. 17. India’s nuclear weapons policy/Vipin Narang. 18. India’s foreign economic policies/Rahul Mukherji. Index.