Forging New Partnerships, Breaching New Frontiers

Description

The decade 2004-14- when the two United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments, led by prime minister Manmohan Singh, were in office- was a remarkable milestone in the history of India's diplomacy. The period saw a significant transformation in the way India deals with the external world. Under the quiet and active leadership of prime minister Manmohan Singh, India established important strategic partnerships, managed key security challenges, carved out a position of influence in core domains of global governance, and fostered the economic development and socio-political stability of its neighbourhood. The ten years of UPA rule has been a crucial passage in the evolution of India's foreign policy, and yet this period has been-until now-curiously understudied. This book bridges this puzzling gap in the literature. In this book, seventeen eminent scholars of international relations, drawn from leading universities around the world, examine and debate India's diplomacy during this period. This is the first comprehensive assessment of the transformations brought by the UPA governments in India's foreign policy. It offers a wide-ranging analysis of India's bilateral relations and engagements with important geographic regions, as well as insight into India's diplomacy on major issue areas such as international trade, nuclear policy, maritime security, energy, and UN Security Council reform.

About the author

Rejaul Karim Laskar is former Secretary of the Vichar Vibhag of All India Congress Committee. Over the last one and half decades, Laskar has written extensively on the foreign policy of the two UPA Governments. He did his PhD from Diplomacy and Disarmament Division, Centre for International Politics Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Table of contents

Introduction, Rejaul Karim Laskar (Editor)
1:Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments: The Case of Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance, 2004-14, Rejaul Karim Laskar (Editor)
2:India-United States Relations during the United Progressive Alliance 2004-14, Timothy J. Lynch
3:India-China Relations: 2004-14, Srikanth Kondapalli
4:India-Russia Relations during the United Progressive Alliance Governments, 2004-14, Mervin Bain
5:Quest for Security and Stability in the Asia-Pacific: Japan-India Security Cooperation under the UPA Rule, Shutaro Sano
6:India-Pakistan relations during the UPA rule, Isabelle Saint-Mézard
7:Quest for a Peaceful, Prosperous and Friendly Neighbourhood: India's South Asia Policy, 2004-14, Thomas P. Cavanna
8:India's 'Look East' Policy during the UPA Rule, John D. Ciorciari
9:India-Africa relations under the UPA Governments, Barnaby Dye and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
10:Quest for Energy, Connectivity and Security: India-Central Asia Relations During the UPA Rule, Bhavna Dave
11:Integrating into the Global Nuclear Order as a Responsible Nuclear-Armed State: India's Nuclear Diplomacy, 2004-2014, Ramesh Thakur
12:India's Quest for Permanent Membership of the UN Security Council: 2004-14, Kate Sullivan de Estrada and Babak Moussavi
13:India's Maritime Diplomacy, 2004-14, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury
14:India's Energy Diplomacy during the UPA rule, 2004-14, Carolyn Kissane
15:India at the WTO Negotiations, 2004-14, Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira
16:Decade of Transformations: India's Foreign Policy under the United Progressive Alliance, 2004-14, Rejaul Karim Laskar (Editor)