Indian Diplomacy

Description

How has India’s foreign policy evolved in the seventy years since Independence? For that matter, what is the country’s foreign policy? And what are the aspects that determine and shape it? If you’ve had questions such as these, Rajendra Abhyankar’s Indian Diplomacy is the foreign policy primer you’ve been looking for.
Charting the country’s interactions with other countries from the early days of independence to now, Indian Diplomacy reviews the changes in stance. Lucidly written and well argued, the book covers these and other questions comprehensively, without fuss or bombast. A much-needed book in light of the sweeping changes on the global stage—and India’s increasing role in them.

About the Author
Rajendra M. Abhyankar teaches at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as India’s Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg. He has been president at the Hinduja Foundation, Mumbai (2006–9); director and adviser at Asia Foundation, San Francisco, for their India Programme (2005–11); and director at Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi (2005–9).

Table of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Setting the Stage
1. Inherited Challenges
2. Conjoint Legacy
3. Expanding Dimensions
4. India in the World
5. India’s Groupings with Emerging Countries
6. New Horizons
7. India’s Diplomatic Apparatus
8. Setting Course for the Future
Epilogue: Indian Foreign Policy under Narendra Modi
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author