ABSTRACT

This book analyses India’s relations with its neighbours (China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) and other world powers (USA, UK, and Russia) over a span of 60 years. It traces the roots of independent India’s foreign policy from the Partition and its fallout, its nascent years under Nehru, and non-alignment to the influence of economic liberalization and globalization. The volume delves into the underlying reasons of persistent problems confronting India’s foreign policy-makers, as well as foreign-policy interface with defence and domestic policies.

This book will be indispensable to students, scholars and teachers of South Asian studies, international relations, political science, and modern Indian history.

chapter 1|17 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|34 pages

Non-alignment

Pronouncements and Practices

chapter 3|61 pages

Relations with the United Kingdom

chapter 4|84 pages

Relations with Pakistan

chapter 5|127 pages

Relations with China

chapter 6|86 pages

Relations with Bangladesh

chapter 7|77 pages

Relations with Nepal

chapter 8|46 pages

Relations with Sri Lanka

chapter 9|46 pages

Relations with Former Soviet Union/Russia

chapter 10|113 pages

Relations with the United States

chapter 11|69 pages

Nuclear Policy

chapter 12|19 pages

Epilogue