Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy

As India's attempts to carve out a foreign policy that is in sync with the irrising international stature,they are having to deal with a range of issues that are controversial but central to the future of an Indian global strategy. This book examines these issues and deduces major trends in Indian foreign policy.

'The volume makes an excellent contribution for teaching courses on South Asian security and foreign policy, as well as for international relations courses that seek to expand the traditional discussion about Great Power politics to includ regional and emerging global powers. . . The volume is well written, clearly organized, and very accessible. . . It would be valuable as well for those in the policy community who seek to understand foreign and security policy from the Indian domestic perspective.' - Sunila S. Kale, The Review of Politics

'Harsh Pant's lucid volume succeeds in vaulting over older debates regarding India's foreign policy. Pant engages in a fresh discussion on the new challenges that face an increasingly ambitious and influential India. Anyone concerned about the prospects and implications of India's emergence as a global power will learn a great deal from Pant's careful scholarship.' - Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at theCouncil on Foreign Relations

'Harsh Pant has not only produced a detailed analysis of key elements of the Indian debate over grand strategy, he offers a tour d'horizon of India's emerging role in a fast-changing world. India is no longer the sluggish state of the past - its dynamic economy makes it possible to imagine new strategic roles and a new relationship with the US, China, and other powers. Contemporary Debates is both timely and provocative, a welcome addition to the must-read literature on rising India.' - Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA

'This volume constitutes a topical, comprehensive and informed discussion of a set of critical challenges facing India's foreign policy. Given the paucity of scholarship on this subject this work represents a most welcome addition to the literature. It should be of use to academics, journalists, and policymakers interested in the foreign and security policies of an emergent Asianpower.' - Sumit Ganguly, Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

'Pant's excellent, timely review of the critical strategic choices confronting India will be of great interest to scholars, jouranlists, and policy makers. . . Recommended.' - CHOICE

HARSH V. PANT Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at King's College, London, UK.