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Informationen zum Autor Kanti P. Bajpai, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Harsh V. Pant, Reader, International Relations, Department of Defence Studies, King's College, London Kanti P. Bajpai, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Harsh V. Pant, Reader, International Relations, Department of Defence Studies, King's College London. Klappentext This timely collection of essays, written over the last 15 years by prominent scholars, gives incisive insights into the key features of India's foreign policy and also traces its evolution. In four sections, this volume comprehensively analyses significant aspects of India's foreign policy in terms of its thinking about its strategic culture, its position in the world, its power and foreign policy infrastructure, its external relationships with major countries, andfinally, its global diplomacy on issues of climate change and approach to the WTO. Zusammenfassung In this timely volume, two leading experts on India's foreign policy bring together essays written over the last 15 years by prominent scholars that challenge some of the commonly held perceptions about India's foreign policy. It explores and challenges several myths about Indian foreign policy-that it lacks strategic culture; there are no clearly discernible sets of principles; and it is largely idealistic in its orientation. The volume gives incisive insights intothe key features of India's foreign policy. It also traces the changes that it has undergone over the years, and highlights contemporary policy challenges. In four sections, this volume analyses: India's thinking about its strategic culture and its conception of how to deal with the world; India'spower and its foreign policy infrastructure; India's external relationships with major countries; and, finally, India's global diplomacy on issues of climate change and its approach to the WTO....
