Engaging with the world

This comprehensive volume brings together essays, by well-known scholars associated with South Asian and International Relations Studies, on significant themes of Indias foreign policy. The wide-ranging collection provides analyses or the interactive framework or elements 01 continuity and change that have cumulatively shaped Indias extorts in negotiating with the external world. The volume also attempts to situate Indias role in the context of the Third World. The essays included in this volume deal with a vast spectrum 01 subjects and issues, encompassing' the political, ideological, security and economic aspects or Indias foreign policy. They critically analyse issues related to reforms and liberalisation, regional co-operation, human, national and energy security, and the overall strategy or Indias foreign policy since independence. In the process, they also unveil the complexities or relations between India and major powers like the United States, Russia and China, and shed fresh insights on Indias ties with important regions including east Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Indian Ocean rim. The trajectories of Indias ties with its South Asian neighbours, particularly Rikistan, are scrutinised with the idea or exploring the possibilities or promoting South Asian regional cooperation. The policy analysis and insights offered in the volume would be useful to students, scholars and policy-makers studying Indias engagement with the world.