<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<record
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd"
    xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">

  <leader>01884nam a22002057a 4500</leader>
  <controlfield tag="003">OSt</controlfield>
  <controlfield tag="005">20260524122035.0</controlfield>
  <controlfield tag="008">260524b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d</controlfield>
  <datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">9780143464570</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="c">AACR-II</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="082" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">327.54 SIK</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="100" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">Sikri, Rajiv</subfield>
    <subfield code="9">19844</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="245" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">Strategic conundrums: reshaping India's foreign policy</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">Gurugram </subfield>
    <subfield code="b">Ebury Press; Penguin Random House </subfield>
    <subfield code="c">2024</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">298 p.</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">The book examines India&#x2019;s current and looming foreign policy challenges from a strategic and policy-oriented perspective. It analyzes the long-term factors and trends that should determine the country&#x2019;s foreign policy formulation. The author urges a reappraisal of India&#x2019;s approach if it is to become a major player in the complex and rapidly evolving 21st century world.
Strategic Conundrums: Rethinking India&#x2019;s Foreign Policy focuses on India&#x2019;s immediate and strategic neighbourhood. It also looks at important issues like energy security, economic diplomacy, the interaction between defence and diplomacy, and foreign policy institutions. A unique feature of the book is that it combines the perspectives of a historian, a diplomat and a scholar. With many new out-of-the-box ideas and policy suggestions, it makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate on foreign policy within India&#x2019;s strategic community.
This lucid and succinct book is a must-read for policy-makers, diplomats and foreign policy analysts. The corporate and business community too will find it professionally relevant. It is also an important knowledge resource for students of Indian politics, international relations, and defence and strategic studies, and others who are interested in India&#x2019;s foreign policy.</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="600" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">Security &amp; Foreign Affairs Sector</subfield>
    <subfield code="9">19845</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="a">India's Foreign Policy</subfield>
    <subfield code="9">19846</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="942" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="2">ddc</subfield>
    <subfield code="c">B</subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="952" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="0">0</subfield>
    <subfield code="1">0</subfield>
    <subfield code="2">ddc</subfield>
    <subfield code="4">0</subfield>
    <subfield code="7">0</subfield>
    <subfield code="a">LBSNAA</subfield>
    <subfield code="b">LBSNAA</subfield>
    <subfield code="d">2026-05-24</subfield>
    <subfield code="g">799.00</subfield>
    <subfield code="l">0</subfield>
    <subfield code="o">327.54 SIK</subfield>
    <subfield code="p">185881</subfield>
    <subfield code="r">2026-05-24</subfield>
    <subfield code="w">2026-05-24</subfield>
    <subfield code="y">B</subfield>
    <subfield code="A"></subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
    <subfield code="c">361150</subfield>
    <subfield code="d">361150</subfield>
  </datafield>
</record>
