Domestic and external determinants of India's foreign policy, during the last two decades, have undergone significant transformations. These have led to reorientation in India's world view and its relations with other nation states. Magnitude of these changes has been so vast that it has resulted in paradigm shift in India's foreign policy.
The volume provides theoretical understanding of the emerging world order, and also reveals about the operational dynamics of such change in the new millennium. India's interactions with global power centers, neighbours, extended neighbourhood and regions and institutions have also been examined. India's security concerns in the post-nuclear status period have been evaluated vis-à-vis conventional and non-conventional threats. Even issues like energy security and economic policies are given ample space visualizing the contemporary global economic developments. New concerns in the form of international terrorism, environment and refugees have been incorporated to provide a holistic picture of changing contours of India's foreign policy.
The book may be beneficial for students, teachers, diplomats, policy makers, as well as, common readers engaged in understanding the current discourse on India's foreign policy moorings.
Dr. R. S. Yadav is Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He is also Director, Gandhian Study Center and Director, MGAIS Coaching Institute of the University. He has been Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra University from 2003-2005. He has to his credit four books. He has contributed 55 research papers in reputed national and international journals and edited volumes. He is on the editorial board of Contemporary Central Asia; Journal of Gandhian Studies; and, Shodharthy. He is on the Board of Studies and member academic bodies of number of Universities
Dr. Suresh Dhanda is Head, Department of Political Science, S.A. Jain (PG) College, Ambala, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has to his credit number of research papers published in reputed journals and edited books. His forth coming book is - Nuclear Politics in South Asia.
Preface
Introduction
I. GLOBAL ORDER
1. Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millenium- Devendra Kaushik
2. Changing Dynamics of India's Foreign Policy- R.S. Yadav
II. POWER CENTRES
3. Paradigm Shift in Indo-US Relations: Problems and Prospects- Chintamani Mahapatra
4. India-Russia Strategic Partnership- R.S. Yadav
III. NEIGHBOURHOOD
5. Changing Security Paradigm and India-China Relations- Roop Singh Bareth
6. India-Pakistan Imbroglio- Savita Pande
7. Border Management and India's Relations with Myanmar -Udai Bhanu Singh
IV. REGIONAL UNDERSTANDING
8. India's Extended Neighbourhood- Baljit Singh
9. India and the European Union- Rajendra K. Jain
10. India and Central Asia- Ashok Kumar
11. India and SAARC- Suman Sharma
V. SECURITY CHALLENGES
12. India's Response to Terrorism in the Post - 9/11- Kulwant Kaur
13. India's Security Concerns- Rajpal Budania
14. India's Nuclear Policy- Suresh Dhanda
15. India's Kashmir Policy- Ajay Singh Manhas
VI. NON-CONVENTIONAL AFFAIRS
16. India's Energy Security Policy- R.S. Yadav
17. India's Foreign Economic Policy- Anand P. Mavalankar
18. India's Response to Environmental Concerns- Anand Mathur
19. India's Refugee Policy- Ram Niwas Beniwal
Bibliography
Contributors
Index