This Handbook gives an overview of India’s international relations, given the development of India as a major economic power in the world, and the growing interest in the impact of Asia on the international system in the future.

Preface: setting the scene DAVID SCOTTSection-1 India1 National "aspirations" of a rising power CHRIS OGDEN2 India’s "strategic culture" HARSH PANT3 India’s "power" attributes SREERAM CHAULIA4 Geopolitics for India ROBERT STEWART-INGERSOLL & DERRICK FRAZIER5 Geoeconomics and energy for India GULSHAN SACHDEVASection-2 India’s "Immediate Neighbourhood"6 India’s relations with Pakistan DAVID SCOTT7 India’s relations with the Himalayan States SATISH KUMAR8 India’s relations with Bangladesh HARSH PANT9 India’s relations with Sri Lanka BRIAN ORLAND10 India’s relations with Afghanistan RAGHAV SHARMA11 India’s role in "regional" integration DAVID SCOTTSection-3 India’s "Extended Neighbourhood"12 Looking East 1: Southeast Asia and ASEAN ANINDYA BATABYAL13 Looking East 2: East Asia and Australasia/Oceania WALTER LADWIG III14 Looking South: Indian Ocean JAMES HOLMES 15 Looking West 1: Iran and the Gulf MUKUND NARVENKAR16 Looking West 2: Beyond the Gulf P.R. KUMARASWAMY17 Looking West 3: Africa AJAY DUBEY18 Looking North: Central Asia and the SCO EMILIAN KAVALSKISection-4 India’s Great Power relations19 India’s relations with Russia GULSHAN SACHDEVA20 India’s relations with the European Union RAJENDRA K. JAIN21 India’s relations with China HARSH PANT22 India’s relations with the United States DAVID SCOTTSection-5 India and Global Issues23 India and its diaspora AJAY DUBEY24 India and international terrorism ARPINT ANANT25 India and the United Nations SREERAM CHAULIA26 India and nuclear weapons CHRIS OGDEN27 India and climate change UTTAM KUMAR SINHA28 India and outer space S. VIJAYASEKHARA REDDY Postscript DAVID SCOTTSelect BibliographyIndex