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 SCOTT

Section-1 India

1 National "aspirations" of a rising power CHRIS OGDEN

2 India’s "strategic culture" HARSH PANT

3 India’s "power" attributes SREERAM CHAULIA

4 Geopolitics for India ROBERT STEWART-INGERSOLL & DERRICK FRAZIER

5 Geoeconomics and energy for India GULSHAN SACHDEVA

Section-2 India’s "Immediate Neighbourhood"

6 India’s relations with Pakistan DAVID SCOTT

7 India’s relations with the Himalayan States SATISH KUMAR

8 India’s relations with Bangladesh HARSH PANT

9 India’s relations with Sri Lanka BRIAN ORLAND

10 India’s relations with Afghanistan RAGHAV SHARMA

11 India’s role in "regional" integration DAVID SCOTT

Section-3 India’s "Extended Neighbourhood"

12 Looking East 1: Southeast Asia and ASEAN ANINDYA BATABYAL

13 Looking East 2: East Asia and Australasia/Oceania WALTER LADWIG III

14 Looking South: Indian Ocean JAMES HOLMES

15 Looking West 1: Iran and the Gulf MUKUND NARVENKAR

16 Looking West 2: Beyond the Gulf P.R. KUMARASWAMY

17 Looking West 3: Africa AJAY DUBEY

18 Looking North: Central Asia and the SCO EMILIAN KAVALSKI

Section-4 India’s Great Power relations

19 India’s relations with Russia GULSHAN SACHDEVA

20 India’s relations with the European Union RAJENDRA K. JAIN

21 India’s relations with China HARSH PANT

22 India’s relations with the United States DAVID SCOTT

Section-5 India and Global Issues

23 India and its diaspora AJAY DUBEY

24 India and international terrorism ARPINT ANANT

25 India and the United Nations SREERAM CHAULIA

26 India and nuclear weapons CHRIS OGDEN

27 India and climate change UTTAM KUMAR SINHA

28 India and outer space S. VIJAYASEKHARA REDDY

Postscript DAVID SCOTT

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