Interrogating India is a new series that looks critically at the common sense prevailing on some of the most pressing issues of our times.

Roots of Terrorism

Politics & Social Sciences

Bajpai, Kanti P.

Politics & Government

Penguin books.India

In this timely volume, two leading experts on India's foreign policy bring together essays written over the last 15 years by prominent scholars that challenge some of the commonly held perceptions about India's foreign policy. It explores and challenges several myths about Indian foreign policy-that it lacks strategic culture; there are no clearly discernible sets of principles; and it is largely idealistic in its orientation. The volume gives incisive insights into the key features of India's foreign policy. It also traces the changes that it has undergone over the years, and highlights contemporary policy challenges. In four sections, this volume analyses: India's thinking about its strategic culture and its conception of how to deal with the world; India's power and its foreign policy infrastructure; India's external relationships with major countries; and, finally, India's global diplomacy on issues of climate change and its approach to the WTO.

India's Foreign Policy: A Reader (Critical Issues in Indian Politics)

Pant, Harsh V.

Oxford University Press

In this timely volume, two leading experts on India's national security bring together some of the best writings on the subject by prominent scholars of international acclaim. It explores the conceptions of national security and security practices prevalent in India; and the ways in which they will be consequential not only for its people, but for South Asia broadly and for the world as a whole. In four sections, this volume analyses: India's internal security, with a special focus on insurgency and terrorism; the nuclear history of the country from 1947 to the nuclear tests of 1998; key bilateral and regional relationships; and a vital but neglected topic-the nature of and need for defence reforms.

India's National Security: A Reader (Critical Issues in Indian Politics)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

South Asia is a region of one billion people, divided into seven states and numerous religious, caste, ethnic, and linguistic groups. It is the site of ethnic and religious violence that is transnational in its implications; the region has seen four major wars and several war scares, most recently the India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir in 1990. South Asia may be on the edge of nuclearization. Even so, the region has an unheralded history of cooperative efforts and a strong record of democracysince 1988, all the major states of South Asia have elected governments. In this volume, a Western and regional cast of scholars, military analysts, and politicians assess the current security landscape in the South Asia region. Offering a balanced mix of perspectives, the contributors provide background information on long-standing conflicts, the impact that the Cold War had upon those conflicts, and thoughtful analysis of the future strategic dilemmas, as well as speculation on possible opportunities for peace for different countries in the region.

South Asia After The Cold War: International Perspectives

Cohen, Stephen P.

Westview Press

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