India is emerging as a rising power in the global community. Other countries now have greater reason to engage with India but the nature of these relationships have changed as India gains greater international power. This book, the result of a workshop held at the Australia National University in 2011, brings together international experts to explore the successes and failures of Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States in regard to their relationships with India. They examine India’s responses and the ways that India has initiated connect with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics. Understanding India’s current place in international politics will help students, politicians, and researchers to predict the future direction of international systems. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
As India emerges as a significant global actor, diverse states have sought to engage India with divergent agendas and interests. Some states aspire to improve their relations with New Delhi, while others pursue the transformation of Indian foreign policy—and even India itself—to suit their interests. The Engagement of India explores the strategies that key states have employed to engage and shape the relationship with a rising and newly vibrant India, their successes and failures, and Indian responses—positive, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile—to engagement. A multinational team of contributors examine the ways in which Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States have each sought to engage India for various purposes, explore the ways in which India has responded, and assess India’s own strategies to engage with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics.
This informative analysis of the foreign relations of a key rising power, and first comparative study of engagement strategies, casts light on the changing nature of Indian foreign policy and the processes that shape its future. The Engagement of India should be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, diplomacy, and South Asia.
This book analyzes the strategies that different states have used to engage a rising India, their successes and failures, as well as India's responses. This analysis of the foreign relations of a key rising power, and comparative study of engagement strategies, casts light on the changing nature of Indian foreign policy.
