✍ Scribed by Sumit Ganguly
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These essays examine India's relations with key powers including the Russian Federation, China and the USA and with key adversaries in the global arena in the aftermath of the Cold War. One positive relationship is that of India's relations with Israel since 1992.
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements and Dedication......Page 7
1 Introduction......Page 8
NOTES......Page 12
2 The US-India Courtship: From Clinton to Bush......Page 13
NOTES......Page 35
A PAIRED-MINORITY CONFLICT......Page 37
Generations and Chosen Griefs......Page 39
Traditions: New and Invented......Page 40
PAKISTAN VIEWS INDIA......Page 42
Fleeing the Relationship......Page 44
Assimilation......Page 45
Altering Perceptions......Page 46
Seeking Outside Allies......Page 48
KASHMIR......Page 49
Resolution: A Record of Failure......Page 52
Towards a Solution?......Page 54
RESOLUTION OR PERMANENT HOSTILITY?......Page 55
INDIA’S DILEMMA......Page 59
NOTES......Page 61
4 Toward a ‘Force-in-Being’: The Logic, Structure, and Utility of India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture......Page 65
THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE ‘FORCE-IN-BEING’......Page 67
Limited in Size......Page 69
Separated in Disposition......Page 78
Centralized in Control......Page 84
THE FUTURE OF THE ‘FORCE-IN-BEING’......Page 99
NOTES......Page 103
ASYMMETRIC THREAT PERCEPTIONS......Page 111
CHINA IN INDIAN OFFICIAL DEFENSE REPORTS......Page 112
INDIA IN CHINESE OFFICIAL SECURITY STATEMENTS......Page 114
ASYMMETRICAL COVERAGE IN ELITE FOREIGN POLICY JOURNALS......Page 115
A CASE STUDY OF COGNITIVE ASYMMETRY: INDIA’S 1998 TESTS......Page 117
THE MOBILIZATION FUNCTION OF CHINESE OPEN MEDIA......Page 121
CHINA’S GREATER SUCCESS IN SHAPING THE EXISTING STATUS QUO: TIBET......Page 123
COUNTER-FACTUAL PROPOSITION I: WHAT IF INDIAN TIBETAN POLICY IN 1950–51 HAD BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE?......Page 124
COUNTER-FACTUAL PROPOSITION II: WHAT IF INDIA HAD WON THE 1962 WAR?......Page 126
COUNTER-FACTUAL PROPOSITION III: WHAT IF INDIA HAD ABORTED THE SINO-PAKISTAN ENTENTE?......Page 128
CONCLUSION......Page 131
NOTES......Page 132
6 Indo-Russian Strategic Relations: New Choices and Constraints......Page 135
THE GLOBAL SYSTEMS LEVEL: LIVING WITH UNIPOLARITY......Page 136
Russia’s Search for Identity and Impact on India......Page 137
Reconciling Global Differences......Page 139
BILATERAL LEVEL: THE TECHNO-COMMERCIAL IMPULSE......Page 141
Arms Link......Page 142
Nuclear Cooperation......Page 144
REGIONAL LEVEL: THE EURASIAN AND ASIAN BALANCE OF POWER......Page 147
The China Factor......Page 148
The Pakistan Factor......Page 150
POST-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 STRATEGIC SHIFTS......Page 151
CONCLUSION......Page 152
NOTES......Page 153
7 The Indo-French Strategic Dialogue: Bilateralism and World Perceptions......Page 157
THE BACKGROUND......Page 158
The Scope for Improvement......Page 159
1998: THE WATERSHED......Page 160
A New Awareness......Page 161
President Chirac’s Visit......Page 162
After the Nuclear Tests......Page 163
The Strategic Dialogue......Page 165
The Science and Technology Links......Page 166
The Defense Relationship......Page 167
Kashmir and Terrorism......Page 169
The Maritime Dimension......Page 170
Looking for More Investments......Page 171
Defense Equipment Constraints......Page 172
The Dual Technology Issue and the Nuclear Energy Conundrum......Page 173
The Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Issues......Page 175
France and the India-US Rapprochement......Page 176
The European Dimension......Page 178
MULTIPOLARITY AND THE INDO-FRENCH DIALOGUE: BETWEEN PRINCIPLED VISIONS AND REALPOLITIK......Page 179
NOTES......Page 184
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND SPEECHES......Page 188
8 India and Israel: Emerging Partnership......Page 192
NORMALIZATION AND AFTER......Page 197
From Rhetoric to Substance......Page 200
CONCLUSION......Page 203
NOTES......Page 204
9 The Political Economy of India’s Second-Generation Reforms......Page 207
SECOND GENERATION REFORMS AND COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT......Page 208
RAJIV GANDHI’S REFORM EFFORTS......Page 210
THE 1990S: A DECADE OF REFORM......Page 212
Expansion of the Indian Public Sector......Page 214
Privatization......Page 216
The Strained Disinvestment of BALCO......Page 218
CONCLUSION......Page 221
NOTES......Page 222
Abstracts......Page 225
About the Contributors......Page 228
Index......Page 229
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