New Directions in India's Foreign Policy Theory and Praxis

India's foreign policy has witnessed a dramatic transformation since the end of the Cold War. Though academic study of Indian foreign policy has also shown a degree of maturity, theoretical developments have been underwhelming. Scholars have introduced new concepts and examined Indian foreign policy through new prisms, but a cohesive research agenda has not yet been charted. This volume intends to fill that void. It brings together new cutting-edge research in the field of Indian foreign policy - both at the theoretical and empirical level - so as to shape the discourse on foreign policy of one of the most important players in global politics. This volume explores key concepts like 'constructivism' and 'territoriality' and analyses their contribution to the academic discourse on Indian foreign policy. Issues such as the 'Indo-Pacific' and the 'responsibility to protect' have also been examined to address the expanding horizons of Indian foreign policy.

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Harsh V. Pant; Part I. Theoretical Evolution: 2. Power and Indian foreign policy Rohan Mukherjee; 3. Constructivism and Indian foreign policy Priya Chacko; 4. Exploring historical memory and Indian foreign policy Manjari Chatterjee Miller; 5. A doubled geography: geobody, land, and sea in Indian security thought Itty Abraham; 6. Foreign policy analysis and Indian foreign policy Harsh V. Pant and Avinash Paliwal; Part II. Emerging Themes: 7. Non-alignment and beyond Harsh V. Pant and Julie M. Super; 8. India and multilateralism: concepts, new trajectories and theorizing Arndt Michael; 9. India and the responsibility to protect Ian Hall; 10. India and the Indo-Pacific discourse David Scott; 11. India and nuclear deterrence Rajesh Basrur; 12. India and its diaspora Latha Varadarajan; Notes on contributors; Bibliography; Index.

Harsh V. Pant is Distinguished Fellow and Director of Research at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He holds a joint appointment as Professor of International Relations in Defence Studies Department and the India Institute at King's College London.