Diplomacy Of India: Then And Now

This is a first major attempt to analyse the whole gamut ofIndia's foreign policy during the fifty years of its independence. Combiningdifferent methodological approaches, the author has divided the book in threedifferent parts. The first is devoted to the factors that determine thecountry's foreign policy. While there are a number of them, the focus has beenlaid principally on the environmental factors, the most important of which aredomestic, regional and global environments. Cleary, they are the major inputs inthe determination of Indian diplomatic behaviour. The second part is devoted tothe four goals that are the very basis of India's behaviour vis-à-vis theoutside world. They are security, modernisation, regional hegemony andinternational role-playing. The book defines each of these goals, and analysesits evolution during the last fifty years. The third part pertains to decision-making. After systematically investigating the different institutions that are involvedin the process, the author has introduced a new dimension - the dimension of the personalityfactor. In this connection, the book has investigated the role of all theIndian Prime Minister - from Jawaharlal Nehru to Atal Behari Vajpayee.