Books in the War and International Politics in South Asia series

Deals with two significant issues: the peculiar and paradoxical question of why regular armies, better suited to fighting conventional high-intensity wars, adopt inappropriate measures when fighting guerilla wars; and the evolution of the Indian army's counterinsurgency doctrine.

Drawing upon rich and diverse narratives that have informed Indiäs strategic discourse, security and foreign policy, this book presents a comprehensive and insightful study of Indiäs `grand strategy¿ from ancient to contemporary times. It charts a new agenda for strategic thinking on postcolonial India from a non-Western perspective.

Making the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party's nuclear tests in 1998 as starting point, this book examines how opinion amongst India's 'attentive' public shifted from supporting nuclear abstinence to accepting - and even feeling a need for - an assertive policy, by examining the complexities of the debate in India on nuclear policy in the 1990s.

Drawing upon rich and diverse narratives that have informed Indiäs strategic discourse, security and foreign policy, this book presents a comprehensive and insightful study of Indiäs `grand strategy¿ from ancient to contemporary times. It charts a new agenda for strategic thinking on postcolonial India from a non-Western perspective.

Interrogates the disciplinary biases and firewalls that inform mainstream international relations, and problematises the several tropes that have come to typify the strategic histories of post-colonial societies such as India. Questioning a range of long-held cultural representations on India, this book challenges such portrayals.

Examines the trajectory of India's foreign policy in the 21st century, through a range of studies that cut across various geographical regions, theoretical frameworks and policy issues. This book contains essays that attempt to answer some questions in Indian foreign policy.

Tracing the trajectory of India's foreign policy in the 21st century, this book examines the factors that have shaped the Indian response towards this emerging international security environment. Including a new Afterword, this updated volume looks at the major influences that have shaped India's foreign policy in recent years.