In Making India Great, Aparna Pande examines the challenges we face in the areas of social, economic, military and foreign policy and strategy, and points to the dichotomy that lies at the heart of the nation – our belief in becoming a global power and the reluctance to implement policies and take actions that would help us achieve that goal.įull Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020 is a sweeping account of war and conflict in contemporary India over the past five decades. In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explains ‘the narrative’ and how a country’s ability to construct, sustain and control narratives, at home and abroad, enhances its strength and position. It looks at the economic dimensions and cultural connect, and the internal political and social transformations in China that continue to shape both the country’s future and its relations with India. India’s China Challenge tells the story of a complex political relationship, and how China – and its leading opinion-makers – view India. India’s China Challenge by Ananth Krishnan The McMahon Line analyses the repercussions for contemporary times and puts forth recommendations for the way ahead.
Singh examines the evolution of the boundary and the nuances of British India’s Tibet policy from the eighteenth century through to India’s Independence. He places this thinking in the context of history and tradition, appropriate for a civilizational power that seeks to reclaim its place on the world stage. Jaishankar, the country’s Minister of External Affairs, analyses the challenges of putting India on the path to becoming a leading power and spells out possible policy responses. Browse these 7 books that will walk you through the evolution of India’s international relations and help you contextualize its place in the world: Keeping this in mind, we have put together a remarkable list that delves into our history and contemplates our future. Amidst this fast-changing geopolitical landscape, it is incumbent on citizens to understand the position of their country, strengths and weaknesses. While we hope the situation is contained, it likely to reshape Indian geopolitics and economic development. A large part of India’s foreign policy has been developed around preserving territorial integrity, and with the current border crisis unfolding, this has taken centre-stage. The world today stands at a juncture that is a defining period for foreign policy.
Economics, Finance, Business and Management.Provocative and always willing to take on the conventional wisdom, Nyabola emerges with this book as an important observer of contemporary Africa and its position in the world. The passion, erudition, and fluidity of Nyabola’s writing is attractive, even when the arguments occasionally fail to convince. The book also features a lovely essay about the life and legacy of the South African author Bessie Head, who lived much of her life in exile in Botswana and died in relative poverty. Other essays explore her outrage at European immigration policy and its human cost and the question of whether mobility should be a human right and not just the purview of a small, usually Western and white elite. She visits Haiti as a volunteer for a human rights group and ruminates on the fact that locals call her “white” because she is foreign and educated. As Nicolas van de Walle describes in his Foreign Affairs review, Nanjala notes that “it is by leaving home that people find their identity. FPI Fellow Nanjala is always on the go, as a speaker and thinker, from her home base in Nairobi.