List of Tables and Box
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: India and Her Neighbours
1. India’s
Relations with Pakistan: Search for Multiple Dimensions
Introduction: Hostile Beginning
The 1990s: The Missed Opportunities
The New Century: The Old Saga Continues
Recommendations for the Future
Security
and strategic collaborations
Environmental
engagements
Increased
trade
Educational
and cultural exchanges
Plans
for settling the Kashmir imbroglio
Delinking
‘conditions’ from bilateral negotiations
Conclusion
2. India
and Sri Lanka: Ethnic Problems and Beyond
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
3. India
and Bangladesh: Close or a Distant Neighbour?
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
4. India
and Nepal: Emerging Issues
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security Relations
Recommendations for the Future
5. India’s
Relations with Bhutan: Strong as Usual
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security Relations
Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
6. India
and Afghanistan: The Democratic Formula
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
7. India–Myanmar
Relations: Trapped between Realism and Idealism
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security Relations
Recommendations for the Future
PART II: INDIA AND MAJOR POWERS
8. India
and the United States: Evolving Partnership
Introduction: Bilateral Relations during the
Cold War
Relations after the Cold War
From
Rao to Vajpayee’s Second Term (1991–99): Ups and Downs in Relations
The
Kargil Crisis and Beyond: Engagement Begins
Closer
Cooperation and Evolving Partnership in the New Century
Manmohan
Singh, the Civil Nuclear Agreement and Beyond
Prime
Minister Modi and India’s Relations with the US
Recommendations for the Future
9. India
and China: Competitors or Adversaries?
Introduction: Early Warmth to Animosity
Quest for Normalcy in Relations (1988–2000)
Political Relations in the New Century
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Conclusion: Perception Problems
10. India
and Russia: Rebuilding Older Ties
Introduction: Fresh Beginning on a Rich
Heritage
Political Relations in the New Century
Economic Relations
Security Relations
Recommendations for the Future
11. India
and Japan: Partners in Peace
Introduction
Political Relations in the New Century
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
12. India
and the European Union: Growing Relations
Introduction: A New Phase in Relationship
EU–India Ties in the 1990s
Cooperation in the New Century
I ndia–EU Economic Relations
India–EU Strategic Partnership
Conclusion: Action Plan for the Future
13. India
and Britain: Strategic Partners?
Introduction
Political Relations
Economic Relations
Security and Cultural Relations
Recommendations for the Future
14. India
and the ASEAN: Emerging Partnership
Introduction
The 1990s and Beyond: Growing Relations
From Fifth to Commemorative to 14th Summit
(2007–16):
Relations Mature
ASEAN–India Economic Relations
Conclusion: The Future of ASEAN–India
Relations
Bibliography
Index