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Foreword Chinmaya R Gharekhan; Preface; The 21st Century World; India and South Asia; Pakistan and Afghanistan; Bangladesh, Myanmar and Northeast Region; Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan; Tibet and China; 'Look East' Policy; Persian Gulf, Palestine and Israel; Russia and Eurasia; United States and Nuclear Issues; Energy Security; Economic Diplomacy; Defence and Diplomacy; Traditions and Institutions; India's Strategic Choices; India Rising?; Index

The book examines India's current and looming foreign policy challenges from a strategic and policy-oriented perspective. It analyzes the long-term factors and trends that should determine the country's foreign policy formulation. The author urges a reappraisal of India's approach if it is to become a major player in the complex and rapidly evolving 21st century world. Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy focuses on India's immediate and strategic neighbourhood. It also looks at important issues like energy security, economic diplomacy, the interaction between defence and

The current global debate about resource competition and resource nationalism is frequently situated only in the context of natural resources, particularly energy sources. However, an equally keen and perhaps more vital competition is taking place over capital, labour and technology, the other key factors of production. Nonetheless, the current and looming conflicts over natural resources centre on energy sources, particularly oil. Given its location and size, its economic and military strength and potential, and its position as a growing consumer of energy, India will be very much a part of global energy geopolitics in the coming years. Since energy flows and energy projects are often key determinants of many bilateral relationships, and invariably have a regional, at times even a global, significance, India needs to give much greater and more focused attention to energy issues in its security and foreign policy perspective.