Tridib Chakrabortiis a former Professor and Ex-Head of the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, kolkata. Currently, Emeritus Professor & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, Barasat, KolkataJhilam Poptani is an Assistant Professor in Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India

• Introduction: The “Idiosyncratic” Roles of Indian Leaders: Nehru to VajpayeeChapter 1: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Ideological Evolution: Religious and PoliticalChapter 2: India’s Extended Neighbourhood and International Cooperation with Regional OrganizationsChapter 3: Nationalist Perspectives of India’s (Close) Neighbourhood: An Analytical StudyChapter 4: Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Leader of the OppositionChapter 5: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Prime Ministerial Foreign Policy: Vision and RealismChapter 6: Vajpayee Major Foreign Policy Shifts: Nuclear and Natural Ally ParadigmsConclusion: Highlights and Challenges of Vajpayee’s Diplomacy

“ Jhilam Poptani and Tridib Chakraborti’s book re-tells the continuity of tradition in Indian Foreign policy and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s venture to balance the vagaries of realpolitik to India’s moral convictions and ethical visions of international relations without compromising to its commitments to domestic compulsions.”

Tridib Chakrabortiis a former Professor and Ex-Head of the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, kolkata. Currently, Emeritus Professor & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, Barasat, KolkataJhilam Poptani is an Assistant Professor in Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India

• Introduction: The “Idiosyncratic” Roles of Indian Leaders: Nehru to VajpayeeChapter 1: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Ideological Evolution: Religious and PoliticalChapter 2: India’s Extended Neighbourhood and International Cooperation with Regional OrganizationsChapter 3: Nationalist Perspectives of India’s (Close) Neighbourhood: An Analytical StudyChapter 4: Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Leader of the OppositionChapter 5: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Prime Ministerial Foreign Policy: Vision and RealismChapter 6: Vajpayee Major Foreign Policy Shifts: Nuclear and Natural Ally ParadigmsConclusion: Highlights and Challenges of Vajpayee’s Diplomacy

“ Jhilam Poptani and Tridib Chakraborti’s book re-tells the continuity of tradition in Indian Foreign policy and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s venture to balance the vagaries of realpolitik to India’s moral convictions and ethical visions of international relations without compromising to its commitments to domestic compulsions.”

Tridib Chakrabortiis a former Professor and Ex-Head of the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, kolkata. Currently, Emeritus Professor & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, Barasat, KolkataJhilam Poptani is an Assistant Professor in Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India

• Introduction: The “Idiosyncratic” Roles of Indian Leaders: Nehru to VajpayeeChapter 1: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Ideological Evolution: Religious and PoliticalChapter 2: India’s Extended Neighbourhood and International Cooperation with Regional OrganizationsChapter 3: Nationalist Perspectives of India’s (Close) Neighbourhood: An Analytical StudyChapter 4: Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Leader of the OppositionChapter 5: Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Prime Ministerial Foreign Policy: Vision and RealismChapter 6: Vajpayee Major Foreign Policy Shifts: Nuclear and Natural Ally ParadigmsConclusion: Highlights and Challenges of Vajpayee’s Diplomacy

“ Jhilam Poptani and Tridib Chakraborti’s book re-tells the continuity of tradition in Indian Foreign policy and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s venture to balance the vagaries of realpolitik to India’s moral convictions and ethical visions of international relations without compromising to its commitments to domestic compulsions.”