How Realist Is India’s National Security Policy?

Kanti Bajpai is Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His research interests are strategic culture studies, India’s foreign policy and national security, and South Asia. His most recent books are India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends (2021) and the co-edited volume Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations (2020).

• Introduction: Is India a Realist Power? 1. Deconstructing Indian Realism 2. Is India Realist? 3. Indian Realisms and Grand Strategic Choices 4. A Journey Without a Destination: The Cultural-Economy of a Great Power 5. India’s Realist Nuclear Posture for the 21st Century 6. Tactical Realism of India’s Conventional Military 7. The Real Tension Between Industrialisation and Indigenisation: How Realistic Is India’s Approach to Self-Reliance in Armaments? 8. Indian Foreign Policy Realism and India’s West Asia Policy 9. Look East, Act East: How Realist are Indian Policies Towards the ASEAN States? 10. India's Moderated Realism vs. China's Hard Realism 11. India and the United States: Clashing Interests and Geopolitics 12. Costs to India, Pakistan of Confrontational Policies: Regional Challenges and Opportunities

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