India’s Great Power Politics

Jo Inge Bekkevold is Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He was previously a career diplomat, with several postings to East Asia.S. Kalyanaraman is Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

• List of figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Part I: India and China’s rise 1. India’s Great Power Politics: A Framework for Analysis Jo Inge Bekkevold and S. Kalyanaraman 2. India in China’s Grand Strategy: Change and Continuity from 1949 to Present Jo Inge Bekkevold 3. India’s Response to the China Threat Since 1949 S. Kalyanaraman 4. India’s China Policy under Modi: Growing Co-operation, Enduring Disagreement, Increasing Rivalry Sunniva Engh Part II : China’s Rise and India’s Neighbourhood Policy 5. India’s "Neighbourhood First" Policy and the Chinese Challenge: The Cases of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka S.D. Muni 6. India and the Emerging Sino–Iranian Partnership John W. Garver 7. India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation P. Stobdan 8. Cultures of Pluralism in India’s Soft Power Strategy Constantino Xavier Part III: India and the Great Powers 9. India, the United States and the Indo–Pacific Region Jayant Prasad 10. India’s US Policy under Modi: Alignment and Strategic Autonomy Redefined Harsh V. Pant 11. The Changing Geopolitical Landscape of India–Russia Relations P.S. Raghavan 12. India and Japan’s Grand Bargain in the Context of China’s Rise Rohan Mukherjee Part IV: Concluding Observations 13 Indian Strategies on China: Past, Present and Future Jo Inge Bekkevold and S. Kalyanaraman. Index.

"An excellent volume on the multidimensional relationship between China and India and the emerging patterns of conflict and cooperation between the two rising powers. A must-read for anyone interested in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, past, present and future."– T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Canada"This examination of Delhi's long record on balancing and befriending China offers important insights into the making of India's great power relations."– C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore"A volume of incisive essays, most opportune in the 70th year of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and China."– Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi "This is a multi-faceted and very rich compilation of Indian responses to China's rise, with contributions from leading scholars."– Jonathan Holslag, Professor of International Politics, Free University of Brussels