T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is also the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Paul is the author or editor of 22 books, co-editor of 4 special journal issues, and author of over 80 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia. His books include Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era (Yale University Press, 2018); The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World (Oxford University Press, 2013); Globalization and the National Security State (with Norrin M. Ripsman, Oxford University Press, 2010); The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons (Stanford University Press, 2009); and India in theWorld Order: Searching for Major-Power Status (with Baldev Raj Nayar, Cambridge University Press, 2002). He is the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2021). Paul currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, South Asia in World Affairs.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Pursuit Chapter 3: Hard Power Chapter 4: Soft Power Chapter 5: The Great Powers Chapter 6: The Neighbors Chapter 7: State Capacity Chapter 8: The Future

As India rises, T.V. Paul's The Unfinished Quest is essential to understand India's long-standing aspirations to be a great power and its ability to overcome both external and internal obstacles. Paul's deep expertise informs an incisive, timely analysis and provides original insights into what it takes for a state to acquire great power status.

T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is also the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Paul is the author or editor of 22 books, co-editor of 4 special journal issues, and author of over 80 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia. His books include Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era (Yale University Press, 2018); The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World (Oxford University Press, 2013); Globalization and the National Security State (with Norrin M. Ripsman, Oxford University Press, 2010); The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons (Stanford University Press, 2009); and India in theWorld Order: Searching for Major-Power Status (with Baldev Raj Nayar, Cambridge University Press, 2002). He is the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2021). Paul currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, South Asia in World Affairs.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Pursuit Chapter 3: Hard Power Chapter 4: Soft Power Chapter 5: The Great Powers Chapter 6: The Neighbors Chapter 7: State Capacity Chapter 8: The Future

As India rises, T.V. Paul's The Unfinished Quest is essential to understand India's long-standing aspirations to be a great power and its ability to overcome both external and internal obstacles. Paul's deep expertise informs an incisive, timely analysis and provides original insights into what it takes for a state to acquire great power status.

T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as the President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for 2016-17. He is also the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). Paul is the author or editor of 22 books, co-editor of 4 special journal issues, and author of over 80 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia. His books include Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era (Yale University Press, 2018); The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World (Oxford University Press, 2013); Globalization and the National Security State (with Norrin M. Ripsman, Oxford University Press, 2010); The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons (Stanford University Press, 2009); and India in theWorld Order: Searching for Major-Power Status (with Baldev Raj Nayar, Cambridge University Press, 2002). He is the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2021). Paul currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown University Press book series, South Asia in World Affairs.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Pursuit Chapter 3: Hard Power Chapter 4: Soft Power Chapter 5: The Great Powers Chapter 6: The Neighbors Chapter 7: State Capacity Chapter 8: The Future

As India rises, T.V. Paul's The Unfinished Quest is essential to understand India's long-standing aspirations to be a great power and its ability to overcome both external and internal obstacles. Paul's deep expertise informs an incisive, timely analysis and provides original insights into what it takes for a state to acquire great power status.