US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy

Harsh V. Pant is Professor of International Relations at King's College London, UK. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., USA. His current research is focused on Asian security issues. Yogesh Joshi is a research scholar at the Center for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has been a fellow at Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University, USA, and is currently an international PhD partnering fellow at Defence Studies Department, King's College London, UK.

• 1. Introduction 2. Power Transition in Asia and Indian Foreign Policy 3. Indo-US Ties in the Age of 'Pivot' 4. India's China Challenge 5. The Indo-Japanese Strategic Partnership 6. India and Regional Balance of Power in Asia 7. Conclusion

“Harsh Pant and Yogesh Joshi’s book is a comprehensive study on India’s responses to China’s rise and the transition of power from an extant hegemon, the United States (US), to the rising challenger, China. … This book is invaluable to anyone with an interest in Asian affairs. Its clear narrative, analytical strength and abundant examples make this a fascinating read, even for the layperson.” (Ann Mary George, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 55 (2), 2017)“This pithy and readable book examines India’s responses to China’s increasingly assertive approaches to its neighbours and to the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific, signaled by Barack Obama in late 2011. … it provides one of the best short accounts of India’s evolving approach to the changing strategic balance in the region.” (Professor Ian Hall, Australian Institute of International Affairs, June, 2016)