Ashok Kapur Livres

Focusing on India's influence in global politics during the early twenty-first century, this book explores the country's diplomatic strategies, geopolitical challenges, and emerging power dynamics. It examines India's relationships with major world powers and its contributions to international issues, offering insights into how it navigates a complex political landscape. The analysis highlights India's aspirations and the implications of its growing presence on the world stage.

Focusing on the Indo-Pacific region, this textbook explores key debates, frameworks, and issues relevant to international relations and geopolitics. It serves as a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers interested in Asian politics and security studies, offering insights into the complexities of this significant area.

The book explores the intricate triangular relationship among India, Pakistan, and China during the latter half of the twentieth century. It highlights how the rivalries between India and China, and India and Pakistan, alongside the alliance between Pakistan and China, have shaped regional power dynamics and influenced international relations in a significant area of conflict and transformation.

Asia has emerged as the centre of international conflict and change in the post-war era. In Europe the post-cold war approach is to adjust East-West power relationships without disturbing the territorial status quo, and to conduct foreign policy according to classical European principles of compromise and compensation. Asians are newcomers in world affairs. Asian diplomatic traditions differ from European ones, and there are many border disputes and power rivalries. The idea of 'Asia' was created by Europeans for Europeans and it led to Western dominance of Asia. From colonial subjects, Asians have become important players in military, economic and diplomatic affairs. To understand the Asian dimension of contemporary world affairs we need to take a fresh look at Asian diplomatic ideas and practices. This volume brings together recognised experts to explain the imperatives and external policies of different types of Asian states.