Global Security Watch-India

by Amit Gupta

Overview

This new volume in the Global Security Watch series examines the contemporary foreign, military, and security policies of India as it moves towards becoming a formidable global power in the coming decades.

India is poised to join the major nations of the world as one of the next superpowers in the multi-polar, 21st-century world. At the same time, it still faces significant domestic problems such as widespread poverty and public health issues, and faces considerable security threats posed by China and Pakistan.

Author Amit Gupta, PhD, an esteemed scholar and expert on foreign policy and weapons proliferation in South Asia, argues that India's quest to attain a superpower status will depend on how it develops its relationships with the other leading nations. Another determining factor for India's success lies in its ability to create a more advantageous security environment in the immediate Indian Ocean region. Global Security Watch—India tackles complex topics such as future Indian foreign and security policy options and the corresponding implications for U.S. policy, how the India–China relationship affects relations among other Asian countries, and the capabilities of the Indian military-industrial complex.

• Includes brief biographies of important figures

• Contains a chapter that predicts where India will stand in 2025

• Provides a bibliography of primary sources for additional reading

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313395871
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Series:	Praeger Security International
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Amit Gupta, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of International Security Studies, USAF Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1 India: Domestic and International Considerations in an Age of Globalization 1

Chapter 2 Indian Arms Acquisition and Production 19

Chapter 3 India and Pakistan: The Enduring Conflict 37

Chapter 4 China 57

Chapter 5 India and the United States 75

Chapter 6 The Indian-American Diaspora and Its Impact on Politics and Foreign Policy 103

Chapter 7 Russia 123

Chapter 8 India and the Indo-Pacific 135

Chapter 9 India: Emerging Power or Always the Bridesmaid? 155

Bibliography 175

Index 185

Editorial Reviews

In sum, the author has done an excellent job in explaining the domestic and external challenges that India faces in the 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels.” —Choice

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