India After Nonalignment: The Quest to Become a Pole in International Politics

The deep roots of India's changing role in international affairs

In 1947, India's adoption of a strategy of nonalignment was primarily seen as a way to preserve the country's sovereignty and independence amid Cold War rivalry. But what if preservation was actually ambition?

India After Nonalignment traces the history and evolution of India's foreign policy to uncover a century-old aspiration: the nation's ambition to become a distinct pole--a center of power, norms, and geopolitical activity-...