India : emerging power / Stephen Philip Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Politics and government--1977-.

India.

India--Economic conditions--1947-.

India--Foreign relations--1984-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.

Summary:

For years, Americans have seen India as a giant but inept state. That negative image is now obsolete. After a decade of drift and uncertainty, India is taking its expected place as one of the three major states of Asia. Its pluralist, secular democracy has allowed the rise of hitherto deprived castes and ethnic communities. Economic liberalization is gathering steam, with six percent annual growth and annual exports in excess of 30 billion. India also has a modest capacity to project military power. The country will soon have a two-carrier navy and it is developing a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching all of Asia. This landmark book provides the first comprehensive assessment of India as a political and strategic power since India's nuclear tests, its 1999 war with Pakistan, and its breakthrough economic achievements. Stephen P. Cohen examines the domestic and international causes of India's "emergence," he discusses the way social structure and tradition shape Delhi's perceptions of the world, and he explores India's relations with neighboring Pakistan and China, as well as the United States. Cohen argues that American policy needs to be adjusted to cope with a rising India--and that a relationship well short of alliance, but far more intimate than in the past, is appropriate for both countries.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction

Situating India

The World View of India's Strategic Elite

The India That Can't Say Yes

The Domestic Dimension

India as a Military Power

India as a Nuclear Power

India and Pakistan

India as an Asian Power

India and the United States

India Rising

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-356) and index.

ISBN:

9780815798392

0815798393