India, Global Powers and West Asia Political and Economic Dynamics

by Alam, Anwar

• ISBN13: 9788177082616
• ISBN10: 8177082612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-03
• Publisher: New Century Publications

Summary

India's economic interests and its self imagination as an emerging global power have assumed a higher priority in defining India's foreign policy and security goals since early 1990s. This has guided the Indian policy makers to intensify its engagements with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel and other GCC countries -- around which Indian foreign policy in the region revolves today in the political and economic sense of the term. This book deals with evolving political and economic dynamics and interactions of India with global and regional powers in West Asia, with particular focus on Persian Gulf in the post-Cold War period. It examines India's multi-dimensional relations with global powers such as USA, Russia, China and regional powers and organisations like Iran, Israel, Turkey and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) respectively.

Table of Contents

The Book	p. v
Editor's Profile	p. vi
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: India, Changing Global Power Structure and West Asia	p. xiii
Relations with Israel and India's Great Power Aspirations	p. 1
Impact of India's Partnership with Israel: Major Trends in the Post-Cold War Period	p. 16
Turkish-Indian Relations after the Cold War: Perspectives and Policies	p. 31
Incongruent Triangle: China Factor in India-GCC Ties	p. 55
China as an Economic Rival of India in the Gulf	p. 84
India and the GCC-Trade and Geopolitical Engagements	p. 106
Resurgent Russia and the Gulf	p. 142
India's Energy Requirements, Natural Gas and the Persian Gulf	p. 161
US-Iran Rivalries in the Region and its Implications for India	p. 179
Containment and Competition between US and Iran in the Caspian Sea Region: Implications for India	p. 198
Index	p. 229
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