India and the Gulf
Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Shifts

Draws on the theories and methods of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis to study India's contemporary Gulf policy.

Harsh V. Pant (Edited by), Hasan T. Alhasan (Edited by)

9781009310840, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 June 2024

204 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.538 kg

India's foreign policy in the Gulf has been a confounding situation for years. From the oil boom of the 1970s until Manmohan Singh took office in 2004, the density of India's interactions with the region, in the form of migration, financial remittances, or trade, surpassed by multiple orders of magnitude India's diplomatic and strategic ties with the Gulf states. The volume aims to examine the subject from a variety of theoretical lenses and methodological approaches. It thus brings together various approaches to key contemporary themes of India's foreign policy towards the Gulf region. It treads a range of traditional and emergent themes in India's foreign policy in the Gulf region, including India's alignment choices, its strategic partnerships in the region, the paradiplomacy of Indian states in the region, and the management of Indian immigrants.

Introduction Harsh V. Pant and Hasan .T Alhasan
Part I. India's Regional Alignments and Partnerships in the Gulf: 1. India's Gulf Policy: From Nonalignment to Multialignment Md. Muddassir Quamar
2. India and the Gulf: Through the Prism of Neoclassical Realism Harsh V. Pant and Anant Singh Mann
3. India's Strategic Partnerships in the Gulf: Context, Objective and Components Manjari Singh
Part II. The Domestic Dimension of India's Gulf Policy: 4. Revisiting Non-alignment: Domestic Contestation of India's Role in the Gulf Hasan T. Alhasan
5. Indian Foreign Policy Toward the Gulf States: Strategic Narratives and Domestic Political Projects Stuti Bhatnagar
6. India's Paradiplomacy in with the Gulf region: Challenges and Opportunities Kabir Taneja.

Subject Areas: Geopolitics [JPSL], Diplomacy [JPSD], International relations [JPS], Central government policies [JPQB], Central government [JPQ], Political science & theory [JPA], Politics & government [JP]