Foreign Policy Dynamics : Moscow and India\'s International Conflicts

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Foreign policy imperatives: The Soviet Union and India. 3. The Kashmir war of 1947. 4. The liberation of Goa, 1961. 5. The Sino-Indian conflict, 1962. 6. The Rann of Kutch dispute, 1965. 7. The Kashmir war of 1965. 8. The Indo-Pak war of 1971. 9. From Soviet Union to Russia: imperatives of foreign policy. 10. Russia and India: hiatus, resurrection, consolidation. 11. Russia and the proxy war in Kashmir. 12. Conclusion. Epilogue. The Kargil conflict. Bibliography. Index.

"This is a dual-regime analysis covering both the cold war and the post-Soviet periods. Attitudinal manifestations on India\'s conflicts with Pakistan, Portugal and China, range from perceptions of Stalin and Khrushchev to those of Yeltsin. It focuses on the geopolitical, strategic, domestic and ideological compulsions of external policy and positions.

"The book probes the impact of regime transformation--from the Soviet Union to Russia--on Moscow\'s foreign policy premises. What were post-Soviet Russia\'s attitudes towards India and particularly, on the proxy war in Kashmir? Interwoven into the study are conceptual delineations related to power status, image projection and interest convergence, which transcend cold-war/post-Soviet boundaries." (jacket)