_____________________________________ Vol. 1, No.1 January - March 2006 _____________________________________ DEBATE Indo-US Strategic Partnership K. SUBRAHMANYAM Partnership, Not an Alliance BHARAT KARNAD Nuclear Deal: Partnership or Subordination DILIP LAHIRI Sell-out of India’s Independent Foreign Policy? SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN Losing Sight of the Big Picture _____________________________________ ORAL HISTORY India’s Response to the Soviet Military Intervention in Afghanistan (1979-80) I. K. GUJRAL Former Prime Minister, late Inder Kumar Gujral was India’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union 'intervened' in Afghanistan in 1979. The Soviet intervention also coincided with a change of Government in India. While Charan Singh was the Prime Minister on the day the Soviet troops entered Afghanistan, Indira Gandhi returned as Prime Minister within days thereafter. He recalls how India responded to the event. Download Full Text _____________________________________ ARTICLES ARUNDHATI GHOSH India and Non-Proliferation Regime: Consistency or Change? AMIT GUPTA India’s Soft Power  GIRIJESH PANT Energy Security and the Indian Foreign Policy  SATINDER K. LAMBAH India at United Nations Talks on Afghanistan (Bonn, 27 November - 5 December 2001)  G. V. C. NAIDU India and the Asia-Pacific: The Look East Policy ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN DIPLOMATS Streamlining Economic Diplomacy: A Ten-Point Plan _____________________________________ BOOK REVIEWS SHEBONTI RAY DADWAL India’s Energy Security: Prospects for Cooperation with Extended Neighbourhood by S. D. Muni and Girijesh Pant S. D. MUNI A Clash of Political Cultures: Sino-Indian Relations (1957-62) by Sudershan Bhutani SANJAY BHARADWAJ Indian Foreign Service: History and Challenge by J. N. Dixit	_____________________________________ Vol. 1, No. 2 April - June 2006 _____________________________________ DEBATE Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue V.P.MALIK Desirable, but Prone to Derailment SATISH CHANDRA Involvement with Sincerity Required NIRMALA DESHPANDE From Confrontation to Conciliation KALIM BAHADUR  No Quick-Fix Solutions _____________________________________ ORAL HISTORY India at the Rabat Islamic Summit (1969) GURBACHAN SINGH Late Ambassador Gurbachan Singh was the Indian Ambassador to Morocco and who, as acting Leader of the Indian Delegation, participated in one of the Plenary Sessions of the Summit Conference of Islamic Countries at Rabat in September 1969, provides an insider’s account Download Full Text _____________________________________ ARTICLES ABDUL NAFEY Trilateral Commission of IBSA Dialogue Forum: Imperatives and Opportunities for India D.C.  PATHAK Diplomacy and Intelligence SUDHA RAMACHANDRAN Engaging Myanmar’s Generals: Advantage India? PURNENDRA JAIN A Balancing Act: Japan’s Asia Challenge and India NAGESH KUMAR India and the Asian Economic Community:  Relevance, Approaches and Prospects for Pan-Asian Integration _____________________________________ BOOK REVIEWS V.S. SHETH Engaging with the World: Critical Reflections on India’s Foreign Policy by Rajen Harshe and K. M. Seethi SITAKANTA MISHRA Second Strike: Arguments About Nuclear War in South Asia by Rajesh Rajagopalan RAMASUBRAMANIAN RAKKAPPAN The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India’s Partition by Narendra Singh Sarila SAMIR RANJAN PRADHAN India’s Energy Security and the Arabian Gulf by Javed Ahmad Khan
_____________________________________ Vol. 1, No. 3 July - September 2006 _____________________________________ DEBATE Responding to a Rising China C.V. RANGANATHAN India and a Rising China JASJIT SINGH The Shifting Balance of Military Power in Asia MOHAN GURUSWAMY Closing Economic Gap SUJIT DUTTA Be Ready to Deal with Negative Imperatives _____________________________________ ORAL HISTORY The Evolution of the Indian Foreign Service Establishment K. S. BAJPAI K. S. Bajpai, former Ambassador of India, shares the contribution of his father, G.S. Bajpai, who, as its Secretary General, was the first head of independent India’s Foreign Office and of the IFS, to the Foreign Service Establishment. Download Full Text Nepal: Diplomacy Between Unequal Neighbours in our Times JAGAT S. MEHTA Jagat S. Mehta, Foreign Secretary of India from 1976 to 1979, recollects a phase of India’s relations with Nepal that saw the separation of Trade and Transit Treaties 1978, events leading to it and its repercussions. Download Full Text _____________________________________ ARTICLES DEB MUKHARJI A Perspective on Indo-Nepal Relations KRIPA SRIDHARAN Facets of a Maturing Relationship: India and Southeast Asia RAJESH M. BASRUR Minimum Deterrence: Fundamentals and Policy Implications P.R. KUMARASWAMY India-Israel Relations: Quo Vadis? D. SUBA CHANDRAN Pakistan’s Endgame in Kashmir: India’s Options _____________________________________ BOOK REVIEWS GURMEET KANWAL Kargil: From Surprise to Victory by General V.P. Malik SUJATA ASHWARYA CHEEMA India’s Foreign policy in the 21^st Century by V.D. Chopra; and Indian Foreign Policy: Continuity and Emerging Challenges by Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development KHRIEZODILHOU YHOME India’s World: Essays on Foreign Policy and Security Issues by Mohan Guruswamy AJAYA KUMAR DAS Impossible Allies: Nuclear India, United States and the Global Order by C. Raja Mohan	_____________________________________ Vol. 1, No. 4 October - December 2006 _____________________________________ DEBATE India and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) MANOJ PANT Time to Identify Offensive Interests VANDANA SHIVA WTO and Agrarian Crisis in India T.P. BHAT Shaping Agriculture Agenda RAJIV KUMAR India and the Doha Round: The Way Forward _____________________________________ ORAL HISTORY The "Mao’s Smile” Revisited: Sino-Indian Relations during an Important Period BRAJESH MISHRA Brajesh Mishra, former National Security Advisor and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India recalls his meeting as India’s Chargé d'affaires with Chairman Mao Tse Tung on 1 May 1970 and its larger implications. Download Full Text _____________________________________ ARTICLES ABID HUSSAIN Economic Diplomacy and its Significance for Foreign Policy ERIC GONSALVES India and the United Nations Reform YESHI CHOEDON India and the Current Concerns of UN Peacekeeping: Issues and Prospects CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA The Muslim Factor in Indo-US Relations NIRANJAN DESAI India and its Diaspora _____________________________________ BOOK REVIEWS PAUL SOREN The Maoist Insurgency and Nepal-India Relations, eds., by Shiva K. Dhungana BERYL ANAND A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India by Jaswant Singh VENKATESH LOKANATHAN US-Indian Strategic Cooperation into the 21st Century: More than Words, eds., by Sumit Ganguly et.al. P.C. MATHUR Globlisation, Democracy and Government in South Asia: Issues and Alternatives,eds., by Krishan Gopal et al.