Since 1947, India's foreign policy has witnessed a judicious and
progressive course from the Nehruvian period's social agenda to economic
liberalisation, and an increased interest in participating on the world
stage as a significant political and economic power. This shift has
manifested in several significant foreign policy decisions in the last
two decades, such as the move away from non-alignment to the Indo-U.S.
nuclear deal and participation in the Copenhagen climate change
negotiation. A handful of expert policymakers and advisors have been
instrumental in driving these changes in foreign policy and diplomacy,
with Saran as a key figure among them. In this new book, 'How India Sees
the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century', using the prism of Kautilya's
Arthashastra and other ancient treatises on statecraft, Saran show the
historical sources of India's worldview. He looks at India's
neighbourhood and the changing wider world through this lens and arrives
at fascinating conclusions like the claims that the world is hurtling
towards Chinese unipolarity are overblown; international borders are
becoming irrelevant as climate change and cyber terror bypass them; and
India shouldn't hold its breath for a resolution to its border disputes
with China and Pakistan in the foreseeable future.
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