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India: Emerging Power
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 954.052
EAN: 9780815700067
ISBN: 0815700067
Label: Brookings Institution Press
Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 377
Publication Date: 2001-08
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Studio: Brookings Institution Press
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Editorial Review:
For years, Americans have seen India as a giant but inept state. That negative image is now obsolete. After a decade of drift and uncertainty, India is taking its expected place as one of the three major states of Asia. Its pluralist, secular democracy has allowed the rise of hitherto deprived castes and ethnic communities. Economic liberalization is gathering steam, with six percent annual growth and annual exports in excess of $30 billion. India also has a modest capacity to project military power. The country will soon have a two-carrier navy and it is developing a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching all of Asia.
This landmark book provides the first comprehensive assessment of India as a political and strategic power since India's nuclear tests, its 1999 war with Pakistan, and its breakthrough economic achievements. Stephen P. Cohen examines the domestic and international causes of India's "emergence," he discusses the way social structure and tradition shape Delhi's perceptions of the world, and he explores India's relations with neighboring Pakistan and China, as well as the United States. Cohen argues that American policy needs to be adjusted to cope with a rising India-and that a relationship well short of alliance, but far more intimate than in the past, is appropriate for both countries.
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Rating:  - India's Quest for Great Power Status
Stephen P Cohen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and is their resident expert on South Asian strategic studies. Not only has he lived in Dehli for a number of years, he speaks Hindi and he has some unique insights as to how foreign policy is shaped inside the government based on his contacts with some of the key individuals. I have heard Cohen speak (English) on several occaisions and was impressed with the breadth and depth of his knowledge of South Asia.
In this book, ... Read More
Rating: - It is emerging, but how far will it go?
In the late 1980's the news media were full of stories about how there was a fundamental shift of economic and political power from North America and Europe to the western rim of the Pacific Ocean. Japan appeared to most to be an economic juggernaut and the Chinese economy was rapidly expanding. The Asian tigers of Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia also appeared to be smaller, yet very powerful economic entities. India was only rarely mentioned, and then largely as an afterthought. ... Read More
Rating:  - Workmanlike but over-optimistic book
Cohen's book covers a fair amount of ground and will be useful to someone who has not read much on India. However, this width of coverage almost inevitably means that depth of analysis is sacrificed.
This is particularly noticeable in the discussion of India's foreign policy, in the twists and turns that Cohen takes trying to explain India's stand on the Kashmir question, and especially in the over rosy view of the Indian economy. The latter is still bedevilled by an aggregate fiscal deficit of ... Read More
Rating: - Emerging or Merging Power
Stephen P Cohen contends that India's power is balanced and paradoxical. Its economy is thriving, yet it is likely to contain over half of the world's poorest people. Its strategic elite is ambitious, yet it has been unable to translate its civilization distinctiveness into international influence and respect. Further, while India has long been praised as the `world's largest democracy', the logic of democracy has triggered a series of domestic revolutions that are transforming the economy, the unique ... Read More
Rating: - great resource on India since 47
As India became an independent nation in 1947, it became the world's second largest country in population and the world's larges democracies. Cohen in India:Emerging Power looks at how India has been advancing since 1947. Cohen looks at the different influences on India such as non-alliance, the Nehru view, and the Gandhi view. Cohen also deals deals with India's interactions with other countries such as the Soviet Union and later Russia, United States, Africa, China and other South Asian countries. Cohen ... Read More
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