India's Foreign Policy By Rajiv Sikri Case Study
The writing and researching on India's foreign policy have always been constrained by lack of access to data which is reliable and authentic due to various secret and closely guarded archives. Though, its hard for many to reach there, the experiences of policymakers through their writings can help in overcoming this constraint and help in reflecting on what they saw through their years in services. Rajiv Sikri's book falls into this category where he has tried his best to peep into India's ministry of external affairs and gave his readers a vision and perspective on India's foreign policy.
Sikri has tried to discuss a wide range of issues and areas of foreign policy which covers not only institutional but also a cultural and traditional …show more content…
though India in 2002 recognized it as a part of China in return for China's soft position on Sikkim and merger with India. But without the resolution of Tibet issue, there can be no solution on sino India border dispute.While pleading for peaceful relations with China, the author prescribes moves that are bound to generate heat in Sino-Indian relations, that is, claim the ownership of Kailash and Mansarovar, as also the Karakoram Highway and the part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ceded by Pakistan in 1963; build up counter pressures on China by mobilising support from the US and Japan; counter China's capabilities in the Indian Ocean. There is an inherent contradiction between these …show more content…
that is it is more of solution oriented with new ideas and approches. few of His suggestions are so conflicting and impractical but few are worth considering . for instance , his suggestion that India should not consider Russia a defeated power and should built her relation wth russia on techo-economic grounds. He also suggested India to solve the technical and political problems in the piplelines from central asia and iran unlike china . This book also argues for Usa closeness with India signals Asian countries that its usa not india which can be a problem solver and can justify usa's pivot to asia policy as china already have conflicts in south china sea. India didnot seem to look for long term security issues that gives her regugee and more recently illustration of it is
Sikri has tried to discuss a wide range of issues and areas of foreign policy which covers not only institutional but also a cultural and traditional …show more content…
though India in 2002 recognized it as a part of China in return for China's soft position on Sikkim and merger with India. But without the resolution of Tibet issue, there can be no solution on sino India border dispute.While pleading for peaceful relations with China, the author prescribes moves that are bound to generate heat in Sino-Indian relations, that is, claim the ownership of Kailash and Mansarovar, as also the Karakoram Highway and the part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ceded by Pakistan in 1963; build up counter pressures on China by mobilising support from the US and Japan; counter China's capabilities in the Indian Ocean. There is an inherent contradiction between these …show more content…
that is it is more of solution oriented with new ideas and approches. few of His suggestions are so conflicting and impractical but few are worth considering . for instance , his suggestion that India should not consider Russia a defeated power and should built her relation wth russia on techo-economic grounds. He also suggested India to solve the technical and political problems in the piplelines from central asia and iran unlike china . This book also argues for Usa closeness with India signals Asian countries that its usa not india which can be a problem solver and can justify usa's pivot to asia policy as china already have conflicts in south china sea. India didnot seem to look for long term security issues that gives her regugee and more recently illustration of it is