Kautilyas Arthashastra

Auteur

Kajari Kamal is an Associate Professor at Takshashila Institution, Bangalore, India. She is a guest speaker at premier defence institutions in India. Her research interests include ancient strategic thought, grand strategy, and strategic culture.

Texte du rabat

This book studies India's foreign policy through the lens of Kautilya's Arthashastra, an ancient Indian treatise on state and statecraft.

Contenu

Foreword

Preface

Glossary of Sanskrit/Hindi Terms

Introduction

1 Kautilya's Arthashastra : Central Paradigm and Grand Strategic Preferences 1

2 Nehruvian Foreign Policy (1947-1964): Realism and Idealism

3 Shastri and Indira (1964-1984): Righteous Wars

4 Rajiv and Rao (1984-1998): Modernization and Liberalization

5 Vajpayee and Singh (1998-2014): Alignment and Autonomy

6 Modi's Foreign Policy (2014-2019): Peace and Power

7 Grand Strategic Preferences and India's Nuclear Doctrine

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index