What is it about?
It is review of the book Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India's Foreign Policy by Amb Rajiv Sikri. This book takes stock of progress, setbacks and analysis of the important actors in India's foreign policy since the ascension of the National Democratic Alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, came to power in 2014.
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Why is it important?
The book Strategic Conundrums is the follow-up of the book Challenges and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy by Amb Rajiv Sikri. Reading the two books together provides a beginner's insights into the important actors and developments of India's foreign policy over the years.
Perspectives
The book follows a conventional actor-wise analysis of countries, focusing on India's relations with various individual countries. This approach, while useful, has overrun its purpose and it is pretty evident in the book. A simple thematic rearrangement of the contents of the book, rather than an actor-wise analysis, would have done greater justice to the purpose the book sets out to do. Moreover, the book does not address several important developments and actors of India's foreign policy
Neeraj B R
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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This page is a summary of: Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India’s Foreign Policy, Strategic Analysis, August 2025, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2025.2528357.
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