A4
Hard-cover
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2011
Pages: 94
ISBN: 9788171888955
In association with ORF, New Delhi
INR 595
A comprehensive study of China is one of the most important areas of research at Observer Research Foundation. The ORF China Studies Programme has been closely following the emergence of India’s great neighbour on the global centre-stage as a military and economic superpower. Of particular interest have been China's political and social evolution, its economy and how its foreign and security policies affect India and the world.
The ORF China Studies Series is an effort to analyse China's economic, political and military trajectory in a sustained and dispassionate manner and create a body of insightful work which will be useful to scholars, policymakers, journalists and all those interested in knowing China better.
M. Rasgotra joined the Indian Foreign Service in September 1949. In the pioneering years of Indian diplomacy, he served with distinction in Indian missions in Washington D.C., Kathmandu and in the Ministry of External Affairs. From 1958 to 1962, he was India’s representative on the UN Trusteeship Council, the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee and the Decolonisation Committee. From 1962 to 1967, he made a notable contribution to the evolution and implementation of India’s policies towards its neighbours.
Mr Rasgotra’s ambassadorial career took him to Morocco and Tunisia, the USA, the UK, Nepal, the Netherlands, France and UNESCO. His tenure as Foreign Secretary from 1982 to 1985 was marked by a renewal in Indo-American relations, sustained negotiations with Pakistan and an opening to China. He played a significant role in the prestigious events of the period—the Seventh Non-Aligned Summit, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the Six-Nation Appeal on Nuclear Disarmament and the Six-Nation Summit in New Delhi.
After retirement, he was Honorary Visiting Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Regents’ Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and President of the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. He is founder President of the International Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Currently, he is President, Centre for International Relations at the Observer Research Foundation.
In 2002, he was decorated with the Padma Bhushan.
Ruchita Beri is Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi. She has been involved in research on political and security issues of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and has done intensive research on South Africa. Of late, she has been focussing on the implications of the war against terrorism and the oil boom in Africa and India’s ties with these countries. She is Joint Secretary of the African Studies Association of India.
Madhu Bhalla is Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. Her areas of interest are: China’s foreign policy, security policy and political economy. She has participated and presented papers in several national and international conferences.
Abanti Bhattacharya is Associate Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. Prior to this, she was Associate Fellow at IDSA, New Delhi. Her areas of specialisation and interest include: Chinese nationalism, Chinese ethnic minorities, Chinese foreign policy, Tibet, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, India-China relations. She has published research papers in refereed/peer-reviewed journals and contributed chapters in edited books.
Raviprasad Narayanan is Assistant Research Fellow at The Institute of International Relations (IIR), National Chengchi University, Taiwan. He has published many articles in newspapers and magazines and contributed chapters and research papers to books and journals in India and abroad.
C.V. Ranganathan has been Ambassador of India to various countries, including China and France. After his retirement from the Indian Foreign Service in 1993, he continues to be active, holding advisory and research positions. He also served as convener of the National Security Advisory Group. He has published many articles and contributions to books, newspapers, journals, and magazines in India and abroad on international affairs. He has co-authored a book entitled India and China: The Way Ahead (2000).
Vikram Sood is Vice President, Centre for International Relations, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi. Prior to joining ORF, he headed Research Analysis Wing (RAW). He has been regularly writing in newspapers mainly on matters concerning security and India’s neighbourhood. He has attended various national and international conferences on South Asian security.
P. Stobdan is Senior Fellow at IDSA, New Delhi. He is a leading Indian expert on issues concerning national and international security with specific focus on Asian affairs covering Central Asia and Inner Asia, including Xinjiang, Tibet, Myanmar and the Himalayan region. He served in Central Asia as the Director of the Indian Cultural Centre at the Embassy of India, Almaty, Kazakhstan and as Joint Director in the Indian National Security Council. He was Director of the Centre for Strategic and Regional Studies at the University of Jammu. He has written extensively on a wide range of security-related subjects in a number of professional journals on strategic affairs, books and newspapers both in India and abroad.