Does the Elephant Dance?

Alan Mackie, Asian Affairs [David M. Malone] has produced a copiously annotated book that is so beautifully organised and written that his scholarship wears lightly and never impinges upon the story he tells.

Nabarun Roy, International Affairs 87: 6 A much needed corrective to the sometimes single-minded focus of Indian foreign policy scholars on the Security Council.

David J. Karl, Asia Policy A broad-ranging but substantive survey of the Indian foreign policy horizon ... brings an illuminating perspective to the conduct of India's international relations ... Overall, the volume is one of the best overviews of Indian foreign policy in recent years.

Chinmaya Gharekhan, India Today Malone gives a detailed insight into India's domestic scene, with an amazingly accurate description of all the principle political parties and players. His scholarship is manifest in the 100-odd pages of footnotes and bibliography, and he quotes extensively from the writings of Indian analysts as well as from personal conversations with unnamed individuals ... The book's comprehensive approach makes it a must for all those interested in India and South Asia.

Srinath Raghavan, The Times of India Does the Elephant Dance? stands out amongst books on this subject ... The book is lucidly and engagingly written, and is as accessible to the lay reader as to the specialist ... the best book yet on recent Indian foreign policy. It will be required reading for anyone wanting to make sense of the great transitions underway in India's engagement with the world.

Shashi Tharoor, Outlook ...Malone's Does the Elephant Dance? is a solidly researched, lucid analysis of Indian foreign policy. It immerses itself in Indian history to seek the wellsprings of continuity in India's relations with the world, and studies the role of domestic politics and internal compulsions, as well as the impact of external security challenges. Unlike scholars more interested in geopolitics, Malone has a fine appreciation of the significance of domestic and international economic factors in foreign policy-making. ..The text is a goldmine for scholars.

The Economist The author, until recently Canada's High Commissioner to Delhi, has a breadth of knowledge and makes his case well.

Shashi Tharoor, former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, India an impressive book ... a solidly researched, lucid analysis of Indian foreign policy ... [Malone's] book deserves to be read thoroughly and consulted frequently by anyone interested in our external relations.

Amartya Sen A wonderfully illuminating book on India's relations with the world informed both by remarkable expertise on diplomacy and foreign relations and by carefully acquired intimate knowledge of a very complex country. The book will enlighten not only Indians involved in public discussion and policymaking but also people across the world interested in an ancient land undergoing extraordinarily rapid tra...

<br>David M. Malone is President of the International Development Research Centre. He was Canada's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal from 2006 to 2008. He has published extensively on peace and security issues, in book form and in journals. His books include TheLaw and Practice of the United Nations (OUP 2008) and The International Struggle Over Iraq (OUP 2006).<br>

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. History: A Vital Foundation of India's International Relations; 3. India's Contemporary Security Challenges: More Internal than External?; 4. India's Economy: Its Global Calling Card; 5. India and its Neighbours; 6. The Sino-Indian Relationship: Can Two Tigers Share a Mountain?; 7. India-USA Relations: The Shock of the New; 8. India's West Asia Policy: Delicate Manoeuvres; 9. India's East and South-East Asia Policy: Catching Up; 10. India's Relations with Europe and Russia: Fading Glory?; 11. The Evolution of Indian Multilateralism: From High Ground to High Table; 12. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index