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Recent years have witnessed an intensification of international
debate on the Iranian nuclear program. This book enriches the
understanding of the nuclear program that Iran claims is meant for
peaceful purposes, though Western powers remain suspicious of the
Iranian intent and appear to be determined to block its nuclear
ambition. The book situates the discourse and international debates
concerning the nature of Iran's nuclear program within the emerging
contour of a post 9/11 world order. Within this framework, it
captures the orientations, engagements, and responses of the major
world powers, as well as the regional powers, towards Iran.
Contents include: (PART I: IRAN AND MAJOR POWERS) Iranian Nuclear
Policy: A Historical Overview American Debate on Iran's Nuclear
Program The European Union and Iran Russian-Iranian Relations in
the Contemporary World Sino-Iranian Relations: Cobbling up a United
Front India, Iran and US in Post-9/11 Period (PART II: IRAN AND
REGIONAL POWERS) Iranian Nuclear Program: Regional Responses Iran,
Saudi Arabia and the Bomb Israel's Perception of Iranian Nuclear
Program Iran's Nuclear Program: Turkey's Perception and Response.
Indo-Iran relations have been the subject of intense debates and
discussions in recent years, particularly post-9/11 period. The
growing Indo-US relations are considered to have cast a shadow on
Indo-Iran ties. Given the anti-Iranian thrust in US foreign policy,
particularly on nuclear issue, the Indian foreign policy faces a
daunting task of maintaining a balanced outlook towards Iran. It is
in this background that this book discusses the whole gamut of
issues in Indo-Iran relations including energy security, military
and defence co-operation, Iranian nuclear programme, terrorism,
commerce, and political, economic and cultural ties. These
dimensions of Indo-Iran relations are examined with reference to
the influencing factor of US, China, Pakistan, Israel, Afghanistan,
and Central Asia. The 19 research articles in this volume, authored
by scholars in the field, provide deep insights into the
complexities of Indo-Iran relations in contemporary times in terms
of their continuity, limitations, strengths and weaknesses.
War, conflict, and terrorism define the face of contemporary West
Asia (Middle East). However, there are far more important issues
and challenges that are currently troubling the governments of West
Asian nations. These include: political, economic, and social
challenges * Islamic militancy * growing unemployment * democratic
reforms * human rights * the living conditions of expatriates *
urbanization. Added to this list are environmental risks with such
dimensions as over-fishing, soil and water pollution by the
petroleum industry, the scarcity of fresh water, and
desertification. This book - containing 11 contributions by
scholars in the field - deals with these internal challenges of the
region.
India's foreign policy posture in recent years, particularly
towards the region of West Asia and North Africa (WANA), has been a
subject of intense debate. India's growing relationship with the US
and Israel, and its 'lukewarm stand' on Iraqi crisis and Iranian
nuclear issue has been seen as a fundamental shift in the Indian
foreign policy exercise. Critics have accused the succeeding Indian
governments during the past one and half decades of abandoning its
'independent' foreign policy, of deviating from Nehruvian national
consensus in foreign policy matters, and towing the pro-American
line. Others have argued that the radical shift in the orientation
of Indian foreign policy in terms of its pro- American tilt bears
the mark of 'realism' and 'pragmatism' that is dictated by the
demand of globalisation. Therefore, at a broader level, this book
seeks to capture the emerging orientation of Indian state vis-a-vis
the region of WANA in the context of globalisation. In particular,
it examines the political, economic, cultural, security and
diasporic dimensions of the evolving relationship between India and
countries of WANA in the context of globalisation.
Since the early 1990s, India's economic interests and its self
imagination as an emerging global power have assumed a higher
priority in defining India's foreign policy and security goals.
This has guided the Indian policy makers to intensify its
engagements with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries - around which Indian foreign
policy in the region revolves today in the political and economic
sense of the term. This book deals with the evolving political and
economic dynamics and interactions of India with global and
regional powers in West Asia, with particular focus on the Persian
Gulf in the post-Cold War period. It examines India's
multi-dimensional relations with global powers such as the US,
Russia, China, and regional powers and organizations like Iran,
Israel, Turkey, and GCC respectively.
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