10 December 2016
Mumbai Tarun Bharat organized an open discussion session based on the book The Modi Doctrine - New Paradigms in India's Foreign Policy. Two editors of the book, Vijay Chautahiwale and Uttam Kumar Sinha participated in the discussion and answered various issues raised by the participants.
I was a participant in the programme. Prof Rahul Deshmukh, Computer Science Department, IIT Bombay was also there. He is working on Indic Wikipedia especially Marathi Wikipedia as a member of the administrative board of Wikipedia, India.
Report on The Programme in Marathi
http://www.mumbaitarunbharat.in/Encyc/2016/12/10/parrashtra-dhornawar-rangla-mukta-sanwad-
Table of Contents of the Book
Foreword | Arun Jaitley | Modi's Foreign Policy as Problem Solving
Modi: A Global Leader But India First
Chapter 1 | The Modi Phenomenon: Rebooting Indian Foreign Policy | Cleo Paskal
Chapter 2 | Harnessing Multilateral Orders to India's Interests and Principles | Ramesh Thakur
Chapter 3 | Diaspora Factor in Modi's Diplomacy | Sreeram Chaulia
Rajmandala of Bilateral and Regional Connect
Chapter 4 | Steady Progress on India–US Security Ties under Modi Government | Lisa Curtis
Chapter 5 | India's Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh: Its Importance and Implications | Tariq A Karim
Chapter 6 | Narendra Modi: The Leader with Clear Vision | Karan Bilimoria
Chapter 7 | India and Sri Lanka: Right Leadership at the Right Time | Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Chapter 8 | Modi's Modernising Effect: A Perspective from Nepal | Hari Bansh Jha
Chapter 9 | India–Afghanistan Relations: A Review | Shakti Sinha
Chapter 10 | Framework for Sustainable Relationship between Bangladesh and India | Shahab Khan
Chapter 11 | India–Japan Relations on a New High | Takenori Horimoto
Chapter 12 | India–Germany Relationship: Strengthening the Strategic Partnership | Christian Wagner and Gaurav Sharma
Chapter 13 | Modi in Central Asia: Widening Strategic Perimeter | P Stobdan
Chapter 14 | India–Mongolia: Spiritual Neighbours and Strategic Partners | Gonchig Ganbold
Thematically Tied to the World
Chapter 15 | Enhancing Economic and Strategic Space: Key Goals of Prime Minister Modi's Diplomacy | Mukul Asher
Chapter 16 | Cleaning Rivers in India: Experiences from Bavaria/Germany | Martin Grambow, Uttam Kumar Sinha and Hans-Dietrich Uhl
Chapter 17 | Energy Security: A Priority Concern for the Modi Government | Virendra Gupta
Chapter 18 | Modi's Economic Diplomacy: Turning Conventions on their Head | Manoj Ladwa
Chapter 19 | Defence Diplomacy: Good, and Needs to Get Better | Nitin A Gokhale
Chapter 20 | India's NSG Membership Quest: Completely Justified | Satish Chand
Chapter 21 | Modi and India's Civilisational Quest | Anirban Ganguly
Some Observations and Comments on the Essays included in the Book
Chapter 1 | The Modi Phenomenon: Rebooting Indian Foreign Policy | Cleo Paskal
Cleo Paskal is Associate Fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs London, UK. She says “Modi’s foreign policy during his first two years in power has been like getting a master class in geopolitics.” She points out that in Pacific region only two of the 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have an Indian high commission whereas China has an embassy in every PIC that it has relations with. It shows that density of relationships in the region is low. Unless relationships are established and maintained with key people on the ground, information flows may be less than complete.”
Chapter 4 | Steady Progress on India–US Security Ties under Modi Government | Lisa Curtis
Lisa Curtis is Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. She observes that Modi has pursued a bolder and more innovative foreign policy than his predecessor, Manmohan Singh. She appreciates the fact that this Indian government has established bonhomie between US and India.
Chapter 5 | India's Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh: Its Importance and Implications | Tariq A Karim
Former ambassador of Bangladesh to India, Tariq A Karim in his essay, explains the significance of providing access to enclaves in normalising bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh.
Chapter 2 | Harnessing Multilateral Orders to India's Interests and Principles | Ramesh Thakur
Ramesh Thakur is professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
according to him, India’s long pursuit for the elusive permanent seat at the UN Security Council sis an exercise in futility. Instead of putting more effort to get benefit of funds from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Thakur advises India to divert energies to get more financial resources out of G-20 and BRICS.
Chapter 3 | Diaspora Factor in Modi's Diplomacy | Sreeram Chaulia
Sreeram Chaulia is Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Global Governance and Policy at the OP Jindal Global University. He emphasizes the importance of the diaspora in forging closer Indo-Western ties. He explains the benefits of Modi's address to the big Indian-American crowd at Madison Square. American Congressmen realised that the mood of Indians in USA is highly positive to Modi. This made them to develop a positive turnaround from the hostility displayed by them earlier. Modi not only addressed and impressed the educated and affluent Indian in USA and UK, but also understood and addressed the concerns of poorer Indians in Dubai who are looking forward to a better future in Gulf or India under the leadership of the new Prime Minister.
Modi is orienting the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) towards India’s business interests. The detractors may question the utility of many foreign tours of Modi. But takes an extra push by the Prime Minister for change to occur in the IFS officers focus and purpose.
http://www.spmrf.org/the-modi-doctrine-book-review-a-collectors-item-for-foreign-policy-buffs/
India's Foreign Policy Related Articles, Essays and Blog Posts
2015 - India's Foreign Policy Related Articles, Essays and Blog Posts
Is There a Modi Doctrine
14 June 2015
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/d3rlEpkYREWBzKlFDrttNO/Is-there-a-Modi-doctrine.html
Modi’s Foreign Policy @365: Course Correction
BROOKINGS INDIA FOREIGN POLICY
July 2015
http://www.brookings.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Final-book.pdf
