A closer look at 'quiet diplomacy'

At a broader level Rahul Roy Chaudhary extols the UPA's role in projecting India as a significant player in a multipolar world, away from being perceived as a peripheral actor in the Asia-Pacific

Forging New Partnerships, Breaching New Frontiers

Editor: Rejaul Karim Laskar

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Pages: 448

Price: Rs 2,599

At a time when prime minister Manmohan Singh’s era is fast receding from  collective memory, Rejaul Karim Laskar’s book Forging New Partnerships, Breaching New Frontiers revives it. The book is a compilation of contributions by eminent writers and academics from around the world which puts the spotlight on United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA’s) diplomatic outreach from 2004 to 2014, analysing candidly its achievements and setbacks and thus filling the gap in the study of the continuum of Indian foreign policy.

The seemingly decisive shift in UPA’s foreign policy