Realist perspectives on national security

Kanti Bajpai's exploration of realism in external relations serves as a useful guide for gaining different perspectives on India's foreign policy

How Realist Is India’s National Security Policy?

Editor: Kanti Bajpai

Publisher:  Routledge

Pages: 198

Price: Rs 1,295

Professor Kanti Bajpai, who currently teaches at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, has edited a very useful volume of essays assessing India’s national security policy from the perspective of India’s diplomats, academics and senior military leaders. There are also contributions from two foreign academics.

These essays have been put together in honour of Professor Bharat Karnad, who has, through his writings, gained a reputation for advocating an assertive security posture for India and focused on China as India’s main adversary and security