About the Book: Modi And The World -(Re) Constructing Indian Foreign Policy
Contrary to prior expectations, Narendra Modi has expended a significant amount
of time, energy and political capital in conducting Indias engagement with the
outside world since becoming Prime Minister in May 2014. In accordance with
wider perceptions about Modi, there were expectations of significant, if not
radical, change in Indian foreign policy under his charge. This sentiment led to
a section of Indian strategists and foreign policy watchers conceiving the
notion of a Modi Doctrine in Indian foreign policy. This notion of foreign
policy doctrines is not new to the analysis of Indian foreign