India in the world order: searching for major power status

Introduction: India and its search for a major power role

Major power status in the modern world: India in comparative perspective

The constraints on India: international and domestic

India's grand strategy for a major power role, 1947-1964

Strategy in hard times: the long march for capabilities, 1964-1990

After the Cold War: adaptation, persistence, and assertion, 1991-2001

Conclusions: India and the emerging international order.