Rumki Basu is currently a Professor in the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has published 8 books and 30 articles on issues of public policy and governance, international organization, and the political economy of development in India. She has presented papers in the World Congress of Political Science in Berlin (1994), Seoul (1997), Santiago (2009) and Madrid (2012) besides participating in international workshops in the Asia-Pacific Region. She has received the Indian Council of Social Science Research Teacher Fellowship Award.

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionPart A: ConceptsCold War and Beyond Farah NaazThe Nation State System: National Power, Balance of Power and Collective Security - S.R.T.P. Sugunakara RajuRole of National Interest - Farah NaazDiplomacy: Nature, Forms and Relevance - Mehtab ManzarColonialism and Neocolonialism: Impact of Decolonization - Furqan AhmadDisarmament, Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation - M. Muslim KhanPart B: TheoriesLiberalism - Farah NaazRealism - Rumki BasuMarxismFeminism - Krishnaswamy DaraPostmodernism and Constructivism in International Relations - Krishnaswamy DaraPart C: IssuesGlobalization: Meaning and Dimensions - Sucharita SenguptaThe United Nations: Changing Role - Rumki BasuHuman Rights and International Politics - Mehtab ManzarThe Global Environment: Issues and Debates - Rumki BasuTerrorism - Adnan FarooqiDevelopment and Security: Changing Paradigms - Rumki BasuRegionalism and Global Politics - Mehtab ManzarEurocentrism and Perspectives from the Global South - Sucharita SenguptaPart D: India’s Foreign Policy and Bilateral RelationsBasic Determinants of India’s Foreign Policy and Bilateral Relations - Mohammed Badrul AlamAfterword - Rumki BasuIndex

Rumki Basu is currently a Professor in the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has published 8 books and 30 articles on issues of public policy and governance, international organization, and the political economy of development in India. She has presented papers in the World Congress of Political Science in Berlin (1994), Seoul (1997), Santiago (2009) and Madrid (2012) besides participating in international workshops in the Asia-Pacific Region. She has received the Indian Council of Social Science Research Teacher Fellowship Award.

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionPart A: ConceptsCold War and Beyond Farah NaazThe Nation State System: National Power, Balance of Power and Collective Security - S.R.T.P. Sugunakara RajuRole of National Interest - Farah NaazDiplomacy: Nature, Forms and Relevance - Mehtab ManzarColonialism and Neocolonialism: Impact of Decolonization - Furqan AhmadDisarmament, Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation - M. Muslim KhanPart B: TheoriesLiberalism - Farah NaazRealism - Rumki BasuMarxismFeminism - Krishnaswamy DaraPostmodernism and Constructivism in International Relations - Krishnaswamy DaraPart C: IssuesGlobalization: Meaning and Dimensions - Sucharita SenguptaThe United Nations: Changing Role - Rumki BasuHuman Rights and International Politics - Mehtab ManzarThe Global Environment: Issues and Debates - Rumki BasuTerrorism - Adnan FarooqiDevelopment and Security: Changing Paradigms - Rumki BasuRegionalism and Global Politics - Mehtab ManzarEurocentrism and Perspectives from the Global South - Sucharita SenguptaPart D: India’s Foreign Policy and Bilateral RelationsBasic Determinants of India’s Foreign Policy and Bilateral Relations - Mohammed Badrul AlamAfterword - Rumki BasuIndex