Indian foreign policy: the politics of postcolonial identity from 1947 to 2004

1. Introduction -- Nuclear technology, disarmament and the ambivalence of postcolonial identity -- 3. Rejecting the "fear complex" : constructing an international politics of friendship -- 4. From friendship to "betrayal" : the India-China war -- 5. Interventions and explosions : whither an ethical modernity? -- 6. India in South Asia : danger, desire, friendship and fraternity -- 7. Foreign policy, identity and the BJP : correcting the "emasculation of state power"? -- 8. Conclusion.