> India’s Moment: Changing Power Equations Around The World
(Published by Harper Collins in 2023)
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India’s Moment
Changing Power Equations around the World
by Mohan Kumar
In India’s Moment, veteran diplomat Mohan Kumar, who has represented India in multiple international forums over his career, examines the shifts in global power equations over the decades and traces how India’s position has evolved over time.
A central contention of this book is that India has moved, slowly but surely, from being an alleged naysayer to becoming a putative partner for the world in key multilateral negotiations.
Paperback | 300 pp | Rs 599
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Author, Mohan Kumar, says, “I have relied on my 36 years’ experience in the Indian Foreign Service to provide, from my perspective, as credible and as comprehensive an explanation as to why India does what it does in international negotiations and in making critical foreign policy choices on issues like the war in Ukraine. It is thus a Book that should appeal to both the foreign policy wonk and the man in the street.”
Associate Publisher, Swati Chopra, says, “In India’s Moment, Amb. Mohan Kumar uses decades of experience as India’s top diplomat to bring us a behind-the-scenes perspective on what goes on when nations negotiate with one another. From trade to climate to war and peace, the book covers the major international negotiations of recent years, including the Russia-Ukraine War. This book is also invaluable in that it explains India’s changing position on various issues through the years.”
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About the Book
Veteran diplomat Mohan Kumar represented India at multiple international forums over a career spanning three-and-a-half decades. During this time, he would invariably be told that Indian negotiators were among the best in the business. And yet, several of his interlocutors would ask in the same breath why India was such a tough customer when it came to multilateral negotiations. It was hard to escape the view held even by India’s friends that the country was somehow more of a naysayer than a partner in key international parleys.
India is not very different from other countries in seeking to protect where necessary, and advance where possible, its national interest. India’s Moment examines the shifts in international power equations over the decades and traces how India’s position has evolved over time. A central contention of this book is that India has moved, slowly but surely, from being an alleged naysayer to becoming a putative partner for the world in key multilateral negotiations. This reflects its growing political, economic and strategic clout in the world today that has led to ‘India’s moment’ in world diplomacy. When this transformation is fuller and more substantial, India will be able to fulfil its manifest destiny of becoming a leading power, capable of shaping global rules.
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