Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Theorizing Indian Foreign Policy -- The study of Indian foreign policy -- Structure and chapters -- Perspective for future research -- References -- Part I Disciplinary and Methodological Challenges -- Chapter 1 Historiography of South Asia's International Relations -- Introduction -- Nehru's foreign policy: Old or new? -- Important relationships, recurring themes -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy in India: Policy-Oriented Works between Discipline and State -- A discipline stuck in a 'post-colonial hangover'? -- Is Indian IR disciplinary and institutionally prone to policy-oriented studies? -- Academic and economic weaknesses disconnect researchers from sources of criticality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Ideas, Norms and Perceptions -- Chapter 3 More than a Rule Taker: The Indian Way of Multilateralism -- Introduction -- India's perspectives on global multilateralism -- Domestic challenges and the South Asian neighbourhood: The Achilles' heel of India's foreign policy -- Coalitions of choice: Counter-balancing Western hegemony -- India at the 'high table' of global politics: Beyond 'strategic autonomy'? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 India as a Norm Claimer: Normative Struggles and the Assertion of Sovereignty at the San Francisco Conference (1945) -- Introduction -- Theoretical background -- India at San Francisco: Attempts at outbidding and claims of sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Theorising Indian Strategic Culture(s): Taking Stock of a Controversial Debate -- Introduction -- Definitions of strategic culture -- Discursive plurality: Strategic culture research on India