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by Dhruva Jaishankar (Author)
In Vishwa Shastra, Dhruva Jaishankar provides a comprehensive overview of India's interactions with the world--from ancient times to the present day. He describes a long tradition of Indian statecraft and strategic thinking on international affairs, charts early India's relations with a vast geography from the Mediterranean and Africa to Southeast and Northeast Asia, and captures the costs and consequences of European colonialism. Jaishankar also describes India's territorial, economic and governance challenges upon Independence and the origins of India's rivalries with Pakistan and China.
Speaking to a wide audience that includes policymakers, scholars and especially students, Vishwa Shastra offers both rich historical context and forward-looking strategies for India. Highlighting India's transition from Cold War non-alignment to post-Cold War realignment, Jaishankar outlines India's strategic objectives: bolstering national power, securing the neighborhood, maintaining a balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, and leading at international institutions. Balanced, comprehensive and rigorous, Vishwa Shastra goes beyond shedding light on how India can maneuver in a challenging geopolitical landscape and advance its interests in an interconnected world: it gives us a clear-eyed perspective on how India might actually define the emerging world order.Author Biography
Dhruva Jaishankar is Executive Director of the Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America), which he helped establish in 2020. He previously held positions or affiliations with the Observer Research Foundation, Brookings India (now the Centre for Social and Economic Progress), the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Brookings Institution, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, and the the Lowy Institute. Since 2006, he has also been a frequent contributor to the Indian media, including the Hindustan Times and Indian Express. He was educated at Macalester College and Georgetown University.
