1. Introduction Snapshot 1: Indian foreign and security policy structures Part I: India and major powers 2. India and the US: an emerging partnership 3. India and China: an uneasy relationship 4. India and Russia: convergence across time 5. India and the European Union: a relationship in search of meaning Snapshot 2: The BRICS fallacy Part II: India and its neighborhood 6. India and Pakistan: a road to nowhere 7. India and Bangladesh: a difficult partnership 8. Nepal and Sri Lanka: India struggles to retain its relevance 9. India and Afghanistan: a test case for a rising power Snapshot 3: India and Bhutan Part III: India's extra-regional outreach 10. India in East and Southeast Asia: 'acting' east with an eye on China 11. India in Africa and Central Asia: part of the new 'great game' 12. India and the Middle East: a fine balance 13. India in the Indian Ocean: colliding ambitions with China Snapshot 4: India and South America Part IV: India and the global order 14. India as a regional security provider: from activism to forced diffidence 15. India and the global nuclear order: a quiet assimilation 16. India and multilateralism: from the periphery to the centre Snapshot 5: India's tryst with terrorism.