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Jan 2004.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article assesses whether India is a great power in the world system, taking into consideration its nuclear status, its pursuit of a second generation of economic reforms, and its improving ties with the United States since the late 1990s. The article reviews three recent books on the topic, authored or edited by Stephen Cohen (2001), Sumit Ganguly (2003), and T. V. Paul and Baldev Raj Nayar (2003). These studies assess Indian power through its substantial military and economic capabilities, and also examine India's relations with its regional neighbors and with the world's major countries as a means to attaining power. The article further assesses national power as a state's ability to control international political outcomes and notes India's limitations on this dimension of power.
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