India's negotiating imperatives

Even as the global power equations are in a state of flux, India's basic circumstances have to change for it to play a lead role in negotiations

India’s Moment : Changing Power Equations around the World

Author: Mohan Kumar

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs 599

The raison d’etre for international negotiations is to tackle global challenges through international cooperation where each country advances its national interests. India’s approach is no different, but the exercise of arriving at a common national position in negotiations is a complex one, as the erudite scholarly diplomat Ambassador Mohan Kumar explains in his book India’s Moment. The book is an attempt to set straight India’s record in multilateral negotiations, which is often criticised as obstructionist.

India’s predicament in negotiations has been analysed through the prism