Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power

• The book looks at India’s historical position, economic development, national security, military capabilities and foreign policy. Pande discusses the gap between India’s aspirations for global influence and the policies and attitudes needed to pursue those ambitions.

• Aparna Pande is a historian and political analyst who directs the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. She holds degrees from the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Boston University.

The book explores India’s potential role as a global power, focusing on economic growth, social development, defence, foreign policy and national strategy. It considers the opportunities and policy challenges facing modern India as it seeks greater influence in world affairs.