DEBATE India–China Relations: Conflicting Trends MANMOHAN SINGH India and China in the New Era C. V. RANGANATHAN Meaningful Cooperation on Afghanistan – A Test of the Relationship NALIN SURIE Cooperation, Competition and Peaceful Confrontation SRIKANTH KONDAPALLI Simultaneous Rise of China and India – The Way Ahead ARTICLES JAGANNATH PANDA Maritime Silk Road and the India–China Conundrum OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA Evolving Dynamics of Federalism and Foreign Policy: Engagement of Indian States in External Affairs RESHMI KAZI India’s Nuclear Doctrine: A Study of its Tenets RAJIV SIKRI Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy BOOK REVIEW CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Changes and Challenges by Mohammad Badrul Alam (ed.) RAJEEV AGARWAL Persian Gulf 2013: India’s Relations with the Region by PR Kumaraswamy (ed.) VENKAT LOKANATHAN India’s Neighbourhood: The Armies of South Asia by Vishal Chandra (ed.) PUSHPITA DAS Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla by David Kilcullen SHEEL KANT SHARMA India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges & Beyond by P. P. Shukla (ed.) BALKRISHNA SHETTY Review of Developments in the Gulf Region by Rumel Dahiya (ed.) COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS Published in Volume 8 (2013)