Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements I would like to thank Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Dr Ashok Behuria, Dr Happymon Jacob and Dr Ashutosh Misra, all of whom generously gave up their time to discuss India's rise with me, and the anonymous reviewer of this article. The usual caveat applies. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the Griffith Business School Internal Research Scheme (2010). Notes 2. This is not to say that India's rise has not been the subject of some excellent work, including Cohen (2002), Gordon (1995 Gordon , Sandy , 1995 . India's rise to power in the twentieth century and beyond Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan . [Google Scholar]), Nayar and Paul (2003 Nayar , Baldev Raj T.V. Paul , 2003 . India in the world order: searching for major-power status Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . [Google Scholar]) and, for a more general survey, Luce (2006 Luce , Edward , 2006 . In spite of the gods: the strange rise of modern India London : Abacus . [Google Scholar]). Two aspects of India's foreign policy have also attracted particular attention: its nuclear program and its relations with Pakistan (see, inter alia, Abraham 1999 Abraham , Itty , 1999 . The making of the Indian atomic bomb: science, secrecy and the postcolonial state New Delhi : Orient Longman . [Google Scholar], Perkovich 2002 Perkovich , George , 2002 . India's nuclear bomb: the impact on global proliferation , Second edition Berkeley : University of California Press [Google Scholar], and Tellis 2001 Tellis , Ashley , 2001 . India's emerging nuclear posture: between recessed deterrent and ready arsenal Santa Monica : RAND Corporation .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar] on the first issue, and Ganguly 2001 Ganguly , Sumit , 2001 . Conflict unending: India–Pakistan tensions since 1947 New York : Columbia University Press [Google Scholar], Paul 2005 Paul , T.V. , 2005 . The India–Pakistan conflict: enduring rivalry Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], and Schofield 2002 Schofield , Victoria , 2002 . Kashmir in conflict: India, Pakistan and the unending war , Second edition London : I.B. Tauris [Google Scholar] on the second). 3. The phrase ‘Indian exceptionalism’ is most often used to describe India's attempt to keep the political realm a secular one, rather than allowing it to be influenced or dominated by religious sectionalism. 4. Pant also exemplifies another marked trend: that of Indian international relations experts working abroad, rather than in India. He is currently a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. Other prominent US-trained Indian scholars include: Itty Abraham (PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), S. Paul Kapur (PhD Chicago), Deepa Ollapally (PhD Columbia), and Karthika Sasikumar (PhD Cornell). 5. See, for example, the essays collected in the World Focus Series 2 (2008 World Focus Series 2 , 2008 . India's foreign policy: continuity and change Delhi : Academic Excellence . [Google Scholar]). 6. For a sample of the reaction to Sikri's book, see Behuria (2010 Behuria , Ashok , 2010 . ‘A contrarian perspective!’ , Strategic Analysis , 34 1 : 131 4 .[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]: 131), who dubs Sikri a ‘contrarian’ but sympathises with his position, and Karl (2010 Karl , David J. , 2010 . ‘India's diplomacy: many challenges but where's the strategy?’ , Asia Policy , 9 1 : 201 6 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]: 203), who points to the ‘absence of a syncretic lens’ in the book. 7. I overlooked it too, until Professor Amitabh Mattoo, to whom I am very grateful, pointed it out to me. He is not, however, responsible for the direction in which I have developed the idea. Additional informationNotes on contributorsIan HallIan Hall is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Griffith University and an academic member of the Griffith Asia Institute