Introduction / Sumit Ganguly -- The US-India courtship / Robert M. Hathaway -- India, Pakistan, and Kashmir / Stephen Philip Cohen -- Toward a 'Force-in-Being' : the logic, structure, and utility of India's emerging nuclear posture / Ashley J. Tellis -- Asymmetrical Indian and Chinese threat perceptions / John W. Garver -- Indo-Russian strategic relations : new choices and constraints / Deepa Ollapally -- The Indo-French strategic dialogue : bilateralism and world perceptions / Jean-Luc Racine -- India and Israel : emerging partnership / P. R. Kumaraswamy -- The political economy of India's second-generation reforms / Sunila Kale