India, May 2 -- India needs a multipolar Asia with a multipolar world. The challenge is how to secure this vital goal.

India and the Rebalancing of Asia by C Raja Mohan, a leading scholar of Asian geopolitics and India's foreign policy, offers a complex analysis of the shifting political, economic, military, and technological balance in Asia. Well-researched yet written in simple language, it avoids technical jargon. But the reader must pay close attention to the narrative to absorb the layered explanation of how evolving great-power relations affect India, the latter's response to these changes, and its future options.

The author's central endeavour is to present a sophisticated understanding of US-China and India-China relations. It m...