In the mid-1990s, India established an economic reform programme, initiated and sustained by a skilled yet quiet political leadership. This text provides an analysis of India's recent foreign policy, especially towards the United States. <p>Preface, Map of South Asia, Map of India, Introduction, On the Periphery but in the Thick of It: Some Recent, Indian Political Crises Viewed from Gujarat, India's Chief Ministers and the Problem of Governability, Economic Reform: Stalled by Politics?, Organized Labor and Economic Reform, Reading India, 1993 &amp; 1994: A Chronology, Glossary, About the Contributors, Index</p>