Playing hardball? India in international negotiations -- India's negotiation strategy : the heroism of hard bargaining? -- Framing from a moral high horse -- Coalitions : choosing allies, sustaining friendships -- Time : the long shadow of the past and the future
Summary
The need to negotiate effectively with India is only growing as its power rises. Understanding the negotiation culture wherein India's bargaining behaviour is embedded forms a crucial step to facilitate this process. This study focuses on India's negotiating traditions through the lens of the classical Sanskrit text, the 'Mahabharata', and investigates the continuities and changes in India's negotiation behaviour as a rising power