01404    a2200133   4500020001800000082001800018100001800036245010700054260003400161300001600195504003500211520095100246650007301197  a9780199479641  a327.54bTHA-P  aThakur,Vineet  aPostscripts on independence: foreign policy ideas, identity and institutions in India and South Africa  bOxford University Pressc2018  aliii, 331p.  aInclude Bibliography and Index  aIndia and South Africa, two states that bookended the process of twentieth century decolonization, punched above their weight in global politics in their initial years of liberation. Postscripts on Independence analyses and compares the making of foreign policy ideas, identities, and institutions of postcolonial India and South Africa. It shows how both countries have responded to the contradictory demands of their freedom struggles against colonialism and pragmatic challenges of international politics. Vineet Thakur argues that the countries' geopolitical positioning in South Asia and southern Africa make them regional powers, with similar sets of problems and prospects, as both continue to grapple with the idea of maintaining regional and/or continental hegemony. By undertaking a comparative analysis, he explores a framework to understand the foreign policymaking fears, aspirations, and international behaviour of these two states.  aDiplomatic relationsvForeign AffairsvIdentityzSouth AfricazIndia