01608    a2200169   4500999001700000020001800017082001800035100001800053245010700071260003400178300001600212504003500228520095100263650007301214942001201287952013901299  c25907d25907  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  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2019-12-30eOPg912.50i2019-12-20l0o327.54 THA-Pp50726r2019-12-30 00:00:00v1250.00w2019-12-30yBK