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The book 'Relations of NDA and UPA with Neighbours' is an attempt to establish a systematic analysis of India's foreign policy in terms of its relations with Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The first non-Congress government formed in 1977, although gave the concept of genuine non-alignment, did not witness any basic policy change. In line till date the political parties of different shades, while in power, followed the foreign policy of their predecessors. Even in this age of Globalisation the changing national and international milieu emphasised that regional cooperation should be strengthened and enhanced further. About The Author:- Born at village Chechar, Distt. Vaishali (Bihar) on 25th December 1958, Dr. Rajkumar Singh started his career as a commissioned lecturer in January 1983 and is at present Professor and Head in the University Department of Political Science (BNMU), West Campus, Saharsa (Bihar). Having completed M.A. in Political Science, M.A. in History and LL.B., he did his Ph.D; on 'India's Foreign Policy (March 1977 January 1980)'. His previous books include: 1. Less Tasty Indo-Nepal Political Relations 1947-1997; 2. India-South Asia Minus Congress Regimes; 3. Indo-Pak Nuclear Tension 1974-1998; 4. India's Foreign Policy: The First Study in Continuity and Change; 5. Past, Present and Future of Kashmir; 6. India and Pakistan - Social, Political and Military Perspectives, and, 7. Global Dimensions of Indo-Nepal Political Relations. Several research papers have been published in various national and international journals, apart from successfully guiding about a dozen of research works of academic worth mostly on India's relations with South Asian countries and issues of Indian politics. Contents:- Contents, List of Abbreviations, Preface, Introduction, 1. India-Pakistan Relations Regime of Janata Party, Premiership of Morarji Desai - The New Setting, Growth, in Understanding, The Opening of the Karakoram, Highway, Soviet Intervention in Af