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The term global power is a more contemporary term for great power, as traditionally employed in theInternational Relations (IR) literature, and a better fit for 21st century conditions thansuperpower. Superpower was the creation of the politics of 20th century nuclear weapons technology,even though the coining of the term in 1944 did not take the nuclear dimension into account but ratherthe global reach of a nation. As the Cold War became more entrenched, that which distinguished anuclear superpower from a 19th century great power was possession of the power of ultimatedestruction and the strategic doctrine of nuclear deterrence that emerged from it. India has been seenas a "rising power" in the international system over the past few years by journalists, policymakers, andacademics. However, the dominant theme in the academic literature on the rise of India is itsinconsistent rank in the hierarchy of powers-either as a "regional power" in its home region of SouthAsia or as a "global power" in the making but not actually having arrived yet. This book contains thefundamental and basic information of the subject.