The United States, India and the global nuclear order : narrative identity and representation / Tanvi Pate.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index.

Reconceptualising theory and methodology of foreign policy : narrative, state identity and action from a critical constructivist-postcolonial viewpoint -- Creating American nuclear subjectivity : "atoms for peace" in the campaign for a new global nuclear order -- Is India a capable nuclear power? : the changing characteristics of India as the "other" (1947-1992) -- Establishing a post-cold war global nuclear order : the Bill Clinton administration's conflicting images of India as the "other" (1993-2001) -- Nuclear America in a post-9/11 world : India as the "other" in the narratives of George W. Bush administration (2001-2009) -- America as the leader of non-proliferation : the continuation of US-India nuclear partnership during Barack Obama administration (2009-2017) -- Understanding the complexity of identity/difference : analysing great power narratives of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations from a postcolonial viewpoint.