a myth that security of a nation/nations is maximized through establishing hegemony over nations. Reviews of the Book “The most original and innovative contribution of Prof. B. M. Jain’s book is his ground-breaking effort to develop and sharpen the theory of geopsychology as an alternative framework of analysis in the study of international relations. His conceptual insights not only help us navigate the stormy ocean of mounting challenges and threats that the world is now facing, but also throw light on the evolving patterns of congruence and disjuncture, and ambiguity and contradiction, in contemporary global power encounters”- Journal of Global South Studies (USA) “The geopsychology theory is a useful framework that helps address case studies that have not been adequately explained by mainstream international relations theories. Apart from the case studies mentioned in the book, this framework can be used to understand bilateral relations in Northeast Asia, such as Japanese-Korean ties and Chinese-Japanese ties"- Pacific Affairs (Canada) “The book thus represents a most welcome critique of mainstream Western arguments about international conflict, and of their complementary constructivist demands for appropriate learning…He [Jain]serves to demystify the applicability of mainstream international relations theory for understanding major conflicts in the Global South, and between the South and the West. His book thus makes an important contribution to the deconstruction of a dominant discourse which has its origin in the unipolar power politics of the post-Cold War world system"- Comparative Journal (Germany) “Geopsychology is a new theoretical viewpoint that should be embraced and not shunned. If there was one book for someone to pick up and examine international relations which were written recently, this would be the one I would (and do) recommend" - Defence Report (Canada) Publications Monographs The Geopsychology Theory of International Relations in the 21st Century: Escaping the Ignorance Trap. (Lexington Books, 2021) South Asia Conundrum: The Great Power Gambit (Lexington Books, 2019) China's Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia: Myth or Reality? (Lexington Books, 2017) India-US Relations in the Age of Uncertainty: An Uneasy Courtship (Routledge, 2016) India in the New South Asia (IB Tauris, 2010) Global Power: India’s Foreign Policy, 1947–2006 (Lexington Books, 2008) Nuclear Politics in South Asia: In Search of an Alternative Paradigm (Rawat Publications, 1994) India and the United States, 1961–63 (Radiant, 1987) South Asian Security: Problems and Prospects (Radiant, 1985) Edited Volumes Conflict and Peace in South Asia, edited by Manas Chatterji and B.M. Jain