The new Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy and its Ambiguities

Mitra, Subrata Κ.; Schöttli, Jivanta

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“…democracy in Brazil and India and authoritarianism in Russia and China), disparities in relative power (i.e. Brazil and India as primarily regional powers and Russia and China as global powers) and tensions between India and China over their influence in the Indian Ocean and over India's developing ties with the USwhich may be perceived as a challenge to China (Abraham 2007;Chenoy and Chenoy 2007;Mitra and Schottli 2007;Shuja 2006;Ramani 2007;House of Commons Library 2007: 73;Kronstadt et al 2011: 11-12).…”

Section: Pulling Their Punches: Bric Foreign Policies In the Middle Ementioning

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Great Powers and Geopolitics

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2015

Global Power Shift

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Ample empirical evidence points to recent power shifts in multiple areas of international relations taking place between industrialized countries and emerging powers, and between states and non-state actors. Yet there is a dearth of theoretical interpretation and synthesis of these findings, and a growing need for coherent approaches to understand and measure the transformation. This edited series aims to bring together scholars from all major world regions as well as different disciplines in order to discuss and possibly blend their different approaches and provide new frameworks for the understanding of global affairs and the governance of global power shifts. More information about this series at

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Section: Pulling Their Punches: Bric Foreign Policies In the Middle Ementioning

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2015

Global Power Shift

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“…6 6 Th e tool box draws upon the two dominant modes of thinking in international politics, namely, (Neo) Realism and (Neo) Liberalism (many going back to the Kantian notion of perpetual peace) as well as constructivism, which seeks to bridge the chasm between the former two-and suggests 'that the structures of human associations are determined primarily by shared ideas rather than material forces, and, that the identities and interests of purposive actors are constructed by these shared ideas rather than given by nature' (Wendt 1999: p. 1). See Mitra and Schoettli (2008).…”

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Nuclear, Engaged, and Non-Aligned

Mitra

2009

India Quarterly

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When analysed in terms of the exacting norms of international-relations theories such as neo-realism, constructivism and liberalism, India's foreign policy over the past six decades comes across as contradictory and incoherent. These infelicities, internal inconsistencies and sparks of idealism give Indian policy, as a whole, an appearance of a mystical otherness, as distinguished from the hard-nosed realism currently in favour. This article questions this impression of Indian exceptionalism. It attempts to understand its inner logic in terms of an analytical tool box, which combines the key explanatory factors of the leading schools of international politics and adds some further assumptions specific to the Indian context and culture. The article draws on the insights of this hybrid model to examine the evolution of India's foreign policy from Independence to the present day, starting with the foundational years under the stewardship of Jawaharlal Nehru and his successors, the ambivalent relationship with the United States leading to the current nuclear deal. On the basis of the insights gleaned from this retrospective, the article makes a case for a fresh evaluation of the original concept of non-alignment in the light of the state of contemporary international politics, and visualize it as a suitable norm for the orderly conduct of politics in the world we live in.

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From the Great Game 3.0 to the U.S. Asia Pivot: The New Geometry of South Asia’s Geopolitics

Racine

2014

Politics in South Asia

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The new Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy and its Ambiguities

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