Abstract India is on the verge of becoming a great power and the swing state in the international system. As a large, multiethnic, economically powerful,…
Country or Region: India
Abstract The article discusses the absence of foreign policy frameworks in India and how India’s national identity shapes its foreign policy. The gap between a…
Abstract The article discusses the absence of foreign policy frameworks in India and how India’s national identity shapes its foreign policy. The gap between a…
Summary South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and…
Abstract The article discusses the role of public opinion in driving India’s foreign policy. The author states that in India, there have been very few…
Abstract Dozens of states have long been capable of acquiring nuclear weapons, yet only a few have actually done so. Jacques E. C. Hymans finds…
Abstract This book provides a fairly comprehensive account of the evolution of India’s foreign policy from 1947 to the present day. It is organized primarily…
Summary Nation-Building and Foreign Policy in India: An Identity-Strategy Conflict presents an evaluation of Indian foreign policy. It analyses the unusual concern of Indian strategic thinking…
Abstract A plethora of theoretical perspectives have explained India and Pakistan’s nuclearization. Such arguments, while partially correct, offer little that incorporates how the constitutive nature…
Abstract In this paper, Ken Booth’s concept of strategic culture is drawn on to examine India and Pakistan’s nuclear policy options/policies. The thrust of the…
Summary This book provides a fresh insight into the role of identity in international and national relations and policy. It analyses identity conceptions and state…
Abstract This article explores the extent to which Indian domestic debate shapes strategic behavior. It makes the case that domestic politics, and more importantly, the…
Summary The rise of India as a major power has generated new interest in understanding the drivers of its foreign policy. This book argues that…
Abstract The persistence of restraint, stability and minimalism in India’s nuclear policy is best explained with reference to its strategic culture. This constitutes an intermediate…
