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How domestic constraints hamper India’s foreign policy and its
potential as a superpower One of the most important developments in
today’s changing international system is the emergence of India
as a rising power. However, Rajesh Basrur finds that India is
hobbled by serious domestic constraints. Subcontinental Drift
explains why India’s foreign policy is often characterized by
multiple hesitations, delays, and diversions that may ultimately
hamper its rise. Basrur analyzes the concept of policy drift
through the lens of neoclassical realist theory to reveal why this
drift occurs so regularly in Indian foreign policy and how it
affects India’s quest for major power status. Using four
cases—the India-US strategic partnership, India-Sri Lanka
relations, India’s nuclear strategy, and crossborder
terrorism—Basrur identifies two basic explanations for India’s
indecision on critical issues. The first, involuntary drift, is
related to the distribution of domestic material power, while the
second, voluntary drift, is produced by a responsibility deficit.
Basrur develops a fresh theoretical basis for understanding the
relationship between India’s foreign and domestic policies and
introduces a series of theoretical refinements to neoclassical
realism. Subcontinental Drift also provides advice on how policy
makers might lower the costs of policy drift. This innovative
analysis is essential to understanding the constraints around
India’s foreign and domestic security decisions and how they will
affect its rise.
This edited volume critically examines the concept of the "security
dilemma" and applies it to India-China maritime competition. Though
frequently employed in academic discussion and popular commentary
on the Sino-Indian relationship, the term has rarely been
critically analysed. The volume addresses the gap by examining
whether the security dilemma is a useful concept in explaining the
naval and foreign policy strategies of India and China. China's
Belt and Road Initiative and its expansive engagement in the Indian
Ocean Region have resulted in India significantly scaling up
investment in its navy, adding ships, naval aircraft and
submarines. This volume investigates how the rivalry is playing out
in different sub-regions of the Indian Ocean, and the responses of
other powers, notably the United States and prominent Southeast
Asian states. Their reactions to the Sino-Indian rivalry are an
underexplored topic and the chapters in this book reveal how they
selectively use that rivalry while trying to steer clear of making
definite choices. The book concludes with recommendations on
mitigating the security dilemma. This work will be of great
interest to students of strategic studies, international relations,
maritime security, and Asian politics.
While India's prospects as a rising power and its material position
in the international system have received significant attention,
little scholarly work exists on India's status in contemporary
world politics. This Routledge Focus book charts the ways in which
India's international strategies of status seeking have evolved
from Independence up to the present day. The authors focus on the
social dimensions of status, seeking to build on recent conceptual
scholarship on status in world politics. The book shows how India
has made a partial, though incomplete, shift from seeking status by
rejecting material power and proximity to major powers, to seeking
status by embracing both material power and major power
relationships. However, it also challenges traditional
understandings of the linear relationship between material power
and status. Seven decades of Indian status seeking reveal that the
enhancement of material power is one of only several routes Indian
leaders have envisaged to lead to higher status. By arguing that a
state requires more than material power to achieve status, this
book reshapes understandings of both status seeking and Indian
foreign policy. It will be of interest to academics and policy
makers in the fields of international relations, foreign policy,
and Indian studies.
This edited volume critically examines the concept of the "security
dilemma" and applies it to India-China maritime competition. Though
frequently employed in academic discussion and popular commentary
on the Sino-Indian relationship, the term has rarely been
critically analysed. The volume addresses the gap by examining
whether the security dilemma is a useful concept in explaining the
naval and foreign policy strategies of India and China. China's
Belt and Road Initiative and its expansive engagement in the Indian
Ocean Region have resulted in India significantly scaling up
investment in its navy, adding ships, naval aircraft and
submarines. This volume investigates how the rivalry is playing out
in different sub-regions of the Indian Ocean, and the responses of
other powers, notably the United States and prominent Southeast
Asian states. Their reactions to the Sino-Indian rivalry are an
underexplored topic and the chapters in this book reveal how they
selectively use that rivalry while trying to steer clear of making
definite choices. The book concludes with recommendations on
mitigating the security dilemma. This work will be of great
interest to students of strategic studies, international relations,
maritime security, and Asian politics.
While India's prospects as a rising power and its material position
in the international system have received significant attention,
little scholarly work exists on India's status in contemporary
world politics. This Routledge Focus book charts the ways in which
India's international strategies of status seeking have evolved
from Independence up to the present day. The authors focus on the
social dimensions of status, seeking to build on recent conceptual
scholarship on status in world politics. The book shows how India
has made a partial, though incomplete, shift from seeking status by
rejecting material power and proximity to major powers, to seeking
status by embracing both material power and major power
relationships. However, it also challenges traditional
understandings of the linear relationship between material power
and status. Seven decades of Indian status seeking reveal that the
enhancement of material power is one of only several routes Indian
leaders have envisaged to lead to higher status. By arguing that a
state requires more than material power to achieve status, this
book reshapes understandings of both status seeking and Indian
foreign policy. It will be of interest to academics and policy
makers in the fields of international relations, foreign policy,
and Indian studies.
The rising demand for energy, the higher costs of oil and gas,
and the association of fossil fuels with adverse climate change
have all brought a renewed interest in nuclear energy. Nuclear
power, however, is itself controversial, because of its costs, its
environmental effects and the security risks it poses. This book
discusses these critical issues surrounding nuclear power in
relation to Asia. It discusses also the politics of nuclear power
and the activities of civil society organisations concerned about
nuclear issues. Throughout the book the perspectives are included
of both proponents and opponents of nuclear power on the key
controversial issues.
The rising demand for energy, the higher costs of oil and gas, and
the association of fossil fuels with adverse climate change have
all brought a renewed interest in nuclear energy. Nuclear power,
however, is itself controversial, because of its costs, its
environmental effects and the security risks it poses. This book
discusses these critical issues surrounding nuclear power in
relation to Asia. It discusses also the politics of nuclear power
and the activities of civil society organisations concerned about
nuclear issues. Throughout the book the perspectives are included
of both proponents and opponents of nuclear power on the key
controversial issues.
This volume focuses on the rapidly expanding strategic relationship
between India and Japan, expanding on the hitherto under-analyzed
concept of "strategic partnership," tracing the history of the
interaction, and gauging its current and future trajectories. The
rise of China and its challenge to U.S. dominance of the global
system is the setting in which the partnership has assumed a major
profile, incorporating both defence and economic cooperation on an
unprecedented scale. The increasing congruence of Indian and
Japanese interests is juxtaposed with the inherent limitations of
the partnership to portray a complex picture of a kind of strategic
relationship that has become a staple of contemporary international
politics.
How domestic constraints hamper India's foreign policy and its
potential as a superpower One of the most important developments in
today's changing international system is the emergence of India as
a rising power. However, Rajesh Basrur finds that India is hobbled
by serious domestic constraints. Subcontinental Drift explains why
India's foreign policy is often characterized by multiple
hesitations, delays, and diversions that may ultimately hamper its
rise. Basrur analyzes the concept of policy drift through the lens
of neoclassical realist theory to reveal why this drift occurs so
regularly in Indian foreign policy and how it affects India's quest
for major power status. Using four cases-the India-US strategic
partnership, India-Sri Lanka relations, India's nuclear strategy,
and crossborder terrorism-Basrur identifies two basic explanations
for India's indecision on critical issues. The first, involuntary
drift, is related to the distribution of domestic material power,
while the second, voluntary drift, is produced by a responsibility
deficit. Basrur develops a fresh theoretical basis for
understanding the relationship between India's foreign and domestic
policies and introduces a series of theoretical refinements to
neoclassical realism. Subcontinental Drift also provides advice on
how policy makers might lower the costs of policy drift. This
innovative analysis is essential to understanding the constraints
around India's foreign and domestic security decisions and how they
will affect its rise.
China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New
Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines
how China's remarkable economic growth and its proactive diplomatic
efforts in recent years have not only shored up its importance in
global issues, but also induced a transformation of the strategic
dynamics in East Asia. The authors argue that major power relations
in the region appear to be driven by some new momentum along with
the changing international environment. The contributors of this
edited volume are well-known scholars in their areas of specialty,
and the book is divided into five parts. The first part discusses
China's soft and hard power in East Asia. The second examines China
and the strategic interactions between major powers; this
particular section is devoted to discussion on the strategic
responses of the major regional powers-the United States, Japan,
Korea, India and ASEAN-to China's rise. Part three focuses on
China's strategic approach to East Asian regionalism. Of particular
note are China's active leadership role in institution-building
efforts, strategic calculations, and preference for an informal
approach. The fourth section analyzes the Cross-Taiwan Strait
relations and their impact on both China and East Asia. The final
section of China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics addresses the
issue of China and maritime order in East Asia. China and East
Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order,
edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, is a pioneering work. Given
that the rise of China is a prominent issue in politics and
economics worldwide, this edited collection is essential for a wide
audience of policy-makers, academics, and students alike.
China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New
Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines
how China's remarkable economic growth and its proactive diplomatic
efforts in recent years have not only shored up its importance in
global issues, but also induced a transformation of the strategic
dynamics in East Asia. The authors argue that major power relations
in the region appear to be driven by some new momentum along with
the changing international environment. The contributors of this
edited volume are well-known scholars in their areas of specialty,
and the book is divided into five parts. The first part discusses
China's soft and hard power in East Asia. The second examines China
and the strategic interactions between major powers; this
particular section is devoted to discussion on the strategic
responses of the major regional powers the United States, Japan,
Korea, India and ASEAN to China's rise. Part three focuses on
China's strategic approach to East Asian regionalism. Of particular
note are China's active leadership role in institution-building
efforts, strategic calculations, and preference for an informal
approach. The fourth section analyzes the Cross-Taiwan Strait
relations and their impact on both China and East Asia. The final
section of China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics addresses the
issue of China and maritime order in East Asia. China and East
Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order,
edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, is a pioneering work. Given
that the rise of China is a prominent issue in politics and
economics worldwide, this edited collection is essential for a wide
audience of policy-makers, academics, and students alike.
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