India's low temperature thermal desalination technology: Water diplomacy with Small Island Developing States in the Indo-Pacific Region

Guduru, Sameer; Bajaj, Pushp; Gonsalves, Oliver Nelson

doi:10.1080/09733159.2020.1855816

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“…For instance, in the case of China, there is a discernible scholarly interest in strengthening cooperation in areas like the management of fisheries and the use of mineral resources in the deep seabed (see, e.g., Xinxin & Peng, 2022). For the specific case of India, using its advanced technology to address increasing water scarcity in SIDS could provide an excellent opportunity to gain leadership within the Indo-Pacific region (Guduru et al, 2020).…”

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Emerging Powers and Small Island Developing States: Leadership or Co-Option?

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2023

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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Recent developments in climate change-related negotiations indicate that there are emerging conflicts of interest between Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging powers like India and China. Emerging powers have to address their developmental concerns while pursuing aspirations related to leadership in global governance. To take a leadership role in global governance structures relating to climate change, emerging powers need to pursue their interests while accommodating the concerns of their potential followers, which include SIDS. Increased conflict of interests between emerging powers and other sets of vulnerable countries could lead to adverse implications for the North–South divide in international environmental relations, which in turn will impact their leadership aspirations. Using the example of leadership in international relations and the statements made by the SIDS at COP26, this article concludes that the existing situation presents a challenge as well as an opportunity for emerging powers like India to take a leadership role in a reformed new world order.

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Section: The New Dynamics As Leadership Challenges and Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%