Indian foreign policy as public history: globalist, pragmatist and Hindutva imaginations

Chatterjee, Shibashis; Das, Udayan

doi:10.1080/14736489.2021.1993707

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“…As a form that could foster creative thinking around political and legal instruments (such as citizenship), the Commonwealth made thinkable structures which could potentially empower and visibilize populations that might be lost to each other. Enabled by a somewhat less anxious position than those marking Sri Lankan and Pakistani engagements, Nehru used this association, as Shibashis Chatterjee and Udayan Das argue, “to expose the hypocrisies of the Western states, enact its postcolonial selfhood and use moral arguments as power since material strength required costlier investments” (2021: 575; emphasis in the original). This approach contributed to the broader use of ideas, or what Andrew Kennedy (2012: 4) terms Nehru’s “moral efficacy”, as an important foreign policy strategy.…”

Section: South Asia and The Commonwealthmentioning

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Commonwealth, empire, and critique in South Asia

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2024

Literature, Critique, and Empire Today

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This contribution explores the changing valences of the terms “Commonwealth” and “empire” through the lens of South Asian studies. I first investigate how the idea of the Commonwealth as a political genre for association and comparison was described by Sri Lankan, Pakistani, and Indian leaders. Taking foreign policy rhetoric as literary texts, I show how such political speech reveals competing and ambivalent meanings for the term in the region. I then draw on my experience as a co-editor of the journal South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies to assess how the keywords “Commonwealth” and “empire” have been used in the pages of this journal. Through a mixture of large data patterns and close textual readings, I track when, where, how, and why these terms have mattered. I suggest that the turn captured by the renamed Literature, Critique, and Empire Today resonates with the organic ways that South Asian studies conceptualizes broader paradigms of transnational power and inequality that have shaped, and continue to inform, the region.

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Commonwealth, empire, and critique in South Asia

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2024

Literature, Critique, and Empire Today

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“…India’s engagement with the external world has been analysed from various perspectives ranging from mainstream to postcolonial/non-Western theories of international relations (IRs) (Chacko, 2011; Malone et al, 2015; Pant, 2016; Thakur, 2018). These studies and others explore several neglected aspects of Indian foreign policy—contemporary geostrategic calculations and ‘India as a leading power’ (Mohan, 2015), the role of India’s early think-tanks in shaping India’s foreign policy and world order (Khan, 2021), continuity of colonial legacies in the Indian foreign policy (Thakur, 2018), ‘foreign policy as public history’ with multiple imaginations: ‘globalist, pragmatist and Hindutva’ (Chatterjee & Das, 2021) and unpacking India’s immense intellectual contribution to the global order and international practices (Bayly, 2021).…”

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India and the Contemporary Global Order: Beyond Western Imaginations and Conceptualisations

Choudhary¹

2022

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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Shivshankar Menon, India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present (Penguin, 2021). pp. 406, ₹699. ISBN: 9780670091294. B. M. Jain, The Geopsychology Theory of International Relations in the 21st Century: Escaping the Ignorance Trap (Lexington Books, 2021). pp. 249, ₹8000. ISBN: 9781498573597. Itty Abraham, How India Become Territorial: Foreign Policy, Diaspora, Geopolitics (Stanford University Press, 2014). pp. 207, ₹7628. ISBN: 0978804792684.

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Narendra Modi's Hindutva Policy: A Detailed Examination of Its Implications on Indo-Pak Diplomatic and Strategic Relations

Syed

2023

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Concurrently with the rise of ultra-nationalism globally, India is undergoing a fundamental change driven by the adoption of the exclusivist Hindutva ideology. Since PM Narendra Modi assumed power in 2014, the Hindutva ideology has gained widespread acceptance and popularity, permeating all segments of Indian society and institutions, including foreign relations and cultural events. This paper examines the Hindutva ideology as a policy and its significant impact on India-Pakistan relations. The Hindutva ideology, fueled by the patronage of the government, has exacerbated the already strained relations between the two countries. It has influenced key aspects such as the abrogation of special status in Jammu and Kashmir, alleged interference in Balochistan, engagement in the Chabahar port, and the hindrance of confidence-building measures. By analyzing the Hindutva policy and its implications, this paper sheds light on the broader consequences for India-Pakistan relations, emphasizing the need for constructive dialogue, de-escalation, and regional cooperation to foster a more peaceful and cooperative future.

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Indian foreign policy as public history: globalist, pragmatist and Hindutva imaginations

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Commonwealth, empire, and critique in South Asia

Commonwealth, empire, and critique in South Asia

India and the Contemporary Global Order: Beyond Western Imaginations and Conceptualisations

Narendra Modi's Hindutva Policy: A Detailed Examination of Its Implications on Indo-Pak Diplomatic and Strategic Relations

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