Balancing through Technonationalism and its Impact on India’s National Innovation System: A Case Study of Techgentsia

IF 1.3 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Millennial Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI:10.1177/09763996231177366

Rugmini Devi M, J. T. Mammen, Girish Kumar R

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Abstract

A nation’s competitive advantage in the modern world is determined by its access to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, 5G and cloud computing. This competition has led to the imposition of neo-mercantilist policies to promote and protect domestic industries and substantially reduce foreign investments in the technology sector, especially from rival countries. This phenomenon, termed technonationalism, and the reasons for its emergence in the contemporary world and its variants across major economies are analysed using the neo-realist framework of international relations, particularly the theory of internal balancing. An attempt is made to trace the existence of technonationalism in India by examining six overarching policies of the government. The article elucidates how technonationalism drives the national innovation system in a country through the case study of Techgentsia, an Indian company whose software products are promoted by the Government of India towards strengthening India’s national security. It concludes that India’s technonationalist policies are driven by the heightened threat perception in the international system.

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技术民族主义的平衡及其对印度国家创新体系的影响——以Techgentsia为例

一个国家在现代世界的竞争优势取决于它能否获得人工智能、5G和云计算等新兴技术。这种竞争导致实施新重商主义政策，以促进和保护国内工业，并大大减少外国对技术部门的投资，特别是来自竞争对手国家的投资。这种被称为技术民族主义的现象，及其在当代世界出现的原因及其在主要经济体中的变体，使用国际关系的新现实主义框架，特别是内部平衡理论进行了分析。本文试图通过考察政府的六项主要政策来追溯印度技术民族主义的存在。本文通过对印度公司Techgentsia的案例研究，阐述了技术民族主义是如何推动一个国家的国家创新体系的。Techgentsia的软件产品受到印度政府的推广，以加强印度的国家安全。它的结论是，印度的技术民族主义政策是由国际体系中日益加剧的威胁感知所驱动的。

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Millennial Asia AREA STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary, refereed biannual journal of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)–an association of the alumni of the Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF). It aims to encourage multifaceted, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on Asia, in order to understand its fast changing context as a growth pole of global economy. By providing a forum for Asian scholars situated globally, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community, civil society and policy makers on Asian issues. The journal examines Asia on a regional and comparative basis, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. Modern and contemporary Asia has witnessed dynamic transformations in cultures, societies, economies and political institutions, among others. It confronts issues of collective identity formation, ecological crisis, rapid economic change and resurgence of religion and communal identifies while embracing globalization. An analysis of past experiences can help produce a deeper understanding of contemporary change. In particular, the journal is interested in locating contemporary changes within a historical perspective, through the use of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This way, it hopes to promote comparative studies involving Asia’s various regions. The journal brings out both thematic and general issues and the thrust areas are: Asian integration, Asian economies, sociology, culture, politics, governance, security, development issues, arts and literature and any other such issue as the editorial board may deem fit. The core fields include development encompassing agriculture, industry, regional trade, social sectors like health and education and development policy across the region and in specific countries in a comparative perspective.