India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-07-15DOI: 10.1177/09749284221108256
Sankalp Gurjar
{"title":"Russia Returns to the Indian Ocean: Exploring the Expanding Strategic Presence","authors":"Sankalp Gurjar","doi":"10.1177/09749284221108256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221108256","url":null,"abstract":"Russia is a major global power and has global interests. In the last few years, Russia has been silently establishing itself as a key stakeholder in the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region where it has significant political, economic, military and strategic interests. These four drivers provide us a framework to understand Russia’s activities in the region. Russia has announced that it will establish a military base at Port Sudan in the Red Sea. The base marks the return of Russia to the Indian Ocean. Over the years, Russia has deepened strategic partnerships with key regional states, participated in anti-piracy operations and carried out regular naval exercises. It has been a vocal critic of the concept of the Indo-Pacific. For India, Russia’s growing engagement with the Indian Ocean Region is a complex phenomenon. India and Russia are strategic partners but have divergent views about China, Indo-Pacific and the Quad. It remains to be seen how the war in Ukraine will affect Russia’s presence in the Indian Ocean.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"413 - 430"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41340912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221108339
Nuri Yeşi̇lyurt, Shaimaa Magued
{"title":"Prospects and Implications of Turkish–Egyptian Reconciliation","authors":"Nuri Yeşi̇lyurt, Shaimaa Magued","doi":"10.1177/09749284221108339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221108339","url":null,"abstract":"This commentary explains various implications of a possible Turkish–Egyptian reconciliation. Based on an extensive analysis of Turkish and Egyptian newspapers and open-ended and semi-structured in-depth interviews, this commentary addresses the significance of a Turkish–Egyptian reconciliation for both countries, its regional implications and the prospects for bilateral relations. In this context, the commentary discusses the domestic, bilateral and regional implications of a prospective reconciliation between Turkey and Egypt.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"509 - 518"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43349101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090694
A. P. Sen
{"title":"Book review: Bhaswati Mukherjee, Bengal and Its Partition. An Untold Story","authors":"A. P. Sen","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090694","url":null,"abstract":"Bhaswati Mukherjee, Bengal and Its Partition. An Untold Story (Rupa, 2021). Pp. 200 + Bibliography + Acknowledgement + Index, ₹575. ISBN: 978-93-5333-958-6.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"400 - 403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47973949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090716
Nandan Unnikrishnan
{"title":"Book review: Achal Malhotra, The South Caucasus: Transition from Subjugation to Independence","authors":"Nandan Unnikrishnan","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090716","url":null,"abstract":"Achal Malhotra, The South Caucasus: Transition from Subjugation to Independence (ICWA/Macmillan Education, 2020). Pp. 248, ₹1985.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"397 - 400"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45766330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090552
Yogesh Joshi
{"title":"From Ambivalence to Resurgence: India’s Journey as a Nuclear Power","authors":"Yogesh Joshi","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090552","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to understand India’s remarkable nuclear journey in the last 75 years. It categorises India’s atomic trajectory into four distinct periods: Ambivalent (1948–1988), Reserved (1989–1998), Responsible (1998–2008) and Resurgent (2009 onwards). In doing so, the article provides an account of how the changing nature of India’s nuclear programme has impacted the scope and depth of its nuclear deterrence. However, the programme’s status is also consequential for India’s foreign policy practice and its approach to using force in international politics. The article shows how India’s nuclear capability, its foreign policy practice, and its approach to the use of force have seen dramatic shifts in the last thirty years. A resurgent India aims to become a world-class nuclear power, undisturbed by foreign perceptions of its atomic programme and increasingly resolute to use force even under the threat of escalation by its nuclear adversaries.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"350 - 370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48056207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090703
Rupal Anand
{"title":"Book review: Séverine Autesserre, Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World","authors":"Rupal Anand","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090703","url":null,"abstract":"Séverine Autesserre, Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World (Oxford University Press). 2021, Pp. 241, ₹1558. ISBN-13: 9780197530351.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"395 - 397"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47353261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-05-24DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090720
Khushnam P.N.
{"title":"National Education Policy 2020: A Prudent Vision of India’s Soft Power in the Emerging World Order","authors":"Khushnam P.N.","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090720","url":null,"abstract":"India has been a point of attraction for world throughout the history as ‘Golden Bird’ as land of spiritualism, architectural marvels and cultural heritage. Buddhist ‘Middle Path’ to Kautaliya’s pragmatic political thought and Gandhi’s strategy of Satyagraha and non-violence attract appreciation around the world. The two decades of 21st century has immensely boosted India’s soft power. Yoga and Ayurveda have assumed prominent place in the life and practice of people worldwide with celebration of ‘International Yoga Day’. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has placed special emphasis on the rich heritage of culture, knowledge and thought as its guiding light are very attractive option and way of life. With pandemic underway, our yoga practice assumed added importance and popularity to deal with multiple socio-psychological and physical issues. The vision of the NEP once translated in practice can prove to be an unbeatable soft power to facilitate India to achieve its global leadership position in the emerging world order.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"318 - 333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42403433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-05-19DOI: 10.1177/09749284221091869
G. Mohan
{"title":"The Evolution of Indian Foreign Policy Towards Europe","authors":"G. Mohan","doi":"10.1177/09749284221091869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221091869","url":null,"abstract":"This article traces the development of Europe–India ties through history, highlighting periods which laid down the fundamental structure of the partnership until the present day where the challenges presented by China’s rise and a search for the diversification of partnerships have driven Europe and India closer. The article looks at where Europe, particularly the EU, sits in India’s broader foreign policy and argues that while Europe and India are still not fully aligned on all issues—particularly the extent of threats posed by China—there is finally enough convergence for the actors to build a broad-based partnership beyond just trade and commerce.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"248 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44026484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-05-12DOI: 10.1177/09749284221089553
V. Jha
{"title":"India and Climate Change: Old Traditions, New Strategies","authors":"V. Jha","doi":"10.1177/09749284221089553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221089553","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change emerged as a serious diplomatic concern for India in the early 1990s. India has since been a staunch champion of the developing world, in multilateral climate negotiations; from playing a key role in establishing the principle of common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities, to forging alliances with countries with shared developmental concerns. Faced with the growing impact of climate change and changing geopolitics, India’s foreign policy on climate change has undergone significant shifts during two decades of multilateral climate talks. First, India’s willingness to undertake domestic climate action as a result of its changing economic status and, second, the role of the political leadership—since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014—in shaping the climate discourse both in the country and abroad. India has, in recent years, shed its defensive, naysayer strategy at climate negotiations and led several multilateral initiatives for climate action. As India celebrates 75 years of its Independence, it is forging a new, confident leadership on issues of climate change. While there is continuity in India’s traditional stance on finance and technology transfer during negotiations, Indian foreign policy has begun to display a marked change in the strategic use of climate change to assert greater power on the global stage.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"280 - 296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46121279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India quarterlyPub Date : 2022-05-12DOI: 10.1177/09749284221090717
Shruti Pandalai
{"title":"The Indo-Pacific Consensus: The Past, Present and Future of India’s Vision for the Region","authors":"Shruti Pandalai","doi":"10.1177/09749284221090717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221090717","url":null,"abstract":"The view that the concept of the Indo-Pacific is not new nor an aberration has anchored New Delhi’s embrace of this geopolitical reality and the articulation of its central role and vision for this dynamic theatre. This revisiting of history has happened, in New Delhi’s understanding, because of drivers such as globalisation, multipolarity and a recognition by the United States that it needs to work with others to manage the disruptive rise of China, among other global challenges. India has always considered itself an Indo-Pacific actor, given its geographical location, its interests and stakes primarily in the Indian Ocean and increasingly in the pacific, its bilateral partnerships which then see a shared interest in the region, its presence in existent Indo-Pacific bodies spanning the two oceans and its growing role as a provider of net security and preferred maritime security partner for many countries in the Indo-Pacific. This article traces the evolution of the Indo-Pacific in New Delhi’s strategic calculus and its pre-eminence as a theatre of geo-strategic and geo-economic opportunity. It argues that three trends have emerged as distinguishable features, which serve as building blocks of cooperation in the Indo-Pacific today, especially for India: (a) issue-based coalitions driven by function, where flexibility of these configurations remains a strategic asset, (b) like-minded countries working together in overlapping bilateral, minilateral and plurilateral formats to expand global initiatives in a way that they are institutionalised within the national agendas of regional like-minded powers and (c) a focused effort on building capacity of countries in the Indo-Pacific to give them viable alternatives which go beyond binaries formed around ideological and political contestation. Post COVID-19, consolidating the India way in the Indo-Pacific will depend on how India strengthens its domestic capacity and shapes geopolitics at the regional and global levels.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"189 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65383684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}