Religious Nationalism and Sino-India Relations : the Second Image Analysis of India’s Hedging Policy towards China
- 주제(키워드) India , Foreign Policy , Indo-Pacific , Hedging , Balance of Power , Hindutva , Religious Nationalism , Sino-India Relations
- 발행기관 Sogang Graduate School of International Studies
- 지도교수 Kim, Jae Chun
- 발행년도 2018
- 학위수여년월 2018. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 및 전공 국제대학원 InternationalRelations
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/sogang/000000063637
- UCI I804:11029-000000063637
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 서강대학교 논문은 저작권보호를 받습니다.
초록/요약
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has pursued a hedging policy against China by seeking much closer alignment with the United States and at the same time maintaining stable bilateral diplomatic relations with China. Such policy behavior of Modi government is considered deviant from the past foreign policy decisions conducted by the previous Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. This comparative case analysis provides the comparison between policy decisions of Manmohan Singh and that of Narendra Modi in terms of its great power relations. This paper argues that one of the key determinants to India’s hedging against China is the political ideology of the ruling party. The underpinning ideology of Hindu nationalism led the policy decision makers to depart from previous Nehruvian principle and to react more sensitively to the security challenges. In the contemporary era of right-wing populism, the analysis of India’s hedging strategy yields a significant implication considering India is in the center of geopolitical strategic importance with the rise of new strategic realm called Indo-pacific.
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