LEADER 04762nam 22006015 450 001 9910484819503321 005 20250610110331.0 010 $a9783030546960$belectronic book 010 $a3030546969 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-54696-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011491448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6369390 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-54696-0 035 $a(PPN)259464627 035 $a(Perlego)3481794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29090767 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011491448 100 $a20201005d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndian Foreign Policy and Cultural Values /$fby Kadira Pethiyagoda 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XXIII, 359 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color.) 311 1 $a9783030546953 311 1 $a3030546950 327 $aIntroduction -- PART 1: Culture and Values -- Chapter 1: A Cultural Framework Applied to International Relations -- Chapter 2: Which Cultural Values? -- PART 2: Sifting for Culture in Foreign Policy -- Chapter 3 - Nuclear Posture -- Chapter 4 - Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter 5 - Relations with the Middle East -- Conclusion. . 330 $a"With major global and regional power balances shifting dramatically, understanding what drives Indian foreign policy has never been more important. In this ambitious and thought-provoking study, the author identifies pluralism, tolerance, non-violence and hierarchy as cultural values that have long been most influential and remain so today. Enlivened by case studies of nuclear policy, humanitarian intervention and the Middle East, this book will appeal not only to international relations theorists but also practical policymakers." - Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Former Foreign Minister of Australia, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group "Dr. Pethiyagoda's fine volume, drawing on India's rich history, diversity of cultures and rising geo-strategic importance, greatly enhances the fast-growing field of Indian foreign policy scholarship." -Dr David M. Malone, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Rector, UN University, Author of Does the Elephant Dance: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy and Former Canadian Ambassador to India As India rises to great power status in the emerging multipolar world order, what influence will its rich and ancient culture have on the country's foreign policy? This book reveals that cultural values have greater explanatory power than previously thought and describes the nature of their influence. Excavating thousands of years of history, the monograph identifies enduring values that are relevant to contemporary foreign policy. It examines three critical areas of Indian foreign policy - nuclear policy, humanitarian intervention and relations with the Middle East. Major decisions were shaped by cultural values - sometimes at the expense of strategic interests. India's choice to test nuclear weapons was not purely because of China or Pakistan: hierarchy also played a role. From a hierarchical worldview shaping Delhi's approach to international law on arms control to pluralism facilitating simultaneous friendships with America and Iran, values thread their way throughout India's foreign relations. Non-violence underpins Delhi's soft power in both the West and the Middle East, while having spurred India's opposition to Western intervention in Iraq. Analyzing state behavior and interviewing diplomats, the book charts culture's evolving influence from Rajiv Gandhi to Narendra Modi. Kadira Pethiyagoda was a Brookings Institution Fellow, diplomat, foreign service officer, political candidate, and visiting scholar at University of Oxford, UK. 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aForeign Policy 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 676 $a303.372 676 $a320 700 $aPethiyagoda$b Kadira$4aut$01229491 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484819503321 996 $aIndian foreign policy and cultural values$92853867 997 $aUNINA