1st Edition

India and Global Governance A Rising Power and Its Discontents

Edited By Harsh V Pant Copyright 2022
220 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

220 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

220 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This volume explores India’s role in the global governance architecture post–Cold War. It shows how, with a rise in India’s capabilities, there is an expectation from its external interlocutors that New Delhi ought to play a larger global role. As Indian policymakers redefine their engagements in the global policy matrix, the chapters in the volume analyse India’s role as a challenger and a... Read more

1. Rising India and Its Global Governance Imperatives

Harsh V Pant

 

Part I: Between a Challenger and a Stakeholder

2. India’s Rise in the Global Nuclear Governance Architecture: Principles, Exceptions and Contradictions

Arka Biswas

 

3. From Rio to Paris: India in global climate politics 

Aniruddh Mohan

 

4. India’s Pursuit of United Nations Security Council Reforms

Manish S Dabhade

 

Part II: India and the Liberal Global Order

5. India’s Democracy Assistance: Not Promoting and Not Exporting

Ian Hall

 

6. India’s Evolving Views on Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Humanitarian Interventions: The Significance of Legitimacy

Kartik Bommakanti

 

7. India and Global Trade Governance: Re-Defining Its ‘National’ Interest

Mihir Sharma and Preeti Bhogal

 

Part III: Shaping new structures of Global Governance

8. BRICS in India’s Vision for Global Governance

Raj Kumar Sharma

 

9. India’s Subregional Connectivity Initiatives: Re-imagining the Neighbourhood

Harsh V Pant and K Yhome

 

10. India and Maritime Governance: The Indian Ocean Dynamic

Harsh V Pant and Ivan Lidarev

 

Biography

Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations at King’s College London, UK. He is Director, Studies and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi School of Transnational Affairs at Delhi University. His current research is focused on Asian security issues. His most recent books include Politics and Geopolitics: Decoding India’s Neighbourhood Challenge (2021), America and the Indo-Pacific: Trump and Beyond (2021), New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy: Theory and Praxis (2018), Indian Nuclear Policy (2018), Handbook of Indian Defence Policy (2015), and India’s Afghan Muddle (2013).