1st Edition

India's Pakistan Policy How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations

By Stuti Bhatnagar Copyright 2021
178 Pages
by Routledge India

178 Pages
by Routledge India

178 Pages
by Routledge India

This book critically examines the role of think tanks as foreign policy actors. It looks at the origins and development of foreign policy think tanks in India and their changing relevance and position as agents within the policy-making process. The book uses a comparative framework and explores the research discourse of prominent Indian think tanks, particularly on the India–Pakistan dispute,... Read more

Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Think tanks and foreign policy – a Discursive Institutionalist–Gramscian approach 2. Think tanks and Indian foreign policy – an overview 4. Government think tanks – promoting security-centred government narratives on Pakistan 5. Non-government policy think tanks 6. Peacebuilding think tanks 7. Foreign policy think tanks – challenging or building consensus on India’s Pakistan Policy? Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Stuti Bhatnagar is an adjunct fellow associated with the School of Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide and the University of New South Wales, Australia. With a PhD in politics and international relations from the University of Adelaide, she specialises in Indian foreign policy, especially the role and rising influence of think tanks in India. Additional research interests include the examination of political dynamics that drive India–Pakistan relations and India’s changing foreign policy interests.