Abstract “A crisis almost always reveals the reality, and the Persian Gulf crisis revealed the real Japan. In the moment of truth, an economic superpower…
Topic: Foreign Policy
Summary This book is the first attempt to examine Japan’s relations with Russia from the perspective of national identity; providing a new interpretation of Japan’s…
Summary After suffering crushing military defeats in 1945, both Japan and Germany have again achieved positions of economic dominance and political influence. Yet neither seeks…
Summary The study of security has been dominated for four decades by a scientific perspective that has been under attack since the end of the…
Summary Chapters on China, Japan, Russia. Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes…
Summary Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations is the first psychological study of nation-building, nationalism, mass mobilisation and foreign policy processes. In a bold…
Abstract The Asian Pacific region is highly unstable, but not for the reasons usually assumed. Contrary to the assertions of Realists, who argue multipolarity makes…
Summary Asia is a crucial battleground for power and influence in the international system. It is also a theater of new experiments in regional cooperation…
Abstract Both New Delhi and Washington have rhetorically invoked the unique ties between “the world’s oldest and largest democracies.” It is time for both countries…
Summary South Asia is one of the most volatile regions of the world, and India’s complex democratic political system impinges on its relations with its…
Abstract An article is presented that reports on foreign policy in India in 2011. The article describes pragmatist and nationalist perspectives on foreign relations related…
Abstract How do national and political identities impact on a state’s foreign policy? In turn, how does the analysis of different normative beliefs advance our…
Abstract This article explores the intersection of strategic worldviews and domestic institutions in the creation of India’s foreign policy.We first show that Indian electoral politics…
Summary In the new millennium, India has joined global initiatives like the Community of Democracies (2000) and the UN Democracy Fund (2005) for promoting democracy.…
Abstract The article discusses the absence of foreign policy frameworks in India and how India’s national identity shapes its foreign policy. The gap between a…
