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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aDS449 _b.B373 2023
100	1		_aBasrur, Rajesh M., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSubcontinental drift : _bdomestic politics and India's foreign policy / _cRajesh Basrur.
264		1	_aWashington, DC : _bGeorgetown University Press, _c©2023
300			_a253 pages _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSouth Asia in world affairs series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-246) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : Rising India and Policy Drift -- Material Constraints-I : The India-US Nuclear Agreement -- Material Constraints-II : India and Sri Lanka's Civil War -- Responsibility Deficit-I : Nuclear Strategy -- Responsibility Deficit-II : Cross-Border Terrorism - Conclusion : Considerations for Policy and Theory.
520			_a"This book explains why India's foreign policy is often characterized by multiple hesitations, delays, and diversions. Rajesh Basrur finds that India's foreign policy is hampered by significant domestic political constraints, which dim the country's prospects for major power status. Basrur uses the concept of policy drift and the international relations theory known as neoclassical realism to illuminate the main types of political stumbling blocks. The four cases explored in this book demonstrate that there are two basic types of explanation for India's indecision on crucial issues. He distinguishes between involuntary drift, which is related to the distribution of domestic material power, and voluntary drift, which is produced by a responsibility deficit. Basrur's two case studies of involuntary drift, are the India-US nuclear agreement and Indian security policy toward Sri Lanka. Two other case studies on India's nuclear strategy and India's policy on cross-border terrorism demonstrate voluntary drift. Basrur concludes India's capacity to implement vital policies is under question, not only because of the specific negativities associated with the cases examined here, but more generally from what they indicate about the ability of the Indian state to surmount domestic obstacles in pursuit of its interests as a potential major power"--
651		0	_aIndia _xForeign relations _y1984-
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBasrur, Rajesh M. _tSubcontinental drift _dWashington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023] _z9781647122867 _w(DLC) 2022001378
830		0	_aSouth Asia in world affairs series.
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