This blog provides discussion highlights for Sunday IR Cafe #37. Conducted on 27th November 2022, the discussion covered The Hindutva International and “Akhand Bharat” in V D Savarkar’s History of India. Core Arguments: Discussion: Author’s response: I am grateful to the JNU IR Society for discussing my paper as part of their Sunday IR Café. […]
This blog provides the transcript of Candid Chat #1. Conducted on 22nd May 2022, the discussion session featured Avinash Paliwal, an expert on India’s foreign policy and the South Asian region. The conversation has been edited for the sake of brevity and clarity. On Afghanistan and India’s engagement with the region In the book My
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The field of International Relations studies in India is set to grow in stature and appeal as India rises as a prominent player on the global stage. On the demand side, for India’s engagement with the world to be meaningful and effective, the indispensable role of professional expertise, specialized domain knowledge, and a coherent appealing
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This blog provides discussion highlights for Sunday IR Cafe #15. Conducted on 15th May 2022, the discussion covered Re-imagining IR in India. Core Arguments: Indian international relations theory (IRT) is a distant idea. The conceptualization of IRT in India is limited. To begin with, the traditional Eurocentric IR does not give adequate space to Indian
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Power transition theory based on western experience might not adequately explain the pre-modern East Asian International Relations. But the Tianxia model of interstate relationship with China at its core will also not be acceptable to the East Asian states.