India in the Indo-Pacific : Understanding India's security orientation towards Southeast and East Asia / Aditi Malhotra

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malhotra, Aditi, Author.

Series:

International and Security Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

<div>international security.

internationale Sicherheit.

Indo-Pacific.

Indo-Pazifik.

Asia-Pacific security.

asiatisch-pazifische Sicherheit.

Indian foreign policy.

indische Außenpolitik.

India-China security competition.

Indisch-chinesischer Sicherheitswettbewerb.

emerging powers.

Schwellenländer.

Indian security policy.

indische Sicherheitspolitik.

maritime security<br /></div>.

maritime Sicherheit.

Local Subjects:

<div>international security.

internationale Sicherheit.

Indo-Pacific.

Indo-Pazifik.

Asia-Pacific security.

asiatisch-pazifische Sicherheit.

Indian foreign policy.

indische Außenpolitik.

India-China security competition.

Indisch-chinesischer Sicherheitswettbewerb.

emerging powers.

Schwellenländer.

Indian security policy.

indische Sicherheitspolitik.

maritime security<br /></div>.

maritime Sicherheit.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Verlag Barbara Budrich 2022

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Aditi Malhotra is a co-editor of the Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (JIPSS). She completed her Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Politics (GrasP), Institute for Political Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

Summary:

Angesichts der sich verändernden Weltordnung nehmen Schwellenländer zunehmend Einfluss auf die gegenwärtige Dynamik regionaler Sicherheiten. Die Autorin beschreibt, wie sich die sicherheitspolitische Rolle Indiens im indo-pazifischen Raum in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten weiterentwickelt und ausgeweitet hat. Es zeigt sich, dass zwischen der politischen Rhetorik Neu-Delhis und dem politischen Handeln vor Ort eine deutliche Kluft besteht. Die Gründe für diese Ineffektivität werden in dem Buch weiter untersucht. In view of the fast-changing world order, emerging countries are increasingly influencing the dynamics of regional securities. This timely and in-depth book examines India’s reorienting strategic posture and describes how New Delhi’s security policy in the Indo-Pacific region has evolved and expanded over the past two decades. The author argues that India’s quest to leverage its geostrategic location to emerge as an Indo-Pacific actor faces multiple challenges, which create a clear divide between the country’s political rhetoric and action on the ground. The author critically examines these contradictions to better situate India's security role in an increasingly fluid Indo-Pacific region.

Contents:

1. Contextualising the Indo-Pacific 1.1 Mapping India’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific 1.2 The Puzzle 1.3 Overview of the Argument 1.4 Relevance and Significance 1.5 Structure of the Book 2. Literature Review and Conceptual Framework 2.1 Balance of Power Theory (Neorealism) 2.2 Constructivism 2.3 Alternate Theoretical Explanation: Role Theory 2.4 Methodology 3. Historical Overview of India’s Role Conceptions: 1947–2000 3.1 Early Years to Early 1960s: Non-Aligned Asian Power and Peacemaker 3.2 Mid-1960s to Late 1980s: Subcontinental Power and Security-Seeker 3.3 Early to Late 1990s: Emerging Economic Actor and Benign Power 3.4 Summary and Conclusion of the Chapter 4. India’s Master and Auxiliary RCs: Emergence and Evolution 4.1 Major Power Role (2001 onwards) 4.2 Emerging Auxiliary RCs (2001–14) 4.3 Master RC: Leading Power Role (2015 onwards) 4.4 Act East Policy 4.5 Summary and Conclusion of the Chapter 5. Self-Conception: Domestic Determinants of Role Conception 5.1 Permanent Determinants 5.2 New Determinant: Rise in Economic Potential 5.3 Growing Salience of Naval Factor 5.4 Reasons behind the Conception–Performance Gap 5.5 Summary and Conclusion of the Chapter 6. Role Prescription: External Determinants of Role Conception 6.1 India and China 6.2 India and the United States 6.3 India and Japan 6.4 ASEAN Countries and India 6.5 Summary and Conclusion of the Chapter 7. Conclusion 7.1 Contributions 7.2 Changing Role Conceptions 7.3 Drivers of Changing Role Conceptions 7.4 The Conception–Performance Gap 7.5 Implications of the Study 7.6 Limitations of Study and Directions for Future Research Bibliography

ISBN:

9783847418412

3847418416

9783847418443

3847418440

OCLC:

1328056992

Publisher Number:

9783847418443