India at the Margins of Global Governance: A Peculiar Practice of Multilateralism

Authors

  • Mario Gonzalez Castañeda Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e010

Abstract

After the Cold War, India was forced to examine its non-alignment policy. Apparently, a new foreign policy was shaped. It was more ambitious in defining the scope of India’s global interests yet, complying with global governance. But despite this appearance, when official discourse is analyzed and contrasted with evidence, it is possible to note not only the tensions and instabilities in the narrative, but also the continuities of non-alignment. This article aims to investigate the practice of multilateralism in Indian foreign policy considering the cases of SAARC, and BRICS. The article traces the consistencies in how foreign policy has been conceived: restricting multilateralism as well as global governance, and securing India’s national interest and sovereignty.   

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Author Biography

Mario Gonzalez Castañeda, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales

Doctor y maestro en Estudios de Asia y África, especialidad: Sur de Asia por el Centro de Estudios de Asia y África (CEAA), El Colegio de México; internacionalista de formación. Actualmente realiza una estancia de investigación posdoctoral en el Departamento de Ciencia Sociales de la UAM-Cuajimalpa. Líneas de investigación: Comisiones y comités de Investigación en India colonial y poscolonial, las relaciones India-China; la política exterior y el programa nuclear indio y chino; historia de la ciencia, política y social de India y China en el siglo XX.

Published

2017-12-01

How to Cite

Gonzalez Castañeda, M. (2017). India at the Margins of Global Governance: A Peculiar Practice of Multilateralism. International Relations, 26(53), 19–40. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e010

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Estudios