Mahesh Shankar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3776072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahesh Shankar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahesh |
| FAMILY NAME | Shankar |
| SIGNATURE | SHANKAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Skidmore College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Power, threat, and Chinese assertiveness on the Sino–Indian border
The reputational bases of India’s China policy
This paper analyzes instances of the Indian leadership’s choice of an escalatory approach in its border dispute with China, first in the adoption of the Forward Policy in the lead up to the 1962 war, and more briefly the more recent decision in 2017 to take escalatory action in response to Chinese activity in the Doklam area in the trijunction of the India-China-Bhutan border region. In doing so, the paper demonstrates how a focus on reputation a…
Nehru’s legacy in Kashmir
As the dispute over Kashmir broke out in 1947, a plebiscite of the people of the state offered a mutually acceptable and ostensibly fair path out of the imbroglio. Critics have often laid the blame on Nehru, and the territory’s salience to India, for why a plebiscite was never held. Based on primary documentation, this article makes the case that it was not a lack of commitment to the formula, but rather Nehru’s deeply held strategic and reputati…
Nuclear doctrines and stable strategic relationships
This article offers a discussion of nuclear doctrines and their significance for war, peace and stability between nuclear-armed states. The cases of India and Pakistan are analysed to show the challenges these states have faced in articulating and implementing a proper nuclear doctrine, and the implications of this for nuclear stability in the region. We argue that both the Indian and Pakistani doctrines and postures are problematic from a region…
Showing Character
In the approach to the Sino-Indian war of 1962, the Indian government made some surprising policy choices. Most significant was Nehru’s decision to contest what was viewed by him and his officials as unimportant territory in the western sector, rejecting in the process Chou en-Lai’s 1960 “package” offer. Instead, Delhi chose to initiate in 1961 the Forward Policy, in full awareness of the severely disadvantageous position of the Indian military i…
Status Accommodation through Institutional Means
The rise of India as a state with major power attributes is expected to take place before the third decade of the twenty-first century. As its power capabilities – especially in the economic, military and demographic arenas – have begun to increase, India has started to make a claim for a leadership role in several institutions of global governance, and thereby for a higher status in the global system. Although it remains to be seen whether India…
Why the US–India Nuclear Accord is a Good Deal
The reputational bases of India’s China policy
This paper analyzes instances of the Indian leadership’s choice of an escalatory approach in its border dispute with China, first in the adoption of the Forward Policy in the lead up to the 1962 war, and more briefly the more recent decision in 2017 to take escalatory action in response to Chinese activity in the Doklam area in the trijunction of the India-China-Bhutan border region. In doing so, the paper demonstrates how a focus on reputation a…
Nehru’s legacy in Kashmir
As the dispute over Kashmir broke out in 1947, a plebiscite of the people of the state offered a mutually acceptable and ostensibly fair path out of the imbroglio. Critics have often laid the blame on Nehru, and the territory’s salience to India, for why a plebiscite was never held. Based on primary documentation, this article makes the case that it was not a lack of commitment to the formula, but rather Nehru’s deeply held strategic and reputati…
Nuclear doctrines and stable strategic relationships
This article offers a discussion of nuclear doctrines and their significance for war, peace and stability between nuclear-armed states. The cases of India and Pakistan are analysed to show the challenges these states have faced in articulating and implementing a proper nuclear doctrine, and the implications of this for nuclear stability in the region. We argue that both the Indian and Pakistani doctrines and postures are problematic from a region…
Showing Character
In the approach to the Sino-Indian war of 1962, the Indian government made some surprising policy choices. Most significant was Nehru’s decision to contest what was viewed by him and his officials as unimportant territory in the western sector, rejecting in the process Chou en-Lai’s 1960 “package” offer. Instead, Delhi chose to initiate in 1961 the Forward Policy, in full awareness of the severely disadvantageous position of the Indian military i…
Why the US–India Nuclear Accord is a Good Deal
Why the US–India Nuclear Accord is a Good Deal
Status Accommodation through Institutional Means
The rise of India as a state with major power attributes is expected to take place before the third decade of the twenty-first century. As its power capabilities – especially in the economic, military and demographic arenas – have begun to increase, India has started to make a claim for a leadership role in several institutions of global governance, and thereby for a higher status in the global system. Although it remains to be seen whether India…
Showing Character
In the approach to the Sino-Indian war of 1962, the Indian government made some surprising policy choices. Most significant was Nehru’s decision to contest what was viewed by him and his officials as unimportant territory in the western sector, rejecting in the process Chou en-Lai’s 1960 “package” offer. Instead, Delhi chose to initiate in 1961 the Forward Policy, in full awareness of the severely disadvantageous position of the Indian military i…
Nehru’s legacy in Kashmir
As the dispute over Kashmir broke out in 1947, a plebiscite of the people of the state offered a mutually acceptable and ostensibly fair path out of the imbroglio. Critics have often laid the blame on Nehru, and the territory’s salience to India, for why a plebiscite was never held. Based on primary documentation, this article makes the case that it was not a lack of commitment to the formula, but rather Nehru’s deeply held strategic and reputati…
Nuclear doctrines and stable strategic relationships
This article offers a discussion of nuclear doctrines and their significance for war, peace and stability between nuclear-armed states. The cases of India and Pakistan are analysed to show the challenges these states have faced in articulating and implementing a proper nuclear doctrine, and the implications of this for nuclear stability in the region. We argue that both the Indian and Pakistani doctrines and postures are problematic from a region…
The reputational bases of India’s China policy
This paper analyzes instances of the Indian leadership’s choice of an escalatory approach in its border dispute with China, first in the adoption of the Forward Policy in the lead up to the 1962 war, and more briefly the more recent decision in 2017 to take escalatory action in response to Chinese activity in the Doklam area in the trijunction of the India-China-Bhutan border region. In doing so, the paper demonstrates how a focus on reputation a…
Power, threat, and Chinese assertiveness on the Sino–Indian border
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · China (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (3 works)