Nicolas Blarel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolas Blarel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolas |
| FAMILY NAME | Blarel |
| SIGNATURE | BLAREL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9924-0578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
India and Unef (1956–1967)
From the early 1950s on, India was one of the most significant contributors to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. Scholars have offered differing explanations about why India historically made a strong, consistent commitment to peacekeeping in distant regions during the Cold War. This article focuses on one crucial case: India's contribution to the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in the Gaza Strip, which was the first deployment o…
The Domestic-International Nexus in Indian Foreign Policymaking
Foreign policymaking in a country like India was long assumed to be strongly centralized and mainly the preoccupation of a limited group of political and bureaucratic elites. However, the 2024 elections have shown an increasing interest in foreign policy matters, notably over India’s role and status in the world, especially following India’s hosting of the G20 summit in 2023. Over time, it has also become clear that the foreign policy decision-ma…
Navigating US–China Rivalry in a Multi-aligned Middle East
Indian economic and strategic involvement in the Middle East has seen a transformation over the past two decades. This development has happened as many observers remark a gradual decline of US influence juxtaposed with China’s growing presence in the region. This article aims to assess how India has managed its bilateral relations with China within this region of increasing economic and strategic interest. Despite a growing literature on the Chin…
Why, how and to whom is the European Union signalling in the Indo-Pacific? Understanding the European Union’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific in the epicentre of multipolar competition
In September 2021, the European Union officially launched its Indo-Pacific strategy. Its announcement raised a series of questions over the nature, objectives, and audience of the European Union’s strategic communication. In addition, there were some doubts over whether the European Union could credibly and effectively signal as an autonomous actor in a distant geopolitical region. This article aims to address these questions by building on theor…
The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international contributors examine the often-overlooked complex governance of this migration corridor. Going beyond state-centric analysis, the contributors present a multi-layered account of the ‘migration governance complex.’ They offer insight…
Modi looks West? Assessing change and continuity in India’s Middle East policy since 2014
How do regional parties influence foreign policy? Insights from multilevel coalitional bargaining in India
When and how do regional parties influence foreign policy in federal democracies with multiparty coalition governments? The existing literature has focused on situations of foreign policy disagreements between subnational parties and the central government in multinational states. By contrast, we argue that under varying conditions, central governments either decide to accommodate the preferences of small regional parties when designing foreign p…
Coalition politics and the making of Indian foreign policy
Do Indian regional parties influence foreign policy and under which conditions? Some foreign policy studies have shown that certain coalition-building configurations have facilitated the inclusion of the concerns of small parties in the foreign policy debate. Other works have looked at the role of decentralization and federal power-arrangement in providing more control to political sub-units over the external affairs of a state. Those separate sc…
Opening the black box – The making of India’s foreign policy
Most studies looking at India’s external policies continue to “black-box” the actual process of how Indian foreign policy is made. More specifically, most studies generally overlook how India’s complex domestic polity and bureaucratic apparatus shape India’s foreign policy outlook. Unlike works on India’s security policy which have built from and contributed to broader academic debates, studies on India’s foreign policy have failed to directly en…
Opening the Black Box of Finance
In this article, we examine the foreign policy implications of different types of investment flows. North–South investment is more sensitive to political risks (expropriation, default, civil war) than North–North investment. We argue that North–South investment flows create a constituency within the US financial sector that is likely to support stabilising intervention – military intervention aimed at reducing political risk abroad. Examining pol…
Rising India
Concerns over global reputation and prestige have regularly motivated India's decision-makers since 1947. From India's post-colonial quest to be treated as a sovereign and equal member of the international community of nations, to recent claims about New Delhi's technological prowess in developing an anti-satellite missile which makes it the equal of the Great Powers, the search for global recognition has consistently shaped India's foreign polic…
Substate Organizations as Foreign Policy Agents
The extant scholarship in international relations does not completely account for the role of sub-state organizations (SSOs) in foreign policymaking of states. Yet, international cooperation, especially, in specialized areas like defense, space and nuclear technologies that are intrinsically complex frequently witness extensive involvement of SSOs. In other words, SSOs often act as foreign policy agents driving the international partnerships. Why…
Indian Foreign Policy under Modi
This forum comes from a 2016 panel at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. The forum participants offered midterm assessments of the foreign policy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This forum considers whether Modi heralded in a new era in Indian foreign policy, or whether Modi's policies just repackaged older policies. The authors in this forum answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from the role o…
Coalitions and Foreign-Policy-Making
This article makes two arguments. First, it seeks to warn foreign policy analysis scholars against directly applying models and theories developed in the context of West European countries to other regions such as the Global South. More specifically, we highlight some of the particularities present in cases from the Global South that might limit any direct attempt to apply hypothesised mechanisms derived from the existing coalition foreign-policy…
The Evolution of India's Israel Policy
India's relationship with Israel has been one of the most sensitive and controversial issues in New Delhi's foreign policy. India first decided to recognize Israel in 1950 but deliberately deferred the establishment of diplomatic relations until January 1992. In the space of only two decades, the two countries have developed significant economic and especially defence relations. Breaking with the existing literature which has looked at India's We…
Explaining the evolution of contestation in South Asia
Why, how and to whom is the European Union signalling in the Indo-Pacific? Understanding the European Union’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific in the epicentre of multipolar competition
In September 2021, the European Union officially launched its Indo-Pacific strategy. Its announcement raised a series of questions over the nature, objectives, and audience of the European Union’s strategic communication. In addition, there were some doubts over whether the European Union could credibly and effectively signal as an autonomous actor in a distant geopolitical region. This article aims to address these questions by building on theor…
Opening the black box – The making of India’s foreign policy
Most studies looking at India’s external policies continue to “black-box” the actual process of how Indian foreign policy is made. More specifically, most studies generally overlook how India’s complex domestic polity and bureaucratic apparatus shape India’s foreign policy outlook. Unlike works on India’s security policy which have built from and contributed to broader academic debates, studies on India’s foreign policy have failed to directly en…
Indian Foreign Policy under Modi
This forum comes from a 2016 panel at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. The forum participants offered midterm assessments of the foreign policy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This forum considers whether Modi heralded in a new era in Indian foreign policy, or whether Modi's policies just repackaged older policies. The authors in this forum answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from the role o…
Modi looks West? Assessing change and continuity in India’s Middle East policy since 2014
Coalitions and Foreign-Policy-Making
This article makes two arguments. First, it seeks to warn foreign policy analysis scholars against directly applying models and theories developed in the context of West European countries to other regions such as the Global South. More specifically, we highlight some of the particularities present in cases from the Global South that might limit any direct attempt to apply hypothesised mechanisms derived from the existing coalition foreign-policy…
Explaining the evolution of contestation in South Asia
How do regional parties influence foreign policy? Insights from multilevel coalitional bargaining in India
When and how do regional parties influence foreign policy in federal democracies with multiparty coalition governments? The existing literature has focused on situations of foreign policy disagreements between subnational parties and the central government in multinational states. By contrast, we argue that under varying conditions, central governments either decide to accommodate the preferences of small regional parties when designing foreign p…
Substate Organizations as Foreign Policy Agents
The extant scholarship in international relations does not completely account for the role of sub-state organizations (SSOs) in foreign policymaking of states. Yet, international cooperation, especially, in specialized areas like defense, space and nuclear technologies that are intrinsically complex frequently witness extensive involvement of SSOs. In other words, SSOs often act as foreign policy agents driving the international partnerships. Why…
The Evolution of India's Israel Policy
India's relationship with Israel has been one of the most sensitive and controversial issues in New Delhi's foreign policy. India first decided to recognize Israel in 1950 but deliberately deferred the establishment of diplomatic relations until January 1992. In the space of only two decades, the two countries have developed significant economic and especially defence relations. Breaking with the existing literature which has looked at India's We…
Explaining the evolution of contestation in South Asia
Coalitions and Foreign-Policy-Making
This article makes two arguments. First, it seeks to warn foreign policy analysis scholars against directly applying models and theories developed in the context of West European countries to other regions such as the Global South. More specifically, we highlight some of the particularities present in cases from the Global South that might limit any direct attempt to apply hypothesised mechanisms derived from the existing coalition foreign-policy…
Substate Organizations as Foreign Policy Agents
The extant scholarship in international relations does not completely account for the role of sub-state organizations (SSOs) in foreign policymaking of states. Yet, international cooperation, especially, in specialized areas like defense, space and nuclear technologies that are intrinsically complex frequently witness extensive involvement of SSOs. In other words, SSOs often act as foreign policy agents driving the international partnerships. Why…
Indian Foreign Policy under Modi
This forum comes from a 2016 panel at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. The forum participants offered midterm assessments of the foreign policy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This forum considers whether Modi heralded in a new era in Indian foreign policy, or whether Modi's policies just repackaged older policies. The authors in this forum answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from the role o…
Coalition politics and the making of Indian foreign policy
Do Indian regional parties influence foreign policy and under which conditions? Some foreign policy studies have shown that certain coalition-building configurations have facilitated the inclusion of the concerns of small parties in the foreign policy debate. Other works have looked at the role of decentralization and federal power-arrangement in providing more control to political sub-units over the external affairs of a state. Those separate sc…
Opening the black box – The making of India’s foreign policy
Most studies looking at India’s external policies continue to “black-box” the actual process of how Indian foreign policy is made. More specifically, most studies generally overlook how India’s complex domestic polity and bureaucratic apparatus shape India’s foreign policy outlook. Unlike works on India’s security policy which have built from and contributed to broader academic debates, studies on India’s foreign policy have failed to directly en…
Opening the Black Box of Finance
In this article, we examine the foreign policy implications of different types of investment flows. North–South investment is more sensitive to political risks (expropriation, default, civil war) than North–North investment. We argue that North–South investment flows create a constituency within the US financial sector that is likely to support stabilising intervention – military intervention aimed at reducing political risk abroad. Examining pol…
Rising India
Concerns over global reputation and prestige have regularly motivated India's decision-makers since 1947. From India's post-colonial quest to be treated as a sovereign and equal member of the international community of nations, to recent claims about New Delhi's technological prowess in developing an anti-satellite missile which makes it the equal of the Great Powers, the search for global recognition has consistently shaped India's foreign polic…
Modi looks West? Assessing change and continuity in India’s Middle East policy since 2014
How do regional parties influence foreign policy? Insights from multilevel coalitional bargaining in India
When and how do regional parties influence foreign policy in federal democracies with multiparty coalition governments? The existing literature has focused on situations of foreign policy disagreements between subnational parties and the central government in multinational states. By contrast, we argue that under varying conditions, central governments either decide to accommodate the preferences of small regional parties when designing foreign p…
The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international contributors examine the often-overlooked complex governance of this migration corridor. Going beyond state-centric analysis, the contributors present a multi-layered account of the ‘migration governance complex.’ They offer insight…
Navigating US–China Rivalry in a Multi-aligned Middle East
Indian economic and strategic involvement in the Middle East has seen a transformation over the past two decades. This development has happened as many observers remark a gradual decline of US influence juxtaposed with China’s growing presence in the region. This article aims to assess how India has managed its bilateral relations with China within this region of increasing economic and strategic interest. Despite a growing literature on the Chin…
Why, how and to whom is the European Union signalling in the Indo-Pacific? Understanding the European Union’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific in the epicentre of multipolar competition
In September 2021, the European Union officially launched its Indo-Pacific strategy. Its announcement raised a series of questions over the nature, objectives, and audience of the European Union’s strategic communication. In addition, there were some doubts over whether the European Union could credibly and effectively signal as an autonomous actor in a distant geopolitical region. This article aims to address these questions by building on theor…
India and Unef (1956–1967)
From the early 1950s on, India was one of the most significant contributors to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. Scholars have offered differing explanations about why India historically made a strong, consistent commitment to peacekeeping in distant regions during the Cold War. This article focuses on one crucial case: India's contribution to the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in the Gaza Strip, which was the first deployment o…
The Domestic-International Nexus in Indian Foreign Policymaking
Foreign policymaking in a country like India was long assumed to be strongly centralized and mainly the preoccupation of a limited group of political and bureaucratic elites. However, the 2024 elections have shown an increasing interest in foreign policy matters, notably over India’s role and status in the world, especially following India’s hosting of the G20 summit in 2023. Over time, it has also become clear that the foreign policy decision-ma…
Political science (16 works) · Economics (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Foreign policy (10 works) · International Development and Aid (9 works) · Political economy (9 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (8 works) · Sociology (7 works)