India and Asian geopolitics
The past, present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9901451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sasikumar S Sundaram (0000-0003-4785-9974, City, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 803-805 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiac011 |
| OpenAlex | W4220897003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
In our imagination, geopolitics is a dangerously deterministic strategy of a state based on its geographic position in world politics. It is a struggle for supremacy and exceptionalism that was perfected by the Nazis and abhorred thereafter in diplomacy. In that context, the notion that a broader Asia is beset with shifting geopolitical structures and that India—as part of this Asian environment—has in the past exercised a distinct geopolitical agency might sound like hubris. Furthermore, the argument that India's choices in Asia's geopolitics offer useful lessons in managing the turbulence of the present global order might be seen as a return to a story of civilizational greatness of the state, famous among the radical right in India, and spearheaded by the Narendra Modi government. Yet as Shivshankar Menon shows in this vivid book, such a narrow view of geopolitics is also wrong. India's quest for power must be viewed in
Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economics · Exceptionalism · Geopolitics · Greatness · Hubris · Literature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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Media, digital sovereignty and geopolitics
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Navigating asymmetry in the Indian Ocean region
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India and the ‘great powers’
The Challenge(s) of India’s foreign policy in the shifting global power balance
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |