ID | 137399 |
Title Proper | Is India a great power? understanding great power status in contemporary international relations |
Language | ENG |
Author | Pardesi, Manjeet S |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | The traditional approaches to great power status - the intuitive criteria, an emphasis on warfare, and system-/global-level capabilities - have serious limitations. These approaches have ignored the implications of the expansion of the European states-system into a global one along with the simultaneous regionalization of world politics. Therefore, a threefold criterion for great power status is proposed - the presence of security-related and economic interests outside of a state's home region, the requisite capabilities, and the demand for this status and its acceptance by other great powers and the regional states. India has emerged as a great power because it meets these criteria in Southeast Asia. India's transformation from a South Asian power into one capable of shaping the regional order in Asia is of theoretical significance. |
`In' analytical Note | Asian Security Vol. 11, No.1; Jan-Apr 2015: p.1-30 |
Journal Source | Asian Security Vol: 11 No 1 |
Key Words | World Politics ; India ; Southeast Asia ; Great Power ; Regionalization ; International Relations - Case Studies ; South Asian Power |