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Can constituent states influence foreign and security policy? Coalitional dynamics in India / Jaganathan, Madhan Mohan   Journal Article
Jaganathan, Madhan Mohan Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract The Indian state has undergone significant transformation since the late 1980s, most notably the extensive decentralisation of power, with consequences for the formation and implementation of Indian foreign policy. This article explores the role of India’s constituent states explaining the extent and limitations of their autonomy and influence. It deploys and extends the state transformation approach to incorporate considerations of issue area and coalition type. Under coalitions led by typical national parties, subnational governments are less likely to influence foreign and security policy. Under the same coalition type, they are more likely to behave autonomously on non-traditional security issues such as sharing of water resources with neighbouring countries. They are less likely to behave autonomously on security issues such as the transnational expression of ethnic solidarity. Under coalitions led by atypical national parties or regional parties, subnational governments are likely to exercise a moderate level of autonomy and influence on issue areas such as transnational expression of ethnic solidarity. They are likely to exercise a high level of autonomy and influence on non-traditional security issues such as sharing of water resources. The framework is illustrated through Tamil Nadu’s activism on Sri Lanka, and West Bengal’s position on water-sharing with Bangladesh.
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Quest for security: fictitious? flawed? facade? / Jaganathan, Madhan Mohan; Sunmbul, Amna ; Saini, Gaurav   Journal Article
Jaganathan, Madhan Mohan Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Why does the quest for security lead to insecurity? In its quest for becoming secure, mainstream international relations (IR) has weaved a fictitious web that hardly lives up to its promise of providing security to the international community. It is through the vocabulary of securitisation that the freedom to resist and express dissent is nipped in the bud. Security is premised on a flawed assumption. The insistence on the usefulness of assumptions instead of their truthfulness is not just misleading but a theoretical sleight of hand. Security seems to have flourished owing to a unidimensional view of human nature and a unilinear extrapolation of anarchy, which is considered as the central facet of international political structure. This article contests these assumptions and argues that the construction of security is tantamount to a façade that gives a false impression of security, thereby concealing and camouflaging the hegemonic nature of such an endeavour.
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