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Why does India have a vested interest in Eurasia? How feasibile is non-
Western Eurasia’s future? In this paper, the term ‘Eurasia’ refers to non-
Western Eurasia, that is, excludes the EU. Indian policymakers and scholars
believe that the Eurasian region’s strategic location, culture and civilization
offer great opportunities for the development of energy resources, trade,
and other fields. However, the enormous Eurasian landmass, covering China
in the east to Europe in the west, and the Arctic in the north to India in the
south, embraces various powerful countries that are facing serious security
and strategic challenges. The strategic importance of China’s Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) intended to build a link to Eurasia pushes India to get more
involved in the Eurasian region.
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176144
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As non-governmental organizations (NGOs) assume incrementally important roles in global environmental governance, literature regarding their functions also multiplies. Studies are available about their features, structural advantages or impacts. However, very few have sufficiently explained what makes them tick in the international system as non-state actors. In this article, we argue that NGOs’ important position in global governance lies in its authority. We build our analysis on sociological institutionalism and the principal–agent models, arguing that NGOs are independent and autonomous with both inherent authority and granted authority by sovereign states or inter-governmental organizations (IGOs). It is through this authority that NGOs could function independently and autonomously in global governance instead of being the affiliated or appendant actors of parties. To shed some new light on understanding NGOs in the international system from a theoretical perspective, we employ cases from environmental governance domain as evidence for illustration.
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