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India-US Relations & Indian Strtageic Culture: A Constructivist Approach to Indian National Security Policy

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Historical experiences, collective beliefs, and ideas shape the way nation-states behave in the international system. In the conduct of war, or during the construction of foreign policy, actor’s strategic preferences are informed by a cultural system operating at the domestic level. This research papers draws on the constructivist literature in international relations scholarship to trace the strategic cultural shift at present in India, one from non-alignment to that of strategic engagement. It makes the claim that since the time of Indian independence, Indian strategic culture has been defined by a norm of non-alignment. However, in the present strategic context, Indian strategic policy appears to be increasingly informed by a policy of greater strategic engagement. The paper will trace this process of change, and argue that the norm of non-alignement might have perhaps been undermined by polices for greater engagement, but its efficacy and influence is not lost on India's strategic elite as well as its local populace. The paper will demonstrate that ideas with regards to security poliy shapes the ideational lens through which an actor views the world and conducts itself in the international system.

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Chaudhuri, Rudra. "India-US Relations & Indian Strtageic Culture: A Constructivist Approach to Indian National Security Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, Mar 26, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p252732_index.html>

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Chaudhuri, R. N. , 2008-03-26 "India-US Relations & Indian Strtageic Culture: A Constructivist Approach to Indian National Security Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p252732_index.html

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Abstract: Historical experiences, collective beliefs, and ideas shape the way nation-states behave in the international system. In the conduct of war, or during the construction of foreign policy, actor’s strategic preferences are informed by a cultural system operating at the domestic level. This research papers draws on the constructivist literature in international relations scholarship to trace the strategic cultural shift at present in India, one from non-alignment to that of strategic engagement. It makes the claim that since the time of Indian independence, Indian strategic culture has been defined by a norm of non-alignment. However, in the present strategic context, Indian strategic policy appears to be increasingly informed by a policy of greater strategic engagement. The paper will trace this process of change, and argue that the norm of non-alignement might have perhaps been undermined by polices for greater engagement, but its efficacy and influence is not lost on India's strategic elite as well as its local populace. The paper will demonstrate that ideas with regards to security poliy shapes the ideational lens through which an actor views the world and conducts itself in the international system.

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The ISA paper March 2008 – Recovering Indian Strategic Culture By Rudra Chaudhuri1 Introduction: Historical experiences institutionalised beliefs and ideas shape the way nation-states behave in the international system. During the conduct of war or in the construction of foreign policy actor’s strategic preferences are motivated by a cultural system operating at the domestic level.2 This system provides the underlying ideational lens through which the actor views the world. While responding to the power maximising efforts of potential foes
alliances. For details on the territorial dispute itself and exchange of fires prior to October 10 1962 see: (1) Alastair Lamb The China-India border: The Origins of the Disputed Boundaries (Oxford University Press London New York 1964): 3-9 168-175 (2) B N Mullick My Years With Nehru: The Chinese Betrayal (Allied Publishers New Delhi London 1971): 338 – 360 (3) B. M. Kaul The Untold Story (Allied Publishers New Delhi London 1967): 354 – 368 (4) D K Palit


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