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I ndian Foreign Policy and International Humanitarian Norms: A Role‐Theoretical Analysis
Author(s) -
Hansel Mischa,
Möller Miriam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1943-0787
pISSN - 1943-0779
DOI - 10.1111/aspp.12171
Subject(s) - foreign policy , salient , political science , foreign policy analysis , field (mathematics) , process (computing) , positive economics , political economy , sociology , economics , law , politics , computer science , mathematics , pure mathematics , operating system
Although role theory has been widely used in the field of foreign policy analysis, it has never been comprehensively applied to the study of Indian foreign policy. This article analyzes major foreign policy speeches of Indian decision makers in an effort to identify salient national role conceptions. In the second part of the article, it is shown how in the process of emerging international humanitarian norms, inherent tensions between different role conceptions become aggravated. Thus, I ndian foreign policy makers find themselves in the middle of intra‐ and inter‐role conflicts. Taking the R esponsibility to P rotect and I nternational C riminal L aw as examples, the article examines the way in which decision makers have tried to mitigate and to evade conflicting role‐derived expectations.