India's Foreign Policy and Regional Multilateralism

by Michael, Arndt

• ISBN13: 9781137263117
• ISBN10: 1137263113
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

While successful processes of regional multilateralism are taking place in all corners of the world South Asia and its neighbouring regions have not been able to successfully cooperate in a regional framework. At present, there are four regional organizations or initiatives: the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral-Economic Cooperation, the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation and the Mekong Ganga Cooperation Initiative. Arndt Michael examines the genesis and evolution of these organizations by using the theoretical perspective of norm localization. The study focuses especially on India a founding member in all four organizations and traces the impact of India's foreign policy on the discourse, the development and the institutional designs of regional multilateralism.

Author Biography

Arndt Michael studied law and social sciences at the University of Freiburg, Germany, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has been lecturing at the University of Freiburg since 2006. His main areas of expertise include India's Foreign Policy, South Asian regionalism and European Foreign and Security Policy.

Table of Contents

Regional Multilateralism And Norm Localization
India's Cognitive Prior: Ideas, Norms And The Evolution Of India's Foreign Policy
Regional Multilateralism In South Asia
Regional Multilateralism Beyond South Asia
Conclusions: Competing Regionalism And Panchsheel-Multilateralism In South Asia And Beyond