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Indian approaches to security and conflict resolution

Doyle, John (2019) Indian approaches to security and conflict resolution. Revista UNISCI, 49 . pp. 43-62. ISSN 2386-9453

Abstract
This article analyses the inter-relationships between India’s approach to conflict resolution at the global, regional and domestic levels, with a view to clarifying the most consistent positions of the Indian state. At the global level, while there have been some strategic silences reflecting realpolitik, India remains a strong support of UN peacekeeping and critical of armed intervention for humanitarian purposes. At a regional level traditional security approaches dominate. There is a rhetorical commitment to regional integration as a means of building better relationships with neighbours, but India’s actions reflect a model of security and conflict resolution based on deterrence and military power-projection. At the domestic level India has a long tradition of managing internal conflicts through state formation and elite co-option. However, in the North East and in particular in Kashmir and in the Maoist conflicts there have been missed opportunities to de-escalate, when the positive conflict resolution experiences in other domestic cases have been crowded out by a highly securitized response.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:India; Security; Conflict Resolution; Strategy; Kashmir; Maoist
Subjects:Social Sciences > International relations
Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Research Initiatives and Centres > Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction
Publisher:Complutense University of Madrid
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.31439/UNISCI-33
Copyright Information:© 2019 UNISCI. Open access
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Dublin City University, European Union
ID Code:25538
Deposited On:19 Feb 2021 13:39 by John Doyle . Last Modified 19 Feb 2021 14:38
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