India as a Foreign Policy Actor – Normative Redux
India as a Foreign Policy Actor – Normative Redux

Author(s): Radha Kumar
Subject(s): Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Politics and law
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: India; foreign policy actor; Normative redux; political behaviour; EU; USA;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter analyses India’s behaviour as a foreign policy actor by looking atIndia’s changing relations over the past decade with the EU, US, China, Japan,Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal and, in a historical departure, the former princely state of Sikkim. It argues that though India has almost always been a normative actor, Indian foreign policy is today transiting from abstract, and frequently ‘unrealpolitik,’ views of what constitutes normative behaviour. India’s ‘Look East’policy has been the cornerstone of this transition, indicating that economic growth, maritime capability and peace and stability in its neighbourhood are key goals of India’s present behaviour as a normative foreign policy actor.

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