Hall Ian, Ganguly Šumit
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN USA.
Int Polit (Hague). 2022;59(1):1-8. doi: 10.1057/s41311-021-00363-8. Epub 2021 Oct 30.
This article introduces the special issue on Narendra Modi and India's foreign policy. It observes that there is little consensus about the effectiveness of the Modi government's management of international relations. Some argue that since it first came to power in May 2014 it has transformed India's foreign policy and proved far more successful than its predecessors in handling the country's key relationships and challenges. Others contend that India's basic strategy is unchanged and that New Delhi's position is weaker today in important areas, notably regarding China and Pakistan than it was under earlier regimes. This article introduces this debate and the analytical questions addressed in the special issue concerning the extent of prime ministerial autonomy in foreign policymaking, the role of ideas and ideology, and the question of how far India's agency is constrained by structural impediments, both in its immediate region and further afield.
本文介绍了关于纳伦德拉·莫迪和印度外交政策的特刊。文章指出，对于莫迪政府管理国际关系的成效，几乎没有达成共识。一些人认为，自2014年5月首次上台以来，它改变了印度的外交政策，并在处理该国的关键关系和挑战方面比其前任更为成功。另一些人则认为，印度的基本战略没有改变，新德里如今在重要领域的地位，尤其是在涉及中国和巴基斯坦的问题上，比前几届政府时期更为软弱。本文介绍了这场辩论以及特刊中所探讨的分析性问题，这些问题涉及总理在外交政策制定中的自主程度、观念和意识形态的作用，以及印度的行动在多大程度上受到其周边地区和更广泛区域的结构性障碍的制约。
