Without sufficient funding we cannot promote research in International Relations in India. Moreover, funding agencies must not hesitate in supporting critical topics. If India aspires to be a centre of Non-Western IR, it can only be possible with the backing of the govt.

'At the same time, India’s friends and partners will have to adjust to its assertive demeanor—in part, by making room for the country as it ascends in the international order.' 19/19

'Great powers—including the United States—routinely resort to such tactics. But they are also well positioned to manage the consequences. As a rising power, India is still far from that level of global heft and influence.' 17/19

'Indian govts have always sought to promote Indian culture, resist Western domination, coerce Pakistan, and solve transnational problems collectively. But Modi’s BJP stands out for its singular interpretation of Indian culture & its willingness to take greater diplomatic risks..'

'is creating a new policy paradigm based on self-defined Hindu civilizational values, a transactional approach to power politics, a willingness to use or threaten to use military force, and a desire to shoulder global responsibilities by working with other countries.' 14/19

'India today.. is a rising power whose population is primed for leaders to manipulate national aspirations for.. gains. Modi has also successfully used a more confident & assertive society & diaspora to bolster his party’s political fortunes and to improve 🇮🇳's global standing.'

'Modi is not the first Indian leader with global ambitions... But Nehru’s efforts resonated with only a narrow domestic elite; the wider populace was too beset by poverty to care about intangibles such as international recognition.' 12/19

'Writing with some exasperation in the 1850s, the British ambassador to Washington observed how Americans relied on “the power of swagger” and held a “threatening tone to all the world” even though they did not have the military capabilities to match their rhetoric.' 10/19

'growing self-confidence of 🇮🇳 diplomats, the increased sensitivity of 🇮🇳 nationals to perceived slights.. & the general sense among the 🇮🇳 public that the country has “arrived” on the global stage is in fact reminiscent of another rising & chaotic democracy: the 19th-century 🇺🇸'

'It is.. no surprise that the BJP, a nationalist party, has benefited from Indians’ growing interest in international relations—or that the BJP has channeled the country’s attitudes into a more assertive foreign policy.' 7/19

'Analysts should not be surprised that Indians are paying more attention to global politics. India’s economic liberalization has made citizens wealthier, and wealthier people tend to take a greater interest in international affairs.' 6/19

'Yet a nationalist foreign policy does not always serve the national interest. When rising states seek global recognition, they often engage in assertive diplomacy and international conduct that provoke backlash, derailing their ascent.' 4/19

'Modi has certainly brought newfound publicity to international topics... the BJP’s rule has infused diplomacy with a sense of national purpose and transformed it into one of the key dimensions on which citizens evaluate their government.' 3/19