Bullettin n. 1/2011
June 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Mukherjee Rohan, Malone David M.
    From High Ground to High Table: The Evolution of Indian Multilateralism
    in Global Governance , vol. 17, n. 3, july-september ,  2011 ,  311-330
    ABSTRACT: Independent India’s multilateral strategy was designed defensively as a means to provide the country with some leeway in an intensely competitive bipolar world. Today, India casts itself as an emerging power intent on exerting the bilateral and multilateral influence that the country’s founding leaders had long aspired to. Obsolete frameworks such as nonalignment and developing world leadership have mostly been jettisoned in the process. However, questions remain about India’s willingness and capacity to take on global responsibilities to match its global aspirations. This article traces the evolution of India’s multilateral approach and examines its multilateral stance through several prisms: the UN Security Council, the World Trade Organization, global climate change negotiations, and some emerging international groupings of states in which India plays a role. Among our conclusions is that, in India’s diplomacy, much depends on domestic factors.
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