India as a Regional Power: Identifying the Impact of Roles and Foreign Policy Orientation on the South Asian Security Order |
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| Authors: | Robert Stewart-Ingersoll Derrick Frazier |
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| Institution: | 1. Robert Stewart-Ingersoll is assistant professor in the Department of International Studies , American University of Sharjah , ringersoll@aus.edu;3. Derrick Frazier is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign , |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The Regional Powers and Security Framework provides a systematic method to assess how the relative strength and behavior of regional powers influence regional security orders. This article applies the framework to India as a South Asian regional power. The analysis indicates that although the region is unipolar; India's impact is limited because of its failure to play leadership and custodianship roles. It does serve as a protector of the region from external threats, doing so through a unilateral, status quo, and reactive orientation. Application of this framework points to a lack of a hegemonic security order in South Asia, in spite of India's self-view as the region's natural hegemon. For India to be hegemonic, it would have to play these roles in a comprehensive manner. |
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