Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Which of the following scholars observes various forms of Nehruvianism – 'militant Nehruvianism', 'classical Nehruvianism' and 'post-cold war Nehruvianism'?
AGeorge Tanham
BStephen Cohen
CKanti Bajpai ✓ Correct
DDavid Scott
Correct answer: (C) Kanti Bajpai — Kanti Bajpai is the scholar who maps these strands, so the answer is Kanti Bajpai.
Explanation
★Kanti Bajpai is the scholar who maps these strands, so the answer is Kanti Bajpai.
★Bajpai is a leading scholar of Indian foreign policy who classifies competing schools of strategic thought in India.
★Nehruvianism refers to the worldview of Jawaharlal Nehru, centred on non-alignment, anti-colonialism and idealism in international relations.
★Classical Nehruvianism keeps the original emphasis on non-alignment, peaceful coexistence and a moral, balanced global role.
★Militant or hyper-realist Nehruvianism, exemplified by Indira Gandhi after 1962, stresses hard power and reads the world as full of threats.
★Post-cold war Nehruvianism adapts these ideas to a unipolar, globalising order while retaining strategic autonomy.
★George Tanham is known for his essay on India's lack of a strategic culture, a different debate from Bajpai's typology.
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