{"id":5900,"date":"2018-04-27T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?page_id=5900"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:37:30","slug":"india-in-south-asia-interaction-with-liberal-peacebuilding-projects","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/india-in-south-asia-interaction-with-liberal-peacebuilding-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"India in South Asia: Interaction with Liberal Peacebuilding Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>India in South Asia: Interaction with Liberal Peacebuilding Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong>\u00a0<div id=\"zotpress-428ffda4bfc6721d3cd62123c1325294\" class=\"zp-Zotpress zp-Zotpress-Bib wp-block-group\">\n\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_API_USER_ID ZP_ATTR\">383706<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ITEM_KEY ZP_ATTR\">{:EQLYYSAG}<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_COLLECTION_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TAG_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_AUTHOR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_YEAR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_ITEMTYPE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_INCLUSIVE ZP_ATTR\">1<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_STYLE ZP_ATTR\">apa<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_LIMIT ZP_ATTR\">50<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SORTBY ZP_ATTR\">default<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ORDER ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TITLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWIMAGE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWTAGS ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_DOWNLOADABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_NOTES ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ABSTRACT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_CITEABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TARGET ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_URLWRAP ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_FORCENUM ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_HIGHLIGHT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_POSTID ZP_ATTR\">5900<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZOTPRESS_PLUGIN_URL ZP_ATTR\">https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/wp-content\/plugins\/zotpress\/<\/span>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"zp-List loading\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zp-SEO-Content\">\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-zp-SEO-Content -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-List -->\n\t<\/div><!--.zp-Zotpress-->\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adhikari-India-in-South-Asia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journal article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> In fragile and conflict-affected States (henceforth FCAS) in South Asia, two distinct forms of international engagement have worked simultaneously\u2014the engagement of India, the regional hegemon, and that of Western states that promote liberal peacebuilding projects. From Norwegian engagement in Sri Lanka to European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) engagement in Myanmar, to the UN-led international engagement in Nepal, liberal peacebuilding, despite its fault lines, has ubiquitous presence in South Asia, a region fraught with different forms of conflict and fragility. The norms, practices and modalities of engagement of India as well as of liberal peacebuilding projects have their distinct specificities in their normative foundations, practices and modalities of engagement. This article contends that the current interaction, though often unacknowledged, is marked by uncertainties, contrasts, instrumental use of norms, lack of coordination and even unexpected overlaps. This article primarily argues that in order for India to play a constructive role in the region, it needs to devise a policy on how it engages with liberal peacebuilding norms and its diffusion in practice through a variety of organisational and institutional networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> South Asia, India, Conflict, Fragility, Liberal Peacebuilding<\/p>\n<p>Return to\u00a0search\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/publications-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all publications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India in South Asia: Interaction with Liberal Peacebuilding Projects Citation:\u00a0 Download journal article Abstract: In fragile and conflict-affected States (henceforth FCAS) in South Asia, two distinct forms of international engagement<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/india-in-south-asia-interaction-with-liberal-peacebuilding-projects\/\">Read 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