Foreign Policy Federalism and International Treaties
Contents: 1. International treaties and the distribution of powers in the federal state: the case of Switzerland/Markus Schefer. 2. Indian federalism and international treaties/Ashutosh Saxena. 3. International treaties and center state relations/V. Suryanarayanan. 4. Indian federalism as defined by devolution and constitutionalism/A. Basheer. 5. Indian federalism in a transitory phase: from Asymmetry to multiculturalism/Veena Ramachandran. 6. Globalization, federalism and democracy in India/G. Gopa Kumar. 7. Nature of the new Indian State: Federalism in the current global market scene/M.A. Lal. 8. Water, federalism and international law/Deepa Karthikeyan. 9. Treaty power and its implications for federalism: The case of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal/Manu M.R. 10. Parliamentary control over foreign policy: theory and praxis/Sivakumar M.V. 11. New dimensions in the Indian foreign policy in a multilateral environment/T. Krishna Kanth and K. Lalitha Kumar. 12. Reorienting non-alignment: Indian foreign policy in the new world order/K.S.Pavithran. 13. Violence in West Asia: implications for India’s federalism and security/A.K. Pasha. 14. India’s quest for new partnership in West Asia: the case of Israel as a strategic Ally/K.M. Sajad Ibrahim. 15. India’s look east policy: the China factor/B. Venugopal. Index.
Significant changes are taking place across the world following the advent of globalization and the consequent decline of the nation-state. The conventional parameters of understanding domestic politics and international relations are becoming redundant. New forms of international treaties relating to regional trade, culture, economy, human security, and national security have become essential. The increasing role played by the civil society has changed the ground rules of foreign policy processes.
The structure, quality, and dimensions of federalism in India are witnessing drastic changes. In this context, the nature and dynamics of federalism in the coming decades will be a pertinent issue for analysis. The concerns of the states in the Indian Union are also changing significantly. Their demand for a share in foreign policy dynamics raises new question in the study of federalism.
This book containing 15 scholarly articles by expertsing the field is an attempt to open up a discourse linking the emerging pattern of internatinal relations to federal management.
