Yogendra Kumar

Geopolitics in the Era of Globalisation

Mapping an Alternative Global Future

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an alternative roadmap for a world characterised by geopolitical uncertainty. It surveys the intellectual discourse, the attempts to redesign the global institutions, and the geopolitical trends since the end of the Cold War for an understanding of the contemporary geopolitics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781138386501
• ISBN-10: 1138386502
• Artikelnr.: 59990774

Autorenporträt

Yogendra Kumar has had a long career as an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer. He joined the IFS in 1977 and began his diplomatic career in Moscow, subsequently serving in Indian diplomatic missions in London, Islamabad, and Brussels (covering EU, EC, Belgium, and Luxembourg). In between serving at headquarters, he headed the Indian Consulate General in Tashkent, covering the entire Soviet Central Asia. He later served as ambassador in Tajikistan (2000-2003) when he also covered Afghanistan until the opening of the resident mission there. He was High Commissioner in Namibia and retired in 2012 as ambassador in the Philippines with concurrent accreditation to Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. Amongst his numerous assignments at headquarters, he handled multilateral organisations/dialogues such as the G8-G5 Dialogue, ASEAN, IBSA, IORA, and many others. He was on the faculty of the National Defence College, New Delhi. Since retirement, he has been participating in national and international conferences; writing in newspapers, specialist journals, and contributing chapters to edited volumes; and speaking on foreign and security affairs to diverse audiences. He has authored a book titled Diplomatic Dimension of Maritime Challenges for India in the 21st Century (2015) and edited and contributed to Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. From Triumphalism to Vertiginous Unease: Post-Cold War
Thinking on Geopolitics and IR Theory 3. A New (Still)born Global Order:
Post-Cold War Redesigning of Multilateral Governance Institutions 4.
Post-Cold War Power Transitions: From Hope to Dismay 5. Geopolitics of the
New Global (Dis)order: Hopes and Certitudes? 6. The Gandhian Praxis:
Nation-building and IR Theory 7. Our Current Options: A Rethink 8.
Conclusions