Publication Date
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Pramod Kantha, Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Laura Luehrmann, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
India’s compliance to the United States’ regional ambitions following the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan demonstrated a unique re-alignment that reversed India’s historic defiance of international powers pursued since its independence. Instead of resisting the United States or seeking to disengage from the Afghan conflict, India provided aid to the new regime but did not extend military assistance because of limits set by the United States to appease Pakistan. India complied and increased cooperation with the United States despite the disadvantages this compliance presented. It will be argued that the structure of the international system enforcing US hegemony primarily influenced India’s compliant Afghanistan policy from 2001 to 2016. First, as determined by the neoclassical model of a nation’s foreign policy reacting to its relative place to the international structure, Indian foreign policy makers incrementally increased independent Afghanistan policies when US foreign policy indicated the desire to disengage from Afghanistan. Secondly, the United States increased military and nuclear cooperation with India that directly increased conventional capabilities with minimal conditions, enacting a historic model that previously encouraged India to increase compliance to international powers.
Page Count
94
Department or Program
Department of Political Science
Year Degree Awarded
2024
Copyright
Copyright 2024, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
ORCID ID
0009-0009-7460-2630
