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Pax Indica : India As A Bridge In International Diplomacy

Author(s) Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav
Country India
Abstract As the unipolar moment recedes and the international system drifts toward a “multiplex world,” the theoretical vocabularies that have long organised the discipline of International Relations — realism, liberalism, and constructivism — are proving individually insufficient to explain, let alone guide, the foreign policy of a rising, civilizational power such as India.
This article argues that India’s comparative advantage in twenty-first-century diplomacy lies precisely in its refusal to choose among these paradigms. Drawing on Shashi Tharoor’s notion of Pax Indica, S. Jaishankar’s doctrine of multi-alignment, and the wider Global IR literature associated with Amitav Acharya, the article develops a composite framework in which realist prudence about power (Kenneth Waltz, John Mearsheimer), liberal-institutionalist faith in cooperation under anarchy (Robert Keohane), and constructivist attention to identity and norms (Alexander Wendt) are braided together and anchored in the civilizational idealism of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — “the world is one family.” The article then applies this framework to the most pressing test of Indian diplomacy in 2026: the global energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the tightening of sanctions on Russian hydrocarbons. It concludes with a set of case-by-case, issue-specific rules of engagement rather than a single doctrinal formula, consistent with the pluralist, non-exceptionalist reading of Indian statecraft that this article defends.
Keywords Idealism, Realism, Liberalism, International Relations, Energy Security, Foreign Policy
Field Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-29
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.84584
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