An Interaction Between Regional Power and Liberal International Order (LIO): A Case Study of India and Indonesia
- Institution: University of Warsaw (Poland)
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5094-3590
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 25-42
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppsy202440
- PDF: ppsy/53-4/ppsy2024402.pdf
The main aim of this paper is to find a pattern in the possible way the regional and global order interact with each other. To analyse the interaction, India and Indonesia are presented as the case studies. The rationale behind choosing India and Indonesia is, that both of them since their independence have had similar foreign policies and approaches to international order. On the other hand, both of the countries have been coined as the rising power in the current international relations. While the system-led analysis generalizes the top-to-bottom approach to explain the interaction between regional and global order, the increasing multiplicities in the distribution of power made it more difficult to simply generalise it. Thus, this article attempts to fill that gap.
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