Foreign Policy Of India Towards Nepal: A Study Of Economic Sanctions

Abstract

The purpose of this study has been to assess to analyze the Indian Foreign Policy towards Nepal. This study has aimed to assess the Indian economic sanctions as coercive statecraft. It has further explored why does India differ in its rhetoric and practice of foreign policy towards Nepal.The researcher has found a considerable number of research studies conducted Indian foreign policy, Indian foreign policy towards Nepal. There are also a considerable number of studies on economic sanctions of Indian foreign policies towards Nepal. Nevertheless, the researcher has not found any research on the topic of Indian Foreign Policy towards Nepal and the use of economic sanction as a tool of foreign policy in Nepal. This research has attempted to address this research gap. This research has been done in qualitative research methodology. The sources of data are secondary. The published and unpublished data and information has been analyzed. The explanatory and case study method has been used. The economic sanction on Nepal by India has been used as an area study. The content analysis and process tracing analysis has been the methods of exploring the details of economic sanctions. The process tracing framework of analysis has been used to show the cause and effect of the economic sanction with the presence and influence of power and domestic variables and their impact in foreign policy. The foreign policy of India and their economic sanctions to Nepal has been analyzed from Realist perspective. Power oriented explanation has been backed with Allison’s Models of Foreign Policy analysis: Rational Actor Model; Organizational Behaviour Model; Governmental politics Model has been discussed to analyze the foreign policy of India and economic sanctions with Realism as theoretical tool of analysis. The findings of this research will redound to the benefit of society in the area of study Indian foreign policy towards Nepal and the use of economic sanction as a tool to implement foreign policy in Nepal. This study will serve as the reference for better understanding of Indian political culture, their way of implementing foreign policies in rhetoric and practice and the way Indian Nepal policy has been shaped from past to present. This study will contribute in the existing literatures of Indian foreign policy and use of economic sanction as their medium to preserve their interest and power in Nepal and opens up new avenues for researcher interested in this topic.