01600nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082002000018100002400038245002500062260004500087300001400132504002500146520121800171650007701389  a9780199496686  a327.0954bNAC-D  aNachiappan, Karthik  aDoes India Negotiate  aNew DelhibOxford University Pressc2019  axvi,238p.  aInclude Bibliography  aAs a key state in the international system, India's positions and contributions on issues like climate change, health pandemics, humanitarian crises and nuclear disarmament significantly affect how these issues are addressed. Scholarly work mapping India's multilateral behaviour has extended from covering the United Nations to a wide range of fora where India is seeking to shape issues that affect its security and development. Yet, the literature on Indian multilateralism lags, focusing disproportionately on India's ostensibly obstructionist tendencies without adequately contextualising why India behaves this way. There has been no serious exploration of how India concretely negotiates multilateral issues. In this book, Karthik Nachiappan investigates how India negotiates international rules focusing on four agreements, covering issues like climate change, nuclear disarmament, tobacco control and international trade. By unpacking these negotiations, he shows that India's multilateral persona is more nuanced than understood. When interests align, Indian negotiators are willing to constructively shape and ratify international agreements, conceding when necessary to cut deals and make compromises.  aDiplomatic relationsvEconomic policyvForeign economic relationszIndia