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India’s Civilizational Diplomacy and Asian Order-Making: A Political-Theological Reading of Religion and Soft Power | ||
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| مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 27 تیر 1405 | ||
| نوع مقاله: مقالات انگلیسی | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22099/jaros.2026.56381.1064 | ||
| نویسنده | ||
| Mohammad Sadegh Mahmoudi* | ||
| Ph.D Student in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| This article examines India’s civilizational diplomacy through the relationship between religion, soft power, and Asian order-making. It argues that contemporary Indian foreign policy, especially under Narendra Modi, draws on religious-civilizational resources not as determining causes of policy, but as symbolic and normative assets. The article analyzes three cases: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam during India’s 2023 G20 presidency, Buddhist diplomacy, and yoga diplomacy. The G20 case shows how an Upanishadic expression was translated into a global language of multilateral responsibility, sustainability, and shared planetary futures. Buddhist diplomacy provides the clearest connection to Asia, linking India to civilizational memory, pilgrimage networks, Southeast Asian outreach, and soft-power competition with China. Yoga diplomacy, by contrast, operates mainly through global public diplomacy, projecting India through the language of health, harmony, balance, and well-being. The article also examines the limits of civilizational soft power. India’s external projection of pluralism, spirituality, and moral authority is interpreted against domestic debates over constitutional secularism, religious plurality, minority belonging, and Hindutva. Civilizational diplomacy can enhance India’s visibility and soft-power appeal, but its effectiveness depends on audience reception and perceived credibility. The article contributes by conceptualizing civilizational diplomacy as a process through which religious-cultural memory is translated into diplomatic credibility, symbolic capital, and normative participation in Asian order-making, without reducing Indian foreign policy either to religious nationalism or to strategic calculation alone. By separating projection, institutional uptake, regional engagement, and measurable effect, it offers a cautious framework for assessing civilizational soft-power claims empirically. This article examines India’s civilizational diplomacy through the relationship between religion, soft power, and Asian order-making. It argues that contemporary Indian foreign policy, especially under Narendra Modi, draws on religious-civilizational resources not as determining causes of policy, but as symbolic and normative assets. The article analyzes three cases: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam during India’s 2023 G20 presidency, Buddhist diplomacy, and yoga diplomacy. The G20 case shows how an Upanishadic expression was translated into a global language of multilateral responsibility, sustainability, and shared planetary futures. Buddhist diplomacy provides the clearest connection to Asia, linking India to civilizational memory, pilgrimage networks, Southeast Asian outreach, and soft-power competition with China. Yoga diplomacy, by contrast, operates mainly through global public diplomacy, projecting India through the language of health, harmony, balance, and well-being. The article also examines the limits of civilizational soft power. India’s external projection of pluralism, spirituality, and moral authority is interpreted against domestic debates over constitutional secularism, religious plurality, minority belonging, and Hindutva. Civilizational diplomacy can enhance India’s visibility and soft-power appeal, but its effectiveness depends on audience reception and perceived credibility. The article contributes by conceptualizing civilizational diplomacy as a process through which religious-cultural memory is translated into diplomatic credibility, symbolic capital, and normative participation in Asian order-making, without reducing Indian foreign policy either to religious nationalism or to strategic calculation alone. By separating projection, institutional uptake, regional engagement, and measurable effect, it offers a cautious framework for assessing civilizational soft-power claims empirically.This article examines India’s civilizational diplomacy through the relationship between religion, soft power, and Asian order-making. It argues that contemporary Indian foreign policy, especially under Narendra Modi, draws on religious-civilizational resources not as determining causes of policy, but as symbolic and normative assets. The article analyzes three cases: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam during India’s 2023 G20 presidency, Buddhist diplomacy, and yoga diplomacy. The G20 case shows how an Upanishadic expression was translated into a global language of multilateral responsibility, sustainability, and shared planetary futures. Buddhist diplomacy provides the clearest connection to Asia, linking India to civilizational memory, pilgrimage networks, Southeast Asian outreach, and soft-power competition with China. Yoga diplomacy, by contrast, operates mainly through global public diplomacy, projecting India through the language of health, harmony, balance, and well-being. The article also examines the limits of civilizational soft power. India’s external projection of pluralism, spirituality, and moral authority is interpreted against domestic debates over constitutional secularism, religious plurality, minority belonging, and Hindutva. Civilizational diplomacy can enhance India’s visibility and soft-power appeal, but its effectiveness deplly. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| India؛ civilizational diplomacy؛ Asian order-making؛ political theology؛ soft power؛ Buddhism؛ yoga | ||
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