CULTURE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN MODI’S REGIME

Abstract

A new approach is emerging in the International Relations and the relations between two states. The emerging approach is culture and its surging and immense role in the foreign policies between states. This approach cannot be ignored in contemporary International Relations. Culture is the ignored part of foreign policy between states in South Asia. The foreign policy framers have left an ample vacuum in this regard which requires research and concentration of researchers. In contemporary relations in South Asia, especially between India and Pakistan, Norms and identity play a significant role in national security and foreign policy; still there is very minimal reflection of norms and identity in the foreign policies of states in South Asia. The research has been conducted with the aim to explain the role and influence of culture on the foreign policies of states in South Asia especially to India and Pakistan. The foundation of the research is post-positivist and qualitative in nature. Besides, both primary and secondary data sources have used to test the gap of research. Theoretically, Culture of National Security by Katzenstein 1996 coupled with social constructivism has adopted to robust the research.