Dr Ian Hall - Does India Matter? (Nov 1 2010)

Dr Ian Hall spoke at Harris Terrace in Brisbane on the 1st of November to members and friends of the Queensland Branch of the AIIA.  We are pleased to present a podcast of this presentation.

Abstract

In a famous article published in Foreign Affairs in 1999, Gerald Segal asked: “Does China Matter?”. His answer was that China mattered, but not in the way that Westerners often think it does, and – more importantly – not as much as they think it does. For Segal, China was destined to remain a second-rank power of limited military power, a far less profitable market than is commonly assumed, and a negligible source of innovative ideas. This paper – with apologies to Segal – poses the same question of India. By the middle of this century, India is predicted to be, if not a superpower, then a great power playing an indispensible role in the Asia-Pacific region.

About Ian Hall

Ian Hall is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His publications include The International Thought of Martin Wight (2006), British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier (edited with Lisa Hill, 2009), The Dilemmas of Decline: British Intellectuals and World Politics, 1945-75 (2011), and a number of essays on international relations theory, diplomacy, global governance, and Indian foreign policy.

Dr Hall has contributed an article to the newest AIIA Policy Commentary on Indian Ocean issues. This booklet is available free to all members at AIIA events.