Publication

This paper argues that a comprehensive calculus of ethnic, political, and strategic factors shaped India’s vote against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council on 22 March 2012. It further argues that India cast a Diaspora Vote compatible with the so-called ‘Indira Doctrine’ of the 1980s. However, by casting its lot with the United States and by being the lone Asian voice against Sri Lanka, India has charted an interesting course in foreign policy.