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Research Paper | Political Science | India | Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023 | Rating: 5.2 / 10
Soft Power and Disaster Diplomacy: A Case Study of India's Operation Dost
Upasana Gayan
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the potential of disaster diplomacy in improving political ties as well as transform the image of a country. This paper will discuss the impact of India providing swift humanitarian aid to an earthquake - hit Turkiye in February, 2023. It is during times of natural disasters, pandemics and famines that the impact of disaster diplomacy on foreign policy implications can be assessed fairly objectively. In other words, this paper attempts to explore the importance of disaster diplomacy and how it fits within the soft power narrative of India's foreign policy goals in the international system, especially how it will shape future political ties with Turkiye. Since there is barely any academic research done on Operation Dost, there is a gap in academic literature on the topic. This paper aims to start the discourse until more scholarly work is done in the future to record the long - term impacts of the same.
Keywords: disaster diplomacy, soft power, India Turkiye relations, humanitarian aid, Operation Dost
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023,
Pages: 612 - 616